Executives at some of the largest listed companies in EMEA share their strategies in our annual ranking of the region’s corporate elite.
Africa
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.
As the CEEMEA region continues to see groundbreaking capital-market deals, investment banks are keen to win a bigger share of that business. Tim Burke talks to divisional heads at banks that achieved just that during the first half of the year.
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.
Interviews with new hires and those hiring at Sberbank CIB, Societe Generale, Absa and Exotix.
Rwanda's eurobond; Djibouti's outlook; Ashburton's new fund; and Swift's plans for Ghana.
African companies on the London Stock Exchange; Pegasus IPOs in Istanbul; and funding deals for African banks.
Standard Chartered Private Equity's first MENA exit and the death of the QInvest/EFG Hermes merger.
GDF Suez's latest project in South Africa; work continues on the South Sea gas pipeline; and FBN Capital helps Seven Energy refinance.
Companies in emerging markets are catching up with their developed-market peers in addressing sustainability. Guido Giese, head of indices at investment firm RobecoSAM, tells Tim Burke about this and other trends his research team have found.
Carbon capture and storage technology could go a long way towards solving the earth’s CO2 emissions crisis. Stuart Haszeldine, professor of carbon capture and storage at the University of Edinburgh, tells Rod James how it works, where investment is coming from and why indecisive policymaking has held the technology back.