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    Reimagining The World Of Work

    Reimagining The World Of Work

    February 01, 2019

    Innovations like AI and robotic automation are radically changing the workplace. But they are also changing the nature of work itself for the next generation.

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    Islamic Finance FAQ: A Global Finance Series

    Islamic Finance FAQ: A Global Finance Series

    Islamic finance is a fast-growing $2 trillion industry, yet many finance professionals do not know halal from haram. Global Finance's series on Islamic finance explains. 

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    Inequality

    Inequality

    January 01, 2019

    The gap in both income and wealth continues to grow, sparking political backlash around the globe. Is it also becoming a drag on growth?

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    Best Financial Institution Foreign Exchange Awards 2019: A Bumpy Ride In Fracturing Markets

    Best Financial Institution Foreign Exchange Awards 2019: A Bumpy Ride In Fracturing Markets

    January 01, 2019

    Global Finance selects the best foreign exchange banks in 113 countries.

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    The Most Peaceful Countries In The World 2018

    The Most Peaceful Countries In The World 2018

    June 12, 2018

    Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) reveals the most peaceful countries in the world. Despite living in the most peaceful century in human history, the world has become less peaceful over the last decade. 

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    November 15, 2018

    8,000 delegates from around the world traveled to Sibos' annual conference.

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Central Banker Report Cards 2012

October 01, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Treasury & Cash Management

GUNNING FOR GROWTH   By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser   Global Finance presents its annual report on the performance of the world’s central bank governors.   Central banks of most of the major global economies are pulling ...

Cover Story: World’s Best Banks 2012

October 01, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Treasury & Cash Management

DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH   By Gordon Platt, Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson & Antonio Guerrero   The World’s Best Banks undoubtedly have flaws, but their fundamentals are improving. Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks globally, regionally ...

Islamic Finance Spreads Across Asia

September 04, 2012
  • Asia-Pacific,
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance

CROSSING ASIA'S FRONTIERS   By Michael Shari   As banks and regional hubs throw their weight behind Islamic finance, shariah-compliant products are crossing not just national borders but also product lines in Asia.   Photo Credits: MANZRUSSAL I / Shutterstock.com ...

Emerging Markets Roundup: Middle East

September 04, 2012
  • Middle East,
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Islamic Finance

GULF BONDS PROVIDE SHELTER FOR INVESTORS FROM CRISIS   By Gordon Platt   The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are enjoying enormous demand for their debt from global investors.   Sukuk, or Islamic bonds, are particularly popular, in part because ...

Best Internet Banks 2012: Round 1

September 04, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Technology

ANNUAL SURVEY: TRAILBLAZERS   By Adam Rombel   In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product and service category.   As it has annually for ...

Words Of Wisdom: Ibrahim Dabdoub, National Bank Of Kuwait

July 16, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Macroeconomy & Globalization

TURBULENT TIMES   By Gordon Platt   Ibrahim Dabdoub has been CEO of National Bank of Kuwait since 1983.   Global Finance: What are the key risks over the next 5, 10 and 25 years? Ibrahim Dabdoub: As a banker, I ...

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Global Investing

July 16, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Global Investing

UNDERMINING THE CULT OF EQUITY   By Jonathan Gregson   As alternative investments become mainstream and returns diminish, the traditional bias toward equity investment is being challenged like never before.   Even before globalization became a major theme, big investors had ...

Words Of Wisdom: Adel El-Labban, Ahli United Bank

July 16, 2012
  • Middle East,
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Global Banking

DRIVE FOR DEMOCRACY   By Gordon Platt   Adel El-Labban, group CEO and managing director of Ahli United Bank, Bahrain, has had a major influence on Middle Eastern banking.   Global Finance: The past 25 years in the Middle East have ...

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Global Banking

July 16, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Treasury & Cash Management,
  • Global Banking

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR   By Jonathan Gregson   The emergence of universal banks fueled the trend toward globalization over the past 25 years, but the recent crises have been their undoing.   In the past 25 years major banks ...

Top 25 Lists: 25 Most Influential Business & Finance Books Over 25 Years

July 16, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Treasury & Cash Management,
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Transformation   By Justin Keay   How things change. A list of the best business, economics and finance books compiled pre-crisis would probably have focused on up-and-coming Internet companies, how to make a fortune on the stock exchange, how to invest ...

Words Of Wisdom: David Wilton, International Finance Corporation

July 16, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Global Investing

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT   By Udayan Gupta   David Wilton is chief investment officer and manager, global private equity, at theWorld Bank's IFC, with responsibility for its investment program in emerging markets funds globally. He is a member of the Pension ...

The Winners' Circle, Top Winners in 25 Years of Awards: Best Banks

July 16, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Treasury & Cash Management,
  • Global Banking

THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT   By Kathryn Tully   For its anniversary issue, Global Finance crunched the numbers to come up with the institutions that have won our World's Best Bank awards most often over the past 16 years. Presenting The ...

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Macroeconomics

July 16, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Macroeconomy & Globalization

THE HUMAN FACTOR IN ECONOMIC THEORY   By Justin Keay   Traditional economic theory has been challenged by recent market events in global financial markets, and that challenge has given rise to a new generation of economic soothsayers who are looking ...

Top 25 Lists: 25 Past, Present And Future Destinations For Foreign Direct Investment

July 16, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Treasury & Cash Management,
  • Global Investing

MODERNIZATION   By Justin Keay   Back in 1987 the main recipients of foreign direct investment were developed markets, plus some of Asia's miracle economies. Emerging markets barely featured. Today Russia and Poland are in the top 25 along with India, ...

Top 25 Lists: 25 Ideas That Changed The World

July 16, 2012
  • Capital Raising & Corporate Finance,
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Treasury & Cash Management,
  • Macroeconomy & Globalization

EVOLUTION   By Laurence Neville   Perhaps the defining characteristic of 2012—in contrast to 1987 when Global Finance launched—is the interconnectedness of the world.   Globalization spreads ideas and connects markets Those in the US now have more in common with ...

Global Finance Advertisers 1987: Where Are They Now?

July 16, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Treasury & Cash Management

THE SANDS OF TIME   By Valentina Pasquali   A look at how the fates have dealt with those firms that advertised in the October 1987 inaugural issue of Global Finance.   AT&T was bought by SBC Communications Are your overseas ...

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Emerging Markets

July 16, 2012
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Islamic Finance,
  • Treasury & Cash Management

MECHANISMS OF GROWTH   By Antonio Guerrero   Twenty-five years ago, Goldman Sachs' Jim O'Neill was still more than a decade away from coining the acronym BRIC to identify the high-growth markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China—an event which signaled ...

Special Report: Afghanistan

July 01, 2012
  • Asia-Pacific,
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Islamic Finance

A LETTER FROM KABUL   By Valentina Pasquali   The sense of anticipation is mounting in the Afghan capital of Kabul as the country gears up for a crucial double transition to take place in 2014.   It is the ...

GCC Regional Report: Seeking More-Inclusive Growth

July 01, 2012
  • Middle East,
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Islamic Finance

SEEKING MORE-INCLUSIVE GROWTH   By Gordon Platt   After strong economic growth in 2011, the six nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council are spreading the wealth by putting a priority on non-oil job creation and social welfare.   Photo Credit ...

Emerging Markets Roundup: Middle East

July 01, 2012
  • Middle East,
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Islamic Finance

KUWAIT ORDERED TO PAY DOW CHEMICAL $2.16 BILLION   By Gordon Platt   Kuwait's state-run chemical company must pay the US's Dow Chemical $2.16 billion for wrongfully canceling a planned joint venture in December 2008, as the global economy was ...

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