FinanceEconomics & Development
- - Banking & Finance
    
    FMO: Unlocking Scale Potential of Green Bonds in India – Lessons from Global Markets
    
    The global green bonds market has gone from strength to strength in recent years, with issuance
    
    Otaviano Canuto, World Bank: Overlapping Globalisations
    
    Current technological developments in manufacturing are likely to lead to a partial reversal of the wave
    
    Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB): A Mostly Unseen Hand
    
    In late-December, President Werner Hoyer of the European Investment Bank shared his experiences and insights with
  - Markets
    
    Robert J Shiller: Understanding Today’s Stagnation
    
    Ever since the Great Recession of 2007-2009, the world’s major central banks have kept short-term interest
    
    Davos: Seizing the Moment – Or Not
    
    The man himself was unable to attend the proceedings in Davos – he has other commitments,
    
    Nouriel Roubini: The Global Growth Funk
    
    The International Monetary Fund and others have recently revised downward their forecasts for global growth –
  - SMEs
    
    UNCTAD: Africa Rising
    
    Africa needs investment to advance sustainable development and see the continent prosper. James Zhan, Astrit Sulstarova
    
    Patrick Awuah: Educating the Future Leaders of Africa
    
    The prestigious and pioneering Ashesi University in Ghana is on a mission to educate a new
    
    Mowgli Foundation Report: Mentoring Achieved Return on Mentoring Investment (ROMI) Returns of 890%
    
    The Mowgli Foundation publishes a report that highlights the Return on Mentoring Investment (ROMI) and economic
  - Economics & Convergence
    
    Nouriel Roubini: The Mystery of the Missing Inflation
    
    Since the summer of 2016, the global economy has been in a period of moderate expansion,
    
    Robert J Shiller: Understanding Today’s Stagnation
    
    Ever since the Great Recession of 2007-2009, the world’s major central banks have kept short-term interest
    
    Otaviano Canuto, IMF: What Happened to World Trade?
    
    World trade suffered another disappointing year in 2015, experiencing a contraction in merchandise trade volumes during
SustainabilityBusiness Environment
- - CSR
    
    Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: What’s Driving ESG? A Top Ten List
    
    The prevalence and prominence of sustainability as a vital concept in the world – let alone
    
    Otaviano Canuto, World Bank: Can Services Replace Manufacturing as an Engine for Development?
    
    Manufacturing expansion has been a vehicle for job creation, productivity increases, and growth in non-advanced economies
    
    Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: Stock Exchanges – An Engine for Sustainable Development
    
    The modern stock exchange is a hybrid institution: listing venue, market steward, investment and regulatory liaison,
  - Energy
    
    IFC on Climate Smart Investment: A Gateway for Green Growth in South Asia
    
    Today in India, with a tap of a smartphone, a manufacturer instantly books shipping services for
    
    IFC: Energy Storage Can Open Doors to Clean Energy Solutions in Emerging Markets
    
    For more than a hundred years, electrical grids have been built with the assumption that electricity
    
    Energy for the Masses: Raiders of the Lost Promise – The Holy Grail of Nuclear Fusion
    
    All You Ever Wanted to Know about Stellarators and Tokamaks The vast amounts of energy released
  - Innovation & Technology
    
    Nouriel Roubini and Preston Byrne: The Blockchain Pipe Dream
    
    Predictions that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will fail typically elicit a broader defence of the underlying
    
    Robert J Shiller: Robotization Without Taxation?
    
    The idea of a tax on robots was raised last May in a draft report to
    
    Artificial Intelligence in FinTech
    
    From Product Marketing, through RoboAdvice, Compliance and Fraud Detection activities, Artificial Intelligence is finding its place,
  - Governance & Legal
    
    EY: Argentina – Aspects of the Labour & Social Security Reform
    
    A labour and social security reform bill has been recently sent to the Argentine Congress. In
    
    Building Stronger Governance and Compliance Foundations in Sub-Saharan Africa
    
    Analysts, politicians, economists and media pundits have kicked off 2016 with a largely pessimistic outlook for
    
    Science-Based Emissions Targets: A New Foundation for Corporate Climate Action
    
    Corporate emissions-reduction targets have become commonplace. In 2014, 80% of companies that reported their emissions to
PerspectivesEssays & Columns
- - Multilaterals
    
    UNCDF: Bringing New Parties to the Table – Engaging the Private Sector to Drive Investment into Least Developed Countries
    
    It is widely understood that the world is falling far short of the funding flows required
    
    World Bank: Infrastructure Financing Options – Bankable Projects for Private Investors
    
    Strategic investment funds have emerged as a way of addressing gaps in the infrastructure investment lifecycle.
    
    Kristalina Georgieva, CEO of the World Bank: Empowering Communities
    
    Worldwide, around 500 million people live in “fragile situations,” mostly caused by armed conflict. Climate change
  - Columnists
    
    Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: What’s Driving ESG? A Top Ten List
    
    The prevalence and prominence of sustainability as a vital concept in the world – let alone
    
    Lord Waverley on Sanctions: The United Kingdom Acts
    
    The United Kingdom Government has introduced the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill to Parliament. Provisions for
    
    Kenneth Rogoff: Trump’s 3% Growth for the 1%
    
    US President Donald Trump has boasted that his policies will produce sustained 3-4% growth for many
  - Lifestyle
    
    Maserati on Value Creation: Trident Badge and a Heady Rumble Mean Business, On the Road and In the Showroom
    
    How many syllables would you like with your supercar? One? Porsche will do nicely. Two? Bentley,
    
    Gibson: Guitar Legend on the Ropes
    
    “You know, I imagine a lot of you wanna know why I call the guitar Lucille.
    
    Waldemar Januszczak: Art for the Millions
    
    The BBC needs a David Attenborough of the arts and Waldemar Januszczak (63) may answer the
PeopleHeroes & Leaders
- - Heroes
    
    Tim O’Reilly: Coding for the Masses
    
    Founder and CEO Tim O’Reilly of O’Reilly Media is not at all surprised that Google, Facebook,
    
    María Dolores de Cospedal: Seeking More Bang
    
    Almost nobody saw her coming. In barely ten years, María Dolores de Cospedal went from a
    
    Tim Cook: Taking Care of Business
    
    He wants to be remembered as a good and decent man. Not that he’s going anywhere,
  - Editor’s Ten
    
    Ana Botín: Reshaping the Financial Universe
    
    The first woman to lead a major global financial services provider, Ana Botín remains one of
    
    Robert J Shiller: Mastering Data
    
    One of the elite Sterling professors at Yale University, he predicted both the dot-com bubble and
    
    Adam Smith: The Original Economic Thinker
    
    The year 1776 marked the dawn of modern capitalism: nothing to do with a few rebellious
  - CFI.co Meets
    
    CFI.co Meets the CFO of Heathrow Airport Holdings: Javier Echave
    
    Javier Echave serves as chief financial officer of Heathrow Airport Holdings since May 2016. He is
    
    CFI.co Meets the Director General of Wafacash: Samira Khamlichi
    
    Bridging worlds and bringing people together: there is more to the remittance business than just shuffling
    
    CFI.co Meets the CEO of eDreams ODIGEO: Dana Dunne
    
    Pushing the mobile experience beyond bookings is the next frontier to be settled by the online
  - Portraits
    
    Marc Langenbrinck, Mercedes-Benz Schweiz CEO: Finding and Keeping the Exact Right Competitive Angle
    
    Mercedes-Benz is enjoying a great run. Its cars have set new sales records in Switzerland, Spain,
    
    Christian Mumenthaler, CEO of Swiss Re: Insuring Future Growth
    
    The new frontier of insurance runs through cyberspace. Hacking has professionalised and is no longer the
    
    Nick Clegg: A Heart That Will Yet Be Sorely Missed
    
    As David Cameron was celebrating his party’s astonishing victory at the polls on May 8, his
  - Obituaries
    
    Obituary: Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
    
    The word battle used in connection with any ailment is an odd euphemism, but particularly so
    
    Fidel Castro: An Antagonist Remembered
    
    The last Marxist-Leninist to hold a place on the world stage has left, signalling the end
    
    Zaha Hadid (1950-2016): “I Don’t Design Nice Buildings”
    
    Zaha Hadid orphaned this world on March 31 and left it waiting for great works that
LiteratureBook Reviews
- - Reviews
    
    Atlas Shrugged Meets Mad Max: Billionaires Heading for the Hills
    
    The lone Trump supporter amongst the billionaires of Silicon Valley, venture capitalist and angel investor Peter
    
    Book Review: Private Island – Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else
    
    A Balance Disturbed for All the Wrong Reasons It remains somewhat of a mystery how Chancellor
    
    A Sojourn in Davos: Things Will Never Be the Same
    
    Book Review – The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann For all its potential as a canvas
  - Must-Reads
    
    Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
    
    “When the middle class constitutes only 20–30 percent of the population, it may side with antidemocratic
    
    Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
    
    CFI Must-Reads Title Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 Author Tony Judt ISBN 978-0-1430-3775-0 link
    
    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
    
    “The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into
  - The Editor’s List
    
    The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
    
    “He sounded like Jean-François Revel, a French socialist writer who talks about one of the great
    
    The Gonzo Papers Anthology
    
    “Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.” For
    
    The Grapes of Wrath
    
    “Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks
In-DepthExtended Coverage
- - World Investment Forum
    
    Amina J Mohammed: Energy for Sustainable Goals
    
    If, by way of magic, cynicism and indifference could be banned, the world would undoubtedly be
    
    An Inspiring Trajectory
    
    Amina J Mohammed has been called one of the world’s greatest leaders (Fortune magazine), Diplomat of
    
    UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum: Looking for a Way Out of the Lucas Paradox
    
    Any and all talk about a determined, sustained, and final push to eradicate poverty from the
  - Brexit Notes
    
    Project Fear
    
    After suffering some initial and minor difficulties, they fully expect the UK to become the shining
    
    Democratic Deficit
    
    Eurosceptics often decry the European Union’s perceived democratic deficit and strenuously object to being ruled by
    
    Border Trouble
    
    Post-Brexit, the UK will remain part of the EU customs union and quite possibly of its
  - World Economic Forum
    
    WEF: Back to the Basics?
    
    Concerned over widening geopolitical fissures, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has embarked on a quest to
    
    Davos: Till We Meet Again – Bankers Packing Up
    
    Dutch Finance Minister and President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem is worried that the increased insularity
    
    Davos: Seizing the Moment – Or Not
    
    The man himself was unable to attend the proceedings in Davos – he has other commitments,
  - Special Features
    
    US Trade Policy: End of the Liberal World Order
    
    The established wisdom, first formulated and then imposed by the United States, says that trade encourages
    
    Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve: The End of Easy Money
    
    It had to happen and it just did. The untold joys of expansive monetary policy as
    
    Jordan: The Sky Is the Limit
    
    The hub for flag carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines, Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA), just south of
AwardsExcellence
- - Awards
    
    British Airways: Best Premium Travel Experience Global
    
    Unveiling a major investment drive to upgrade its long-haul business and premium economy class services, British
    
    UBS: Best Green Bank Switzerland
    
    An increasing number of businesses, including banks, are adapting their corporate structures and processes to incorporate
    
    UAE is Recognised by CFI.co as Best FDI Destination in the Middle East
    
    Following presentation of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) 2015 Awards for FDI-agencies at a Gala Dinner
  - Africa
    
    Schlumberger Nigeria: Best Sustainability Award
    
    In over forty countries, oilfield services company Schlumberger is actively engaged in promoting science, technology, engineering,
    
    The CFI.co Award for Best HSE Standards, West Africa, goes to Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc
    
    Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc traces its proud history back to 1907. This top petroleum products marketing
    
    Old Mutual: Best Community Engagement Programme, South Africa
    
    Responsibility is at the heart of Old Mutual’s success over the past 165 years and the
  - Asia Pacific
    
    Best Commercial Bank, China: CFI.co names China Merchants
    
    China Merchants Bank, headquartered in Shenzen and boasting 500 branches, is the CFI.co 2014 winner of
    
    Colombo Stock Exchange: Most Sustainable Growth Exchange Asia
    
    With investor confidence solid and a booming economy, the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is in a
    
    A Touch of Class: Century Properties Group Wins Real Estate Award in the Philippines
    
    With a passion for quality in both service and product plus an uncannily keen sense for
  - Europe
    
    Julius Bär Group: Best Private Bank Switzerland
    
    Managing the assets of private clients across the globe, Julius Bär Group maintains offices in over
    
    UBS: Best Green Bank Switzerland
    
    Picture a world in which large power plants spewing noxious fumes into the atmosphere have been
    
    Nordea Asset Management: ESG Award Winner in Europe
    
    According to the CFI.co Judging Panel, ‘Nordea well understands the benefits that accrue to investors when
  - Latin America
    
    BCI: Our Fund Manager Winner in Chile
    
    The CFI.co Judging Panel rates BCI Investment Management very highly and has announced that the award
    
    Bolsa de Valores de Colombia: Best Stock Exchange, Latin America
    
    The Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC) – a private organisation – was established in 2001
    
    The Odebrecht Foundation Wins CFI Award for Community Engagement, Brazil
    
    The Odebrecht Organisation is a very successful and highly diversified Brazilian group which is active in
  - North America
    
    Mercury Capital Advisors Group Best Fund Raising Team Global
    
    Mercury Capital Advisors Group have perfected flat management within the company, creating a team where everyone takes
    
    Banco Interacciones: Our Winner in Mexico for a Second Year
    
    The CFI Judging Panel would like to congratulate Banco Interacciones on repeating its triumph of last
    
    BNY Mellon: Winner of the CFI.co Wealth Manager Award, US
    
    The CFI.co Judging Panel has named BNY Mellon as winner of the prestigious award, ’Best Wealth
  - Middle East
    
    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
    
    Bentley Powers Ahead in Customer Satisfaction: CFI.co Award Winner, Middle East
    
    There has been powerful performance at Bentley Motors, Middle East this past year. Dubai is the
    
    UBP Wins the CFI.co Private Banking Award, UAE
    
    Now that many of the global universal banks are returning to their core business and divesting
InitiativesEvents
- - Events
    
    Jury for AIM IPA Awards Receives Recognition
    
    The esteemed jury members for the AIM 2018’s Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) awards receives recognition for
    
    Family Office Investing: CFI.co Panellist Speaking at Opal, London
    
    As a part of Opal’s Private Wealth Series, this conference was attended by High Net-Worth Individuals,
    
    Davos: Seizing the Moment – Or Not
    
    The man himself was unable to attend the proceedings in Davos – he has other commitments,
  - Projects
    
    World Bank Group Unveils New Initiatives in Investment Policy and Promotion
    
    For many developing countries, foreign direct investment (FDI) has become the largest source of external finance,
    
    The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) of UNCDF: Climate Change Impacts on Natural and Human Systems
    
    “For women, the road was crucial. It was hard to deliver babies because of access: we
    
    African Governments Invest in Skills in Sciences, Engineering, and Technology
    
    President Macky Sall of Senegal launches a new Regional Scholarship and Innovative Fund in Johannesburg, South
  - Start-Ups
    
    Ann Low, US Department of State: Go Green by 2019 – Make Business Registration Easy Everywhere by 2019
    
    The “Go Green by 2019” campaign is designed to promote transparent and user-friendly business registration processes
    
    Stacey Ferreira: The Billion Dollar Pitch
    
    Few people make their first million before they turn twenty, and fewer still can say they
    
    New Business-Registration Portal Goes Global
    
    A new web portal has been launched to help companies directly access, and assess the user-friendliness
  - Corporate
    
    Nordea Asset Management: Pinch, Push, and Shift…
    
    While financial markets globally have undergone substantial stress and change, an increasing number of mainstream investors
    
    Mercury Capital Advisors: Customisation and Global Presence
    
    Headquartered in New York, and with offices in London, Tokyo, Singapore, Dubai, San Francisco, Boston, and
    
    Alexander Forbes Group: Three Strategies for Growth
    
    Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited, a specialised financial services group headquartered in South Africa, successfully listed

CFI.co Spring 2019 – Chairman and Columnist: Tor Svensson

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