Euromoney’s annual Middle East survey was conducted between 2nd May and 21st June.

Bank analysts and equity investors give their opinions on which companies they think are the best by the individual company sectors.

Euromoney’s annual Middle East survey was conducted between 2nd May and 21st June.

More than five years on from the credit crunch that shook the world to its core, tail risks continue to undermine investor returns, according to the latest quarterly results of Euromoney’s Country Risk Survey.

More than 400 economists and other experts from a range of financial and other institutions take part in Euromoney’s Country Risk Survey. They evaluate the risks faced by international investors in more than 180 markets, scoring countries across a range of political, economic and structural criteria. These are added to values for capital access, credit ratings and debt indicators, and aggregated each quarter to provide a total risk score.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the finance minister of Singapore, has been named Euromoney’s Finance Minister of the Year 2013.

Agustín Carstens, the governor of the Bank of Mexico, has been named Euromoney’s Central Bank Governor of the Year 2013.

18% year-on-year rise in responses pushes total response rate to all-time high

This is the most comprehensive guide to the cash management arena in the market.

The more exacting capital requirements of Basle III are prompting cash management banks to fine-tune their offerings.

Sibos in Dubai was abuzz with a new spirit of confidence and collaboration among banks, but beneath the surface the battle to secure existing clients by doing more with them and to attract new ones is intensifying.

Demand for sophisticated cash management services in China is rising as the authorities press for greater business efficiency at home and Chinese corporates expand their foreign operations. Renminbi liberalization is another driver.

Local banks like to see themselves as uniquely suited to offering cash management services to Brazilian companies. But the global banks are also getting up to speed on idiosyncratic client requirements and local regulation.

HSBC held off the challenge of Citi to hold on to top spot for both corporates and financial institutions in our 2013 rankings. Find out what almost 24,000 voters thought of cash managers in more than 50 countries.

Agustín Carstens is an orthodox central banker in an increasingly unorthodox world. Inheriting an impressive legacy, he has continued the Mexican central bank’s inflation-targeting work while keeping a pragmatic eye on growth. Growth potential is almost unrivalled and Carstens seems intent on ensuring that Mexico’s voice is heard in a new, multi-polar financial world.

Singapore is shifting its growth model from population-driven to productivity-driven expansion, while maintaining its status as an innovative trade and financial-services hub to diversified export markets. Finance minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has played an overarching role in the city-state’s economy and serves as the region’s statesman on the international stage.

Euromoney magazine’s ninth annual Real Estate Survey canvassed the opinions of real estate advisers, developers, investment managers, corporate end-users and banks worldwide. We asked respondents which firms they thought were the best providers of real estate products and services in their market over the past 12 months. The survey was filled in at country level and had two distinct components: Part A (performance figures) and Part B (nominations).