Our coverage of this year's winning banks from across the continent.

Verno Capital grows its team; Citi names new Russian equities head; and other new hires across the region.

After a decade of preparation, on July 1 Croatia officially joined the European Union. Rod James examines how this will affect its banks and whether joining can help to stimulate the country’s pedestrian economy.

Executives at some of the largest listed companies in EMEA share their strategies in our annual ranking of the region’s corporate elite.

Russian banks, Turkish telcos and Polish power plays all feature in the CEE and CIS section of our EMEA 300 ranking. Tim Burke reports.

Many of the Middle East’s largest companies have grown their businesses impressively over the past year, writes Rod James.

Expanding economies and investor appetite have given the continent’s companies plenty of reasons for cheer. Tim Burke talks to executives at some of the largest names about their growth strategies.

Small financial-technology companies have bigger but burdened banks in their sights. Rod James examines the true extent of the threat they pose and what banks are doing about it.

The UAE’s standing as a regional safe haven has helped the country’s banks enjoy a stellar first half of 2013. Rod James takes a closer look at the figures.

Interviews with new hires and those hiring at Sberbank CIB, Societe Generale, Absa and Exotix.

VTB's capital increase; Slovenia's return to the debt markets; and Russian banks' results.

Dubai's debt restructuring and Bank of Baroda's regional expansion.