The United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD) publishes the World Investment Report each year. This year’s report contains the top 50 multi-national financial companies based on the Geographical Spread Index (GSI).  The GSI is “calculated as the square root of the Internationalization Index multiplied by the number of host countries. The”Internationalization Index”, is …

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As the year 2009 is coming to a close, we shall take a quick look at the Top 10 Banks by Assets of Asia, Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. The banks below are ranked by assets as of the dates shown. 1.Asia 2.Latin America Note: Itau and Unibanco have merged …

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The Businessworld magazine in India published the India’s Best Banks 2009 list last week. The winners were listed in three categories : large, medium and small size banks. The factors used to select these banks are growth, size, sustainability and some risk parameters. A total of 56 commercial banks were analyzed to identify the top …

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