North America

MILESTONES: US/GLOBAL   By Gordon Platt   Two years after Dodd-Frank became law, US regulators identified eight "systemically important" clearing and payment firms that provide critical infrastructure to the country's financial system.   Systemically important financial utilities named None of the ...

MILESTONES: CANADA   By Erik Heinrich   The takeover of Canadian stock market operator TMX Group by Maple Group, a consortium of financial institutions, was approved by TMX's shareholders, bringing to a close more than a year of sometimes acrimonious ...

GLOBAL FINANCE names the World's Safest Banks 2012 in North America NEW YORK, August 16, 2012 — Global Finance magazine ( GF mag.com) has named the Safest Banks in North America in an exclusive survey to be published in the ...

Global Finance names the 2012 World's Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks in North America NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 – Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the "World's Best Internet Banks" competition in North America. This is the ...

Global Finance names the 2012 World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in North America NEW YORK, July 20, 2012 – Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the "World's Best Internet Banks" competition in North America. This is the ...

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES   By Luca Ventura   Sheila Bair is determined to turn up the heat on regulators and accelerate financial reforms.   Bair: protecting the US economy from the next crisis Photo Credit : ALBERT H. TEICH/ Shutterstock.com ...

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES   By Paula Green   US tech firms, including Google And Twitter, are taking advantage of a new model for accounting and tax services.   A stripped-down, low-cost solution is gaining in popularity among Silicon Valley tech ...

MILESTONES: MIDDLE EAST / US   By Anita Hawser   The ability of US bankruptcy law to handle shariah-compliant structures is being tested after Bahraini firm Arcapita Bank’s decision in March to file for bankruptcy protection in the US.   Business ...

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES   By Gordon Platt   As the tide went out for natural gas prices, it revealed that the seamy underbelly of the energy-trading business hasn’t changed a great deal since the days of Enron.   McClendon ran a hedge ...

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES / CHINA   By Gordon Platt   The Federal Reserve gave its seal of approval to China’s system of bank regulation and unanimously approved the first-ever takeover of a US retail bank by a state-owned Chinese bank.   Photo ...

NEWSMAKERS: CANADA   By Luca Ventura   On March 29, telecoms company Research In Motion posted its first loss in seven years.   Tough road ahead for RIM chief Thorsten Heins Photo Credit : REUTERS/EDUARDO MUNOZ It was not what shareholders had ...

By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt NORTH AMERICA North America’s banks are well along the road to recovery from the financial crisis, amid signs of improvement in the US and Canadian economies. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ...

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES   By Gordon Platt   Kenneth Feinberg, the Boston-bred lawyer who oversaw the process of paying out billions of dollars to victims of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, was relieved of his duties last month, ...

Global Finance Announces the Best Banks by Region 2012 NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 – Global Finance magazine has announced its annual awards for the World's Best Banks in Developed and Emerging Markets. The list of regional winners is on ...

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES   By Valentina Pasquali   Struggling with a sagging real estate market and a weak economic recovery, the US has been revamping its efforts to attract foreign investors. For example, the current administration is pumping new life into ...

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES   By Valentina Pasquali   When social-networking giant Facebook filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in February to raise $5 billion in one of the most anticipated initial public offerings of recent times, the talk ...

Global Finance names the Safest Banks in North America: April 2012 NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 — Global Finance magazine ( GFfmag.com ) has named the top 10 “Safest Banks in North America: April 2012” in an exclusive survey to ...

Global Finance announces a half-yearly update World’s 50 Safest Banks: April 2012 NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 – Bank stability is an ever-more pressing concern for the world’s corporations and investors. It is within this context that Global Finance announces ...

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES   By Gordon Platt   The Federal Reserve has found a new way to communicate its intentions to the markets. It will publish forecasts for the federal funds rate, the key short-term interest rate under its direct ...

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES   By Paula Green   Will Wall Street miss US Congressman Barney Frank, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) and architect of the 2010 legislation aiming to avert another global financial disaster?   Frank ...