Ben T. Smith IV, a longtime Silicon Valley executive and currently head of the Communications, Media and Technology practice at Kearney, speaks to Global Finance about the post-SVB venture capital industry and the pace of innovation.
Many of the world's richest countries are also the world's smallest: the pandemic and the global economic slowdown barely made a dent in their huge wealth.
Global Finance editor Andrea Fiano interviews Ásgeir Jónsson, Central Bank Governor of Iceland during Global Finance's World's Best Bank Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 15th.
Global Finance held its annual Stars of China awards ceremony in Beijing in November. Corporate and financial leaders from across the country were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.
1 Joseph Giarraputo, publisher, Global Finance
2 Xiong Yan, deputy head of corporate banking department, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
3 Wang Shoujiang, deputy general manager, payments & cash management, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
4 Teng Hongjun, vice president, Citi
5 Zhu Jie, operation department director, CITIC Securities
6 Cai Yarong, corporate banking department deputy general manager, China Construction Bank
7 Zhou Boting, manager, risk management, China Minsheng Bank
8 Louis Lim, head of SME banking, Standard Chartered
9 Anthony Lin, head of transaction banking & Shanghai branch general manager, Standard Chartered
10 Jacky Tai, managing director, head of treasury & markets, China, DBS Bank
11 Lyndon Li, editor-in-chief, Tencent Holdings
12 Pearl Chen, vice president international business, China AMC
13 Dong Xingzhi, Beijing representative office, China Merchants Bank