Mauricio Cárdenas, Colombia’s finance minister, has been named Euromoney’s Finance Minister of the Year for 2015.

Mauricio Cárdenas’ fiscal credibility and investment plans have bolstered the country’s defences amid the emerging market rout, while boasting the best economic growth in the region.

Central Bank of Russia governor Elvira Nabiullina is using orthodox but painful policy measures to combat the oil- and sanctions-driven storm that is ravaging the economy.

Last year, US Reits racked up total returns of 27.15%, the third time in five years that returns had hit at least 20%. But as expectations mount that the Fed will hike interest rates returns have turned negative, retail investors in non-traded Reits could still get hurt.

CBRE remains top for advisers, Blackstone takes the lead for investment managers and Goldman Sachs is number one in the banks category

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Record cross-border investment and the revival of both institutional and bank appetite for real estate mean that the asset class is enjoying a Goldilocks moment. How long will it last this time?

Find out which companies are rated the best developers, advisors and banks in global real estate in the latest instalment of Euromoney’s Real Estate Awards.

Two of the best performers in Euromoney’s ranking of global real estate loan providers this year are German lenders Helaba and Aareal Bank, names that have had their fair share of difficulties in this sector.

Banks performed well across all regions in the Euromoney Best Managed Companies Survey 2015.

In an era where every bank is considering its strategy more closely than ever, managerial acumen and the ability to articulate that strategy in an open and transparent way are increasingly important. Euromoney’s survey reveals the banks in emerging markets that are doing it best – and in some cases better than any other corporates in their country or region.

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What links China Telecom, CEZ, Fabella, Emirates NDB and Sanlam? They are the companies analysts rate as the best managed in the core emerging market regions.

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The 2015 Euromoney China gold investors survey was open from 1st June to the 26th June. All responses were collected online from investors in gold and gold‐backed products from the People’s Republic of China. Euromoney received 628 responses:

With unprecedented turbulence in the stock market shaking investor confidence, gold remains a strong focus in China. Confidence in the retail market is stubbornly high as talk of a yuan-denominated fix swells

Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence cover more than 20 global product categories, best-in-class awards in all regions and the best banks in close to 100 countries around the world. The full results are available here and are accessible by subscribers.

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Deutsche Finanzagentur tops borrower ranking for seventh year; Pricing mechanism comes with volatility, says agency

Euromoney’s Best borrowers capture the most important names and trends seen across the globe during the past 12 months.