The Covid-19 pandemic created some waves in the foreign exchange markets over the last couple of years, but the re-emergence of global inflation and inflation-fighting central banks has truly rocked the currency world this year.
During the pandemic some of the largest companies in the world grew while others shrank. Global Finance compares two of the best-known rankings of company size with its own list of the world's Top 10 by market capitalization to provide a comprehensive picture of global corporate goliaths.
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.
The eighth annual survey of the World’s Best Companies profiles the global leaders and the top regional players.
Most of the world’s top companies are having another good year. For many, revenues and profits have been setting new records. Truly great companies seem to have something in their DNA that enables them to adjust to changing global economic conditions and to pounce on opportunities that present themselves.
Nearly 80% of this year’s winners of Global Finance’s best company awards are repeat winners from last year. Rising prices of fuel and raw materials, fluctuating currencies and tough global competition have made the challenge of staying on top more interesting this year. Still, the vast majority of the best companies not only have survived, but they also have thrived and have positioned themselves for greater achievements to come.