Economics, Policy & Regulation
Germany: Siemens CEO Wields Ax
NEWSMAKERS By Gilly Wright After just over a couple of months as Siemens new CEO, Joe Kaeser has announced he...
Western Europe
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Italy: Will Letta Get The Boot?
NEWSMAKERS By Valentina Pasquali Against all odds, a broad-based coalition of the center-left and the center-right remains at the helm...
News
Gibraltar: A Rock In A Hard Place
MILESTONES By Gilly Wright The ongoing spat between Spain and Britain over Gibraltar (a British-dependent territory that borders with Spain at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula) has drawn attention to the continued lack of commitment to ...
News
Ireland: The Central Bank’s French Connection
NEWSMAKERS By Paula L Green When he took over as deputy governor for financial regulation at the Central Bank of Ireland on the first of October, Frenchman Cyril Roux began working alongside a Swedish colleague, Stefan Gerlach, who ...
Awards
Awards: Best Internet Banks—Round 1
ANNUAL SURVEY — THE PIONEERS By Adam Rombel In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product or service category. Global Finance is ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EC: Pushing For New Fraud Regulator
MILESTONES By Valentina Pasquali With an estimated €500 million ($660 million) of the European Union budget lost to fraud every year, the European Commission is now pushing for the creation of a new European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) ...
Banking
Treasury & Cash Management: GLOBAL FINANCE CASH 25
WHAT’S UP WITH CORPORATE CASH? By Ronald Fink Among various explanations for corporations’ letting cash build up on their balance sheets, the most compelling one is that economic growth is still slow. But some companies are not waiting ...
Banking
UK: BoE Appointee Has EU Influence
NEWSMAKERS By Gilly Wright The surprise appointment of Sir Jon Cunliffe as deputy governor of the Bank of England shows how seriously the UK takes challenges to its financial sector. From November, Cunliffe will be responsible for ...
Award Winners
World’s Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks in Europe 2013
Global Finance names the 2013 World’s Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks in Europe NEW YORK, July 23, 2013 Global Finance has...
Awards
World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in Europe 2013
Global Finance names the 2013 World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in Europe NEW YORK, July 18, 2013 Global Finance has...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Country Report: Portugal
MODEL FOR GROWTH? By Vanessa Drucker The Troika’s “darling of reform” is in its third year of recession. Citizens—and policy-makers—want to see the promised economic rebound. Portugal and the European Union depend on one another. On the one ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Roundup: China
CHINESE SOLAR-PANEL MAKERS FACE TRADE TARIFFS IN EUROPE By Thomas Clouse Chinese companies face trade friction in Europe now that the European Commission has imposed tariffs on Chinese solar panels. The EU charges that Chinese companies are ...