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Qatar’s LNG-driven prosperity is reshaping both its domestic eco-nomy and its international footprint. In late October, Sheikh Bandar Al-Thani, governor of the Central Bank of Qatar and Chairman of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the nation’s sovereign wealth fund, met in New York with Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of …

Abdulla Mubarak Al Khalifa, Group CEO of Qatar National Bank, speaks with Global Finance about the bank’s international strategy and the opportunities shaping QNB’s next phase of growth. Global Finance: QNB is the largest bank in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by assets and a global player. Tell …

Gilly Wright, Global Finance’s Transaction Banking Editor, talks to Melvyn Low, Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer & Head of Global Transaction Banking at OCBC, about how ASEAN region businesses are optimizing cash management strategies to stay competitive. Solutions that are convenient and quick to implement are essential for businesses that need to …

Global Finance (GF): Converse Bank has recently received a ratings upgrade from Moody’s. How will this improved rating impact the bank’s strategic initiatives and your ability to attract foreign capital and business? Andranik Grigoryan (AG): A ratings upgrade enhances our credibility with International Financial Institution partners, which is a well-known …

The Playbook For 2026: Winning now depends on pairing scalable platforms with personalized, value-oriented advice. In a year in which red-hot asset performance contrasted with high macroeconomic volatility, portfolio growth was just one—rather than the paramount—concern of the wealthy. Instead, across all tiers of the business, demand for increasingly complex …

Brookfield, a New York-based investment firm, has agreed to invest $12 billion in green energy projects in Andhra Pradesh (AP), India, over the next three years, including a clean energy-powered 3-gigawatt (GW) data center. Brookfield’s investment, announced at the 2025 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit held in AP, …

Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel is splashing into US with plans to buy Philadelphia-based rival Axalta Coating Systems for roughly $9.2 billion in stock. The move will create the world’s second-largest coatings company, trailing only Cleveland-based Sherwin-Williams. The deal is part of a wave of consolidation that recently saw private …

The special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that rose dramatically before crashing spectacularly as the pandemic era ended are mounting a resurgence under the Trump administration. SPACs accounted for roughly a third of all new US IPOs this year, a sharp turn from the post-Covid slump triggered by a combination of …

Trillions are flowing into AI investment and innovation, driven by ambition and fear of falling behind. But the returns are still more promise than proof. A global competition is underway: not for territory or weapons, but for algorithms and data. Artificial intelligence has become the new front line of corporate …

Home Features Global Salon: Goldman Sachs On Multigenerational Wealth And Meaningful Management Tucker York, global head of Goldman Sachs Wealth Management, speaks with Global Finance about how shifts along several fronts are redefining the private banking landscape. Goldman won several of Global Finance’s 2026 World’s Best Private Banks awards. Global …