Eduardo Galeano: Remembering a Forgotten Continent

In the last days of his presidency, José Mujica visited the Casmu Hospital in Montevideo to pay his respects to Uruguay’s foremost historian and poet. On April 13, Eduardo Hughes Galeano succumbed to lung cancer. A giant of progressive journalism,

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TD: Making the Environment Part of the Bank’s DNA

When Mike Pedersen joined TD Bank Group in 2007 as Group Head, Corporate Operations, he was tasked with putting an environmental strategy in place for the bank. Early on, he saw the need for full-time executive leadership to drive the

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Barclays Africa Group: Striving to Be the ‘Go-To’ Bank in Africa

Barclays Africa Group Limited (Barclays Africa), listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, is one of Africa’s largest financial services groups. It is uniquely positioned as a fully global, fully regional, and fully local bank. Barclays Africa is 62.3% owned by

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Schlumberger Nigeria: Best Sustainability Award

In over forty countries, oilfield services company Schlumberger is actively engaged in promoting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education through its SEED (Schlumberger Excellence in Education Development) programme. The company is fully committed to share its corporate culture which

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InstaForex: Globally-Recognised Excellence

Today there are lots of brokerage firms on the forex market. The lion’s share of them are small dealing centres working under a license of a larger broker. As a rule, such companies charge higher service fees or hide their

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Ross Jackson: A Silver Lining to Europe’s Troubles

As we await the outcome of the four-month extension of the Greek credit arrangement with the Troika (EU, IMF, ECB), this is a good time to consider various possible scenarios. Indeed, I would like to outline the one scenario that

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CaixaBank’s InverCaixa Gestión: Spain’s Leader in Asset Management

CaixaBank is Spain’s third largest banking group and the biggest in the domestic market by business volume with a customer base of 13.4 million. CaixaBank is also one of the most solvent amongst banks in the Eurozone with a CET1

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Saudi Hollandi: Best SME Bank, KSA, for a Second Year

The CFI.co Judging Panel is always delighted when winners repeat their success in subsequent years. It is therefore with great pleasure that the panel confirms that this year’s award for ‘Best SME Bank, Saudi Arabia’ goes to Saudi Hollandi Bank

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Julius Bär Group: Best Private Bank Switzerland

Managing the assets of private clients across the globe, Julius Bär Group maintains offices in over twenty countries with an emphasis on Europe and Asia – the bank’s two home markets. The Julius Bär Group, one of the world’s oldest

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BCI: Our Fund Manager Winner in Chile

The CFI.co Judging Panel rates BCI Investment Management very highly and has announced that the award for ‘Best Fund Manager, Chile, 2013’ goes, with their congratulations, to this company. BCI works to high levels of operational efficiency and has strong risk

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