Best Investment Bank, Saudi Arabia – NCB Capital

The judges applauded NCB’s 2011 M&A deal ($500 million) consolidating six construction companies. This was the largest M&A deal in the region from Saudi Arabia’s biggest asset manager ($11.75 billion). This was the first subsidiary of a Saudi Bank to

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Banco Interacciones in Mexico Continue to Build on Their Success

The role that Banco Interacciones plays in the Mexican economy should not be underestimated. The Bank plays a major role in financing the public sector and by maintaining a clearly defined strategy has produced excellent results for all Stakeholders. The

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Lukoil Russia: Obvious Choice as Corporate Leader, 2012

According the CFI judging panel, LUKOIL, Russia is a model of transparency and good governance and an obvious choice as a Corporate Leader in Europe. LUKOIL generates a mass of favourable statistics. It ranks as the 40th largest company in

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Steel Giant is one of CFI’s Corporate Leaders, 2012

Arcelor Mittal is a global leader in steel and mining. The CFI judging panel pointed to the philanthropy as well as the extraordinary business acumen of chairman and CEO Lakshmi Mittal who founded the Mittal Steel Company in 1976 (Arcelor

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WIPRO: Innovative Since 1945 with the Tech King at the Helm

The CFI judging panel applaud the ‘WIPRO Way’ which calls for good timing, predictability, reliability and cost-cutting at this IT giant from Bangalore.  WIPRO started out as a vegetable oil manufacturer in 1945 and has been headed by Azim Premji

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Kingdom Holding wins CFI Corporate Leadership Award for 2012

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding has been a shrewd and successful investor and major international business figure for many years. He established Kingdom Holding in 1979 and by the end of the next decade had gained a

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UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones S.A. Wins Best Mobile Telecom Provider Colombia 2012

Having world leading Telecoms businesses is critical to a country’s sustainable development. Colombia is fortunate in having a pioneering telecoms provider in the form of UNE. UNE are innovative and dependable and understand the need to properly engage with all

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Children’s Rights Concerns of Award Winner Norges

Norway’s Central Bank has decided on children’s rights and child labour as a strategic area for corporate concern. In 2009, Magdalena Kettis, head of Social & Corporate Governance at the Bank produced a paper: ‘Children’s Rights – A Concern For

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Trust Merchant Bank in the DRC Wins Multiple Awards

Trust Merchant Bank in the DRC award wins recognises TMB’s major contributions to sustainable growth and excellence of its banking services. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is emerging from decades of unrest and finally looks set to take advantage

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Hong Kong Exchange Wins Asia Award

HK Ex, listed in Hong Kong in 2000 is one of the world’s largest operators and the judging panel commented on the strength of recent developments. The panel spoke too of the strong investor relations programmes at HK Ex and

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