Anita Hawser

The need for financing for supply-side firms continues to grow—particularly in emerging and frontier markets. More companies are looking to SCF to fill this gap.

ANNUAL AWARDS: BEST ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 2014
Islamic finance is going mainstream, with new banks opening and new regulatory endeavors under way in this dynamic global mar

Malaysia’s strong current account and FX reserves will safeguard it against external shocks, but high leverage and simmering ethnic tensions remain weak points.

  Given the spate of recent fines by UK and US regulators against banks for failure to comply with anti-money laundering regulations, it’s worth exploring the question of why the banks keep coming up short. The most recent headline was ...

NEWSMAKERS By Anita Hawser One woman who worked hard to ensure that the wheels of global trade kept turning, even in the midst of the global financial crisis, was Bonnie Galat, global head of business development for trade and supply ...

GOLD STANDARD By Rebecca Brace and Anita Hawser Global Finance presents the winners of its annual Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers awards. Global multinational corporates may have come out of the 2008 global financial crisis better off than the banks ...

STAR PERFORMERS By Anita Hawser Over the past six years transaction banking has been one of the best performers in an otherwise lackluster banking sector. Even in the midst of a global financial crisis, suppliers and salaries still need to ...

SPECIAL REPORT By Anita Hawser To be or not to be? Compliant, that is. Apparently, the answer is it doesn’t matter—at least not yet. Just a few weeks before the February 1 SEPA deadline came to pass, the ...

SPECIAL REPORT: ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE   By Anita Hawser   Islamic trade finance is of increasing interest, but whether it will be successful depends on market forces.   “Shariah-compliant trade finance is an ancient tradition with a long history of supporting economic activity ...

TECHNOLOGY IS THE TRUMP CARD By Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero, Anita Hawser, Gordon Platt and Michael Shari Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks globally, regionally and by country. The winners have all demonstrated dedication to satisfying ...

‘A’ FOR EFFORT, ‘B-’ FOR RESULTS By Antonio Guerrero, Anita Hawser and Gordon Platt Global Finance presents its annual report on the performance of the world’s central bank governors. There are a lot of new faces among the world ...

"It's almost as if the trade finance industry hasn't read the newspapers," says Dan Roberts. Roberts, global head of trade finance at Barclays, is talking about what some in the industry describe as an unsustainable situation in trade ...

REGIONAL SUPERSECTION — SEEKING A NEW MODEL By Anita Hawser As the infrastructure boom continues, it may be time for GCC countries to reevaluate how they select and fund new projects. “Abu Dhabi cannot rely solely on the auto when the ...

Asia is often portrayed as a land of milk and honey, where liquidity and capital flow freely, and high levels of economic growth continue to attract foreign investors. But not all countries in Asia it seems are reaping the benefits ...

UNLOCKING HIDDEN POTENTIAL

By Anita Hawser and Paula L. Green

Global Finance presents the winners of its annual awards for the Best Supply Chain Finance Providers globally and by region.

Five years have passed since the global financial crisis, when ...

By Anita Hawser and Paula L. Green

By Anita Hawser and Paula L. Green

A DEFINING MOMENT

By Anita Hawser

Global Finance presents the winners of its awards for the World’s Best Islamic Financial Insititutions 2013.

With Islamic banking assets predicted to pass the $1.1 trillion mark in 2012 and Islamic finance ...

MILESTONES: EUROPE

By Anita Hawser

Billed as a major blow to the UK’s status as a global financial services hub, the European Parliament and council sent a clear message in February about bank bonuses, reaching an agreement that bankers ...

A FORK IN THE ROAD

Moderated by Anita Hawser

Key figures from the world of European subcustody discuss how regulation is affecting their business and changing relationships between global custodians and their network of subcustodians.

Global Finance : What does the ...

By Anita Hawser

Takaful insurance markets are growing steadily in the Gulf, but the regulatory framework is still developing in some countries.

Taking out car, property or life insurance is second nature in the West, but in the ...

SYSTEMS AND SERVICES PROVIDERS

By Anita Hawser and Rebecca Brace

GLOBAL WINNERS

By Anita Hawser and Rebecca Brace

BEST OVERALL BANK FOR CASH MANAGEMENT

Citi

Citi provides services ...

REGIONAL WINNERS

By Anita Hawser and Rebecca Brace

BEST IN SHOW

By Anita Hawser and Rebecca Brace

Global Finance presents the winners of its Treasury & Cash Management Providers Awards 2013. This year, we have expanded our evaluation process to include a survey of our corporate readers.

For this ...

MILESTONES: UK

By Anita Hawser

After four years under a shadow, the UK’s Financial Services Authority is once again being held up as a model financial regulator — both for its principles-based approach to reporting and for its ability to ...

FLYING BLIND

By Anita Hawser

Despite new entrants joining the market, the equity derivatives business saw a marked slowdown over the past year, and some well-established firms are now scaling back their operations.

After the global financial crisis of 2007 ...

MILESTONES: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

By Anita Hawser

Dubai Mercantile Exchange is on a mission: It wants to take up more space on the screens of futures traders, according to new CEO Christopher Fix, who once sat on the other side ...

MILESTONES: EU

By Anita Hawser

The proposed Tobin Tax, or financial transaction tax (FTT), is a political hot potato that is being kicked around by various European countries in the wake of the global financial crisis as a means of ...

GRAND VISIONS

By Anita Hawser

Qatar has used its oil and gas wealth to finance its global ambitions. But its economy remains vulnerable to ever-present geopolitical tensions.

For a small country, Qatar certainly punches above its weight on both the ...

COMING OF AGE

By Anit a Hawser

Islamic finance is starting to spread within the countries of North Africa with high Muslim concentrations.

Any discussion of Islamic finance usually includes Islamic financial hubs such as Malaysia or the Gulf Cooperation ...

MILESTONES: UK

By Anita Hawser

The ongoing controversy surrounding Libor, the global benchmark interest rate used for pricing financial contracts, has sparked a wider debate about the merits of using alternative reference rates.

The Bank of England was warned about ...

By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser

By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser

ASIA-PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

Glenn Stevens

Grade: A

Stevens has his hands full managing an economy with booming mining and financial sectors and weakness elsewhere. So far, he has managed to keep the overall ...

By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser

By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser

ALGERIA

Mohammed Laksaci

Grade: C

The central bank of Algeria, Africa’s second-largest oil producer, has kept its discount rate at 4% for the past few years to encourage ...

GUNNING FOR GROWTH

By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser

Global Finance presents its annual report on the performance of the world’s central bank governors.

Central banks of most of the major global economies are pulling out all ...

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED KINGDOM

By Anita Hawser

Since its bailout after the 2008 financial crisis, Royal Bank of Scotland has come under pressure from the government to increase lending, and recent reports suggest the government is considering fully nationalizing the bank ...

NEWSMAKERS: UK

By Anita Hawser

The recent Libor scandal in British banking highlighted the power play that is going on behind the scenes as candidates vie for the governorship of the Bank of England when Mervyn King's second five-year ...

EXPEDITING GROWTH

By Anita Hawser

Trade flows between Latin America and Asia are growing at a phenomenal pace. An increasing number and variety of banks and other agencies are providing liquidity and trade finance solutions to nurture these flows.

During ...

SUSTAINING THE MIRACLE

By Anita Hawser

Mike Rees, CEO, wholesale banking, Standard Chartered, discusses the risks and opportunities for emerging markets going forward, and China's economic transformation.

Global Finance: What key events have shaped the current global economy?

Mike ...

SEXY AND SOPHISTICATED

By Anita Hawser

Oiling the wheels of global trade has never been more important, particularly as regulation and capital constraints challenge banks' commitment to the business.

Collaborative B2B platforms and investors are poised to play an enlarged ...

THE BIG PICTURE

By Anita Hawser

Herbert Stepic is the chief executive officer of one of the largest banking organizations in Central & Eastern Europe, Raiffeisen Bank International.

Global Finance : What are the key events over the past 25 years that ...

THE LAST MILE IN AUTOMATION

By Anita Hawser

Over the past 25 years multinational corporations have made significant efficiency gains by centralizing treasury management operations, and thanks to the advancement—in quantum leaps—of treasury management software.

The Cloud is ...

TAKING CENTER STAGE

By Anita Hawser

After the financial crisis of 2008 and heightened regulation on "casino" banking, transaction processing is enjoying a renaissance.

Historically, investment banking has earned the most money for financial services providers and attracted higher levels ...

By Anita Hawser

NORTH AMERICA

By Anita Hawser and Paula Green

BEST SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE PROVIDER—BANK

BUILDING BLOCKS

By Anita Hawser and Paula Green

The winners of this year's awards come from a wide array of bank and nonbank backgrounds.

They offer unique financing solutions and are helping buyers and suppliers connect as never before ...

MILESTONES: MIDDLE EAST / US

By Anita Hawser

The ability of US bankruptcy law to handle shariah-compliant structures is being tested after Bahraini firm Arcapita Bank’s decision in March to file for bankruptcy protection in the US.

Business as usual ...

By Anita Hawser

Maybank

With Malaysia accounting for more than 70% of total global sukuk issued, Maybank spearheaded a number of major deals. For the period under review it recorded 23 deals made up of 133 issues ...