Luca Ventura, Author at Global Finance Magazine

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Banking

Gulf Lenders Pursue Africa Expansion After Ruling

A South African ruling could reshape how the continent funds its growth.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Accession talks accelerate in Brussels as Ukraine, Moldova, Albania, and Montenegro push for faster integration into the EU.

Banking

European Investment Fund, Barclays, Standard Chartered, and Julius Baer announce key C-suite leadership appointments and executive changes.

Data

Smaller countries and tax havens dominate the Richest Top 10, but structural inequalities complicate the picture.

Economic Data

Enduring a host of compounding ills, from corruption to severe climate conditions, the continent is home to nine of the world’s 10 poorest countries.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The National Assembly — South Korea’s parliament — has confirmed former Naver CEO Han Seong-sook as the country’s new prime...

Data

What does it mean to be a happy country? The UN’s World Happiness Report stresses high levels of trust and resilience when crises hit.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Safwat Raslan, a former refugee who fled to Germany during his country’s 14-year civil war, is the new governor of...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

A river will run through Mali as a 900‑kilometer maritime artery transforms the Senegal River into a high‑capacity commercial highway.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Cuba invites back the diaspora it once rejected with a high-stakes economic reset.

Data

Global Finance ranks the ten largest companies in the world by market capitalization.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Michael Leiters takes the wheel just as the Stuttgart-based manufacturer grapples with its worst performance since the 2009 financial crisis.