February 2006

Software giants are developing new financing techniques in an attempt to provide smaller companies with access to their high-end systems. With enterprise application software costing anywhere from €500,000 to €2 million to implement, financing IT is a bit like taking ...

As their customers’ needs become ever more complex, custodians are finding themselves providing services that are far beyond their traditional realm. Alan Greene, State Street: “Custody has become fairly broad and is not just clearing and settlement” The custody business ...

Global Finance selects the leaders in a specialized area of finance that is undergoing a jarring transformation. Shifting global trade patterns and stronger supply chains linking the Wal-Marts of the world with their overseas suppliers are challenging trade finance banks ...