FinanceEconomics & Development
- - Banking & Finance
    
    The Importance of Promoting Financial Stability and Growth through International Regulatory Coherence
    
    By Nandini Sukumar, Chief Executive Officer, The World Federation of Exchanges One of the World Federation
    
    PwC: CEOs’ Confidence in Business Growth Dips as Global Economy Seen to Falter
    
    CEOs around the world are less optimistic about the strength of the global economy than they
    
    Joseph Stiglitz: From Yellow Vests to the Green New Deal
    
    It’s old news that large segments of society have become deeply unhappy with what they see
  - Markets
    
    World Federation of Exchanges (WFE): Encouraging Investment in Emerging Markets Hinges on Co-operative Effort
    
    Emerging market exchanges and policy makers are keen to encourage international investors, who play an important
    
    Bahrain Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism Zayed Bin Rashid Al Zayani: Maintaining and Expanding a Leading Edge
    
    The smallest economy of the Gulf Region registered solid growth, adding a robust 2.4% to its
    
    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
  - SMEs
    
    CBRE – Adapted Retail & Alternative Assets: Rental Trends Adjusting With the Times
    
    Economic growth is driving increased demand for retail and alternative real estate assets, while spare capacity
    
    Financial Centres Promote Economic Development: AIFC Goes for Growth by Backing SMEs Globally
    
    International Financial Centres (IFCs) are a necessary component of national and global economic growth. And increasingly,
    
    UNCTAD: Africa Rising
    
    Africa needs investment to advance sustainable development and see the continent prosper. James Zhan, Astrit Sulstarova
  - Economics & Convergence
    
    Otaviano Canuto, Center for Macroeconomics and Development: China’s Rebalancing Act is Slowly Addressing Sliding Growth Figures
    
    China’s economic growth has been sliding since 2011, while its economic structure has gradually rebalanced toward
    
    UAE Backs China’s One Belt One Road Initiative at Annual Investment Meeting
    
    His Excellency Abdulla Al Saleh, Undersecretary for Foreign Trade Ministry of Economy UAE stated,“ Trade activities
    
    Annual Investment Meeting 2019 to Host Strategic Sessions to Draw Foreign Direct Investments
    
    This year the event will witness the presence of 60 high level official The organizing committee
SustainabilityBusiness Environment
- - CSR
    
    Håvard Halland and Justin Lin: How to Mobilise Private Capital for Climate Finance
    
    The conclusion of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent report is stark:
    
    The Roca Brothers: Community-Based Solutions for Food Security
    
    To become the best is not necessary to go global. Spain’s three Roca brothers, celebrated as
    
    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
  - Energy
    
    UAE Backs China’s One Belt One Road Initiative at Annual Investment Meeting
    
    His Excellency Abdulla Al Saleh, Undersecretary for Foreign Trade Ministry of Economy UAE stated,“ Trade activities
    
    Dubai Ranks First Globally in Attracting FDI for AI & Robotics
    
    Dubai ranks first globally in attracting foreign direct investments (FDI) for artificial intelligence and robotics The
    
    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
  - Innovation & Technology
    
    AI Convergence in 4IR
    
    Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are gaining a strong foothold across numerous applications, lowering the
    
    OCCAM, the UN-affiliated Observatory on Digital Communication: ICT Village Programme Impact in Stark Contrast to Wealth and Aid
    
    It is calculated that the eight richest people in the world between them control the same
    
    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
  - Governance & Legal
    
    United Nations Leadership Launches Initiative Against Unregulated Small Arms Circulation
    
    “The United Nations has sought to tackle the widespread availability of illicit small arms and ammunition
    
    Robert Azevêdo: Levelling the Playing Field
    
    In times such as these, with rapidly escalating trade tensions and countries engaging in tit-for-tat spats
    
    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
PerspectivesEssays & Columns
- - Multilaterals
    
    Otaviano Canuto, Center for Macroeconomics and Development: China’s Rebalancing Act is Slowly Addressing Sliding Growth Figures
    
    China’s economic growth has been sliding since 2011, while its economic structure has gradually rebalanced toward
    
    Chile Minister of Economy, Development, and Tourism José Ramón Valente: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap
    
    Early in November, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) paid homage to Chile’s economic resilience and progress.
    
    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
  - Columnists
    
    Financial Centres Promote Economic Development: AIFC Goes for Growth by Backing SMEs Globally
    
    International Financial Centres (IFCs) are a necessary component of national and global economic growth. And increasingly,
    
    Nouriel Roubini and Brunello Rosa: The Makings of a 2020 Recession and Financial Crisis
    
    As we mark the decennial of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, there are still ongoing debates
    
    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
  - Lifestyle
    
    Stacey Ferreira: The Billion Dollar Pitch
    
    Few people make their first million before they turn twenty, and fewer still can say they
    
    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.
PeopleHeroes & Leaders
- - Heroes
    
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Young Congresswoman Refuses to Play Nice
    
    It takes the gumption of a hero to identify as a socialist in the United States,
    
    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
  - Editor’s Ten
    
    Robert Azevêdo: Levelling the Playing Field
    
    In times such as these, with rapidly escalating trade tensions and countries engaging in tit-for-tat spats
    
    António Guterres: Healing a Fractured World
    
    The world is in pieces. No longer the preserve of two competing global powers – or
    
    Ana Botín: Reshaping the Financial Universe
    
    The first woman to lead a major global financial services provider, Ana Botín remains one of
  - CFI.co Meets
    
    Carlo Giugovaz: Thought-Leader Who Bets on Banking Industry Innovation
    
    Among the pioneers of the digital banking age and one of most recognised innovator and FinTech
    
    Mobile Phone Purchase that Turned Trading Downside Up
    
    Aquis Exchange founder and CEO Alasdair Haynes had his Eureka moment while buying a mobile phone
    
    CFI.co Meets the Provincia Fondos Management Team: The Team who Made it Possible
    
    Mr Eleta joined the company in January 2016, after Maria Eugenia Vidal was elected governor of
  - Portraits
    
    Natarajan Chandrasekaran: Ensuring Tata Group’s Future
    
    India’s largest business by revenue, Tata Group comprises no less than 289 businesses that together have
    
    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
  - 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
- - Hidden Gems
    
    Chile Minister of Economy, Development, and Tourism José Ramón Valente: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap
    
    Early in November, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) paid homage to Chile’s economic resilience and progress.
    
    President Armen Sarkissian: Quantum Politics Defined, Explained, and Considered
    
    Armenia is ready for its time in the spotlight. The landlocked country experienced a watershed moment
    
    President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović: Visions of Europe by Its Best Pupil
    
    Last September, the European Union launched its own Belt and Road Initiative, connecting Europe with Asia.
  - 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
    
    Jordan: The Sky Is the Limit
    
    The hub for flag carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines, Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA), just south of
    
    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
AwardsExcellence
- - Awards
    
    UAE is Recognised by CFI.co as Best FDI Destination in the Middle East
    
    Following presentation of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) Awards for FDI-agencies at a Gala Dinner at
    
    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
  - 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
    
    Davos: Seizing the Moment – Or Not
    
    The man himself was unable to attend the proceedings in Davos – he has other commitments,
    
    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,
  - 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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