Montpensier Finance: Best Multi-Asset Fund Manager France 2018

Set up in 2004 and today one of France’s leading independent investment managing companies, Montpensier Finance has gained recognition — and acclaim — for bringing together a peerless group of seasoned asset management professionals. The firm has established an enviable

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CheBanca!: Most Innovative Digital Smart Bank Italy

Italy’s CheBanca! leverages the power of technology to simplify its front office procedures and thus vastly improve the customer experience. Deploying data analytics, artificial intelligence, and robot advisory techniques, CheBanca! has managed to streamline both internal and external processes, saving

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Valentino: Best Fashion Corporate Governance Italy

The name evokes a certain je ne sais quoi. Valentino, the landmark Italian fashion house named after its founder, has redefined and perfected style since the early 1960s with a perfect melange of suave subtlety and luxurious extravagance. The company’s

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Auka: Best Mobile Payment Platform Europe 2018

Nobody doubts that the future of retail banking is in mobile accessibility. Most clients no longer wish to manage their personal finances at local branch offices. Even booting up the desktop computer is often too much of an effort. Traditionalists

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Kaiserwetter Energy Asset Management: Best Renewable Energy Asset Manager Germany 2018

The management of renewable energy resources equates to the unrelenting pursuit of efficiency. That, in turn, requires the use of new technologies such as the integration and streamlining of processes via the Internet-of-Things (IoT), big data analytics, and other innovative

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Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC): Best Investment Promotion Agency Africa 2018

Ghana is open for business – big business. The country is actively looking for partners to help underwrite a number of megaprojects and has created a regulatory environment to match. For starters, Ghana aims to become the hub  and consequently

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Credit Bank of Moscow (CBM): Best Banking Corporate Governance Russia 2018

Declared a “systemically important bank” by Russia’s central bank in 2017, and one of the country’s largest lenders, Credit Bank of Moscow (CBM) in the early 2010s embarked on an remarkable growth trajectory, gaining considerable momentum on the back of

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MegaInver: Best Balanced Equity Fund Manager Argentina 2018

In Argentina, investors are hard-up for choice. In dollar terms, the stock market has receded significantly this year. Corporate and government bonds also accumulated losses. Small wonder that investors are turning to markets overseas to find solace. There remain, however,

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Azizi Bank: Best Digital Bank Afghanistan 2018

Afghanistan’s largest financial services provider, Azizi Bank has added to its already considerable momentum by incorporating the latest fintech developments into its corporate and client-facing processes, and expanding its global reach. The bank is the preferred partner of diplomatic missions,

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Masthaven Bank: Most Innovative Digital Retail Bank UK 2018

It sounds so simple, only it isn’t. Online retail banks realise full well that advances in technology may wow customers, but it is the human touch that begets business. The question is how to extract synergies and tangible benefits from

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