Andrea Murad

According to the Bank for International Settlements, global liquidity in 2021 reached an unprecedented $175 trillion, twice global GDP. That figure set the tone for the year in investment banking, as cash-rich companies powered record deal making worldwide. The macro ...

Gabriel Motomura, partner and co-head of BTG Pactual Empresas, and Rogério Stallone, BTG Pactual corporate credit partner and co-head of BTG Empresas, discuss the best ways to serve SMEs.

Bennett Freeman, associate fellow of Chatham House and former SVP of Sustainability Research and Policy at Calvert Investments, speaks to Global Finance about environmental, social, and governance efforts worldwide.

New capabilities are bringing speed to banking while simultaneously expanding access. Global Finance recognizes outstanding innovations in local and regional markets around the world.

As pandemic response continues to reshape human behaviors and attitudes, banks are strengthening in-house innovation teams and tapping broader networks to stimulate fresh ideation in financial services.

Emily Wicker, partner at Clifford Chance, speaks with Global Finance about how sanctions against Russia are affecting the air transport sector worldwide.

Manuela Maria Veloso, head of J.P. Morgan AI Research and the Herbert A. Simon University Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, speaks to Global Finance about AI development and use.

Global Finance presents its inaugural annual listing of the best global, regional and national banks that serve SMEs, for more than 60 countries and regions.

Our leading investment banks benefited from outperformance in sectors that profited from Covid’s disruptions.

Angela Berg, partner and leader of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) practice at Mercer, speaks to Global Finance about the need for more-proactive corporate leadership on human equity.

Nils Behling, founder and CFO of Tradeteq, explains how technology can help make trade finance more investable.

For many trade finance banks that still relied on legacy systems and paper-based processes, the Covid crisis put them on a forced march into the future. 

Diversity is coming to the boardroom not through government regulations but private initiative.

WHO’s Solidarity Response Fund has been instrumental in enlisting a wide range of support to fight Covid-19.

For entities that delivered financial support and leadership in ensuring continuity of economic activity

These all-star companies delivered in multiple ways for multiple constituents.

For entities that have made exceptional efforts  to support their communities general well-being.

Umberto Tossini, Chief Human Capital Officer, speaks about how the automaker supported local communities and the healthcare sector during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dawit Temesgen Alemu talks to Global Finance about how Ethiopian Airlines Group adapted its fleet and operations to deliver critical support to local communities and to other airlines all across its regional footprint.

Technology is being leveraged to bolster diversity.

Fintech-bank product pitches endure despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Entrepreneurs—even the more seasoned ones—say they most value the coaching of finance executives. 

Just 10 finalists make it past the pitch and the demo to gain acceptance into the Fintech Innovation Lab.

Private equity enters the coronavirus pandemic with a record cash surplus that may help cash-strapped businesses with good long-term prospects survive.

These sector winners made the best of a lackluster year. 

Paul Aversano, Alvarez & Marsal managing director and global practice leader of its Transaction Advisory Group, speaks to Global Finance about the state of the industry, investor concerns and deal-making.

Anthony Abbatiello, who leads the global Leadership & Succession business at Russell Reynolds Associates, speaks on succession planning for “chief”-level executive posts—the so-called “C-suite.”

Greg Portell leads the global consumer practice at consulting firm A.T. Kearney. He talks with Global Finance about the challenges to serving consumers around the world as well as new opportunities.

Maria Gotsch, president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, visited Global Finance to discuss the Fund and how its FinTech Innovation Lab is designed to promote innovations that yield useful benefits.

Michael Mauboussin, director of research at BlueMountain Capital Management and chairman of the board of trustees of the Santa Fe Institute, talks with Global Finance about behavioral economics and how to improve corporate decision-making.

Michael Quinn, managing director of Cyber Risk at Kroll, tells Global Finance about corporate cyberthreats and how he helps corporate hacking victims investigate and develop response plans for digital attacks.

In a year when global investment banking revenues declined, only a few dynamic industries produced substantial growth for Global Finance’s sector award winners.

Woman CEO takes over California-based bank as new gender diversity law comes into effect.

China's rise is changing the private banking landscape.

Roger Park, a partner at EY, leads innovation across the Americas for the financial services sector. He talks about EY’s dedicated innovation spaces and how technology is transforming work.

Sonny Singh, senior vice president and general manager of the Financial Services Global Business Unit at Oracle since 2013, talks about legacy systems and how financial services are handling transformative technologies.

While some advisory practices find success in geographic focus, others trot the globe to serve sector-specific clients.

At Global Finance’s annual private-bank awards dinner in Manhattan, talk revolved around how wealth can best serve people and create value worldwide.

The decision follows two years of testing and is among’s the first attempts to use blockchain to clear a major asset class.

Tensie Whelan, director of the Center for Sustainable Business at New York University’s Stern School of Business, talks about the growing bottom-line case for sustainable practices. 

Sean Monahan, a partner with A.T. Kearney, leader of the firm’s Operations & Performance Transformation Practice in the Americas region and an expert in supply chain across the consumer products, retail, agricultural, pharmaceutical, chemical, automotive and high-tech sectors, visits our Global Salon to talk about how technology is impacting corporate logistics.

This emerging markets expert discusses the prospects for Brazil, Russian sanctions, Qatar's isolation and more in our Global Salon.

Most of the frantic pit jobs were displaced by digital technology, which pushed trading to warp speed, well beyond the capacity of humans. 

Left to right: Robert Merton, Myron Scholes and Fisher Black Markets are known to be risky, but what if you could design insurance that would protect against losses?