November 2021

Global Finance announces this year’s Global Top 50 Safest Banks.

Global Finance names this year’s safest emerging-market banks.

Global Finance names this year’s 50 safest commercial banks in the world.

Global Finance names 2021’s safest Islamic banks in the GCC.

Last year many of the biggest emerging-markets banks got even bigger—but not all.

Global Finance names 2021’s World’s Safest Banks by country.

China’s biggest banks reinforced their primacy even in the face of crisis.

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, president and CEO of Women’s World Banking, speaks to Global Finance about expanding financial inclusion of women, especially in emerging markets.

The recuperation of Spain’s economy will take longer than hoped.

Under terms of the deal, Tata will gain Air India’s 141 aircraft and 7,000 domestic and international airport slots and pay $1.2 billion toward 42 aircraft, many of them Boeing 787 Dreamliners. 

Under the terms of the deal, national governments would tax eligible multinational corporations at a minimum 15% tax rate starting in 2023. 

The culprits behind these and dozens of other production cuts by automakers around the world are supply chain constraints and shortages of semiconductor chips.

While supplychain issues and inflation keep driving global energy and commodity prices upward, Latin America's devaluating currencies are making their exports far more competitive.

Maturing standards are raising the issuance bar.

Big Tech preps for going back to offices by scooping up commercial real estate.

Facebook rebrands itself and reshuffles its executive suite.

Despite Fumoi Kishida’s public calls for a massive stimulus package and an even more consequential redistribution of wealth, some of his initial moves appear to confirm the dissonance between rhetoric and reality.

A startling 65% of children globally receive at least one vaccine made by the SII.

Questions abound about Najla Bouden’s ability to manage Tunisia's ongoing political crisis or the risk of bankruptcy raised by the country's central bank.

CFOs must now tackle real-time emergencies and have the quick reflexes needed for crisis management.

Alibaba Cloud is expanding into Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea and Thailand.

During the worst part of the pandemic, M&A negotiations between banks were frozen but now bank M&A transactions are at their highest since 2008.

New Zealand is the first sovereign state to approve a law requiring financial institutions, insurance companies and asset managers to disclose climate change risks.

The fast-rising valuations of tech companies have also motivated firms to change their employee incentive structures.

Analysts say the cryptocurrency’s spike in price has more to do with inflation fears than pent-up demand for nascent ETFs. 

Iran is experimenting with cryptocurrencies as a means of circumventing U.S. sanctions.

Although the shares are still closely held by erstwhile members, there is a strong appetite from nonmember retail investors and institutional investors to own shares in the exchange.

Nearly a dozen Russian companies have hit the public markets since early 2020, with at least four more expected to start trading publicly before the end of the year. 

Plans for a UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (DEA)—the first such agreement between an Asian and European country—were first announced in December.

WeWork has gone public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company.

South Sudan is rich in oil and land, but also corrupt and unstable.

Dennis Gada, SVP and Industry Head of Financial Services at Infosys speaks to Global Finance about prioritizing ESG issues and supporting their corporate clients.