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fair-finance: Most Socially Responsible Pension Fund Central Europe 2019

Ethical finance principles are a welcome trend in financial markets, but for one company this has been both moniker and ethos since its inception: the Austrian holdings and securities company, fair-finance. Founded in 2008, fair-finance balances investment decisions based on

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Banco Ganadero: Best Green Bank Bolivia 2019

Since its foundation in 1994, Banco Ganadero has been strongly attached to the agricultural sector in Bolivia, in particular to the many SMEs represented there. To deliver the highest level of service to its clients, it places paramount importance on

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BIAT (Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie): Best Bank Governance Tunisia 2019

Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (BIAT) was founded in 1976, and has developed a solid reputation for its business performance and corporate governance. BIAT had banking products with a net worth of $270m (834.5 m TND) in 2018, and boasts

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Electric Networks of Armenia: Best ESG Energy Provider Caucasus 2019

Electric Networks of Armenia was created in 2002 from the merger of four regional state companies to unite distribution and sales in the sector. The company provides electricity to more than a million customers, and its grid covers 36,000 kilometers.

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Central Bank of the Dominican Republic: Best Central Bank Governance Central America and the Caribbean

For a central bank to function at peak performance, autonomy is crucial. The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) was founded as a decentralised and independent organisation in 1947 according to Dominican monetary and financial law, to be responsible

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Poste Vita: Best Pension Fund Governance Italy 2019

Poste Vita was founded in Rome in 1999, and has become the country’s first premium-income life insurance provider. Over the decades, Poste Vita has fostered a sense of trust amongst its clients for the simplicity of its services, its transparent

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Produbanco (Banco de la Produccion SA): Best Bank Governance Ecuador 2019

Produbanco has been fostering economic development in Ecuador since its inception in 1978. With good corporate governance at the heart of its operations from day one, Produbanco has earned a reputation for principled business conduct and forward-looking compliance strategies. The

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Iberdrola: Best Green Energy Impact Bond – Europe 2019

Spanish electric utility giant Iberdrola, the country´s largest energy group by market capitalisation and the global leader in wind energy, closed its third issue of green hybrid bonds in February. The issue was six times oversubscribed and raised €800m –

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UBS: Best Bank Sustainability Leadership Global 2019

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) developed by the United Nations provide a roadmap of the action that must be undertaken – now – to avert environmental catastrophe, and to protect the planet for generations to come. As one of the

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MAROCLEAR: Best Financial Services Corporate Governance Team North Africa 2018

According to the CFI.co judging panel, MAROCLEAR, the central depository of securities of Morocco, takes its corporate governance responsibilities very seriously and is an extraordinarily well run organisation headed by the exceptionally talented Fathïa Bennis. MAROCLEAR ensures that its business

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