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ANNUAL SURVEY/ TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT Global Finance selects the best treasury and cash management banks, globally and by region, and the best providers of treasury management systems and services by category. The past year has seen the challenges facing ...
ANNUAL SURVEY/ BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS Trade finance banks are providing ever-more diverse and innovative services as world trade continues to expand. On January 1, 2008, the multilateral trading system reached its 60th anniversary. Any celebrating ...
ANNUAL SURVEY/ BEST FX BANKS The 54 central banks and monetary authorities that took a measure of the foreign exchange market last year under the auspices of the Bank for International Settlements discovered an unprecedented rise ...
WORLD'S BEST INTERNET BANKS In the second of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the best corporate/institutional and consumer Internet banks globally and in six regions. The best banks on the Internet have long treated ...
ANNUAL SURVEY / BEST DERIVATIVES PROVIDERS The fourth annual Global Finance awards for the World’s Best Derivatives Providers comes at a time when derivatives are in the mainstream news as never before. The US subprime mortgage crisis has ...
ANNUAL SURVEY / WORLD’S BEST BANKS At a time when the world economic outlook is more uncertain than it has been in years, the banking industry finds itself at the vortex of a financial market storm that originated in subprime ...
ANNUAL SURVEY/ WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS Global Finance selects the world’s safest banks, the 50 institutions with the highest ratings from the leading international credit ratings agencies. Images of customers queuing to withdraw their savings from Britain’s Northern Rock ...
ANNUAL SURVEY / CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS Individually, many of the world’s leading central bankers seemed to be in disarray after the subprime debacle began to unfold in mid-2007. As a group, though, they acted with remarkably unity. The central ...
ANNUAL SURVEY/ WORLD’S BIGGEST BANKS It is just two years since we last listed the world’s biggest banks, and in that time the assets of the top 10 have jumped from what was then an eye-popping $12 trillion to ...
INTERNET BANKING Over the past two decades, Internet banking has gone from non-existent to ubiquitous. As this year’s Global Finance Internet Banks Awards show, many of the pioneers are still dominant forces, driving the market forward. Banks have ...
ANNUAL SURVEY Global Finance honors the often-hidden providers of the specialized services that make cross-border investing possible. As institutional investors increasingly venture into foreign markets to obtain diversification and higher returns, they rely on global custodians for a wide range ...
Hotels, airlines & airports Tightened budgets and new technology have triggered a wave of innovation in the business travel industry. Take-off: Business-only airlines such as Silverjet are hoping to change the face of corporate travel The business ...
ANNUAL SURVEY / INVESTMENT BANKS The continuing frenzy of global M&A; and debt and equity issuance shows no sign of abating—and investment banks are reaping the benefits. Records fell across the board in 2006 for worldwide debt ...
ANNUAL SURVEY In our 14th annual survey of top banking performers in emerging markets, we name those banks that are consistently providing high levels of service in often-tumultuous markets. Despite China being hit by its worst day of trading in ...
Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks in developed markets around the world The past year has been one of staggering growth for the world’s top developed market banks. And while profits and revenues are breaking records, ...
ANNUAL SURVEY Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks in developed markets around the world. There are barely enough superlatives in the dictionary to describe the financial performance of the world’s best developed market banks. These global ...
Global Finance selects the best treasury and cash management banks, globally and by region, and the best providers of treasury management systems and services by category. Treasury and cash management is becoming an increasingly global business, and customers are looking ...
Global Finance selects the leaders in a specialized area of finance that is changing rapidly Global trade finance has become an extremely competitive business, mainly suitable for financial institutions with economies of scale or special expertise. Most international trade is ...
Global Finance selects the leaders in the world’s biggest financial market. With an estimated $3 trillion changing hands on a daily basis, the foreign exchange market is by far the biggest market in the world. Cross-border capital and trade flows ...
Annual survey/ world’s best project finance banks Global Finance selects the winners from among the leading banks that create and implement financing plans for major projects around the world. The project finance market is buzzing with activity, especially in Europe, ...