Western Europe

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED KINGDOM   By Anita Hawser   Hogg: Code will be catalyst In the wake of the financial crisis, which highlighted the need for higher levels of engagement between the boards of companies and significant shareholders, corporate governance is ...

MILESTONE: EUROPE   By Anita Hawser   Slow implementation has hindered SEPA With the threat of sovereign defaults in Europe's PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece Spain), the eurozone had its fair share of bad news this summer. As the sovereign and ...

United Kingdom   By Anita Hawser   Jenkins: London faces threat from multiple emerging market centers As economic power increasingly shifts toward the East and regulators in the West look to rein in the growth of their financial sectors, senior ...

POST-CRISIS MANAGEMENT   The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has found new relevance—and a key role—in the aftermath of the financial crisis.   By Justin Keay   Aside maybe from Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, few banks have emerged ...

  AN ATTAINABLE GOAL     By Antonio Guerrero   Spain's economy is still under pressure, but signs of renewed confidence are slowly emerging.   When Spain beat the Netherlands in July to win the country's first-ever soccer World Cup, ...

Global Finance names the World's Safest Banks 2010 in Western Europe   NEW YORK, September 2, 2010 — Global Finance magazine (www.gfmag.com) has named the top 10 "Safest Banks in Western Europe" in an exclusive survey to be published in ...

Global Finance names the World's Best Internet Banks in Europe 2010 NEW YORK, July 26, 2010 – Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the "World's Best Internet Banks" competition in Europe. This is the 11th year Global ...

COVER STORY: AFTER THE BAILOUT   The turmoil in Greece and the subsequent rout of the euro have rattled global markets and caused a renewed bout of hand-wringing over the stability of the global economy. Some believe the developed markets ...

NEWSMAKERS: US/UK   By Gordon Platt   Speaking out: Cameron voices support for beleaguered BP BP still hadn’t plugged that hole yet in the deep-sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico by the end of June, as the Atlantic hurricane season ...

Country Report: Portugal   By Denise Bedell   Portugal has been hit hard by the general uncertainty over the eurozone's future, but its prospects are outshining some of its neighbors'.     It may still be laboring in Greece's shadow, ...

Europe   By Justin Keay   Schäuble: Europe should be able to save itself Growing concern over the indebtedness and burgeoning fiscal deficits of some European countries has led Germany’s finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, to propose the establishment of a ...

United States/United Kingdom   By Gordon Platt   A sweet deal: Kraft swallows Cadbury after a long battle US-based Kraft Foods’ $19.7 billion takeover of British chocolate maker Cadbury last month will create the world’s largest candy company. The deal ...

Europe   By Justin Keay   Torres: Green and digital technologies may fill growth gap With the most serious global recession since the 1930s slowly coming to an end, European policymakers are now focusing on the post-crisis landscape. The view ...

Europe   By Laurence Neville   Drying up? Investors may shun European IPOs After months of increasing excitement among equity capital market (ECM) bankers about the prospects of a bumper first quarter of IPO issuance in Europe in 2010, events ...

United Kingdom   By Gordon Platt   King: Lambasting banks for their lavish bonuses After bungling his handling of the Northern Rock crisis in 2007, Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, was blamed for creating the crisis that ...

United Kingdom   Justin Keay   Turner: City of London engages in “socially useless activity” A year has passed since the near implosion of the world’s financial system, and intelligent opinion in Britain remains divided between those wanting the City ...

Istanbul, October 6th, 2009 - Global Finance magazine hosted its thirteenth annual Best Bank Awards ceremony on October 6th, 2009, in Istanbul (Turkey), at the same time as the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank. More than 200 ...

A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD   Spain’s banks and savings institutions are still reeling from the collapse of the country’s housing market.   By Antonio Guerrero   With Spain experiencing its deepest recession in 60 years, its banking sector stands at ...

With bank stability still high on corporate and investor agendas, Global Finance magazine publishes in the October 2009 issue its annual list of the world’s safest banks.   Global Finance has published its world’s safest banks listing for 18 years. ...

THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BANKS 2008 Rank Name Country Fiscal Year Total Assets ($b) 1 Royal Bank of Scotland Group United Kingdom 12/2007 3,807 2 Deutsche Bank Germany 12/2007 2,974 3 BNP Paribas France 12/2007 2,494 4 Barclays United Kingdom 12/2007 ...