The Banker

For other uses, see Banker (disambiguation).

The Banker

Type	Monthly Industry Magazine
Format	Magazine
Owner(s)	Financial Times (Pearson)
Editor	Brian Caplen
Founded	1928
Headquarters	1 Southwark Bridge London SE1 9HL England
Circulation	28,771
ISSN	0005-5395
Website	www.thebanker.com

The Banker is an English-language monthly international financial affairs publication owned by The Financial Times Ltd. and edited in London. The magazine was first published in January 1926 through founding Editor, Brendan Bracken of the Financial News, who went on to become the chairman of the Financial Times from 1945-1958.

Since its founding, the magazine has claimed a dedication to the international perspective through features, interviews, multi-media applications and events. The Banker is the world’s premier banking and finance resource, read in over 150 countries and is the key source of data and analysis for the industry. It combines in-depth regional and country coverage with reports on global financial markets, regulation and policy, cash management and securities services, commodities and carbon finance, infrastructure and project finance, trading and technology, clearing and settlement, and management and governance issues.

The Banker is read most widely in banks, financial institutions, multilateral corporations, central banks and finance ministries around the world. Approximately 60% of its readers are CEO/President and CFO/Treasurers of their organizations.

Features

The Bank of the Year Awards is an annual awards event recognising the top financial institutions in the world. The most recent event took place in December 2010 and a record 149 countries were acknowledged for their achievements, with Standard Chartered winning the global award.

Top 1000 World Banks is published annually in July and coincides with the Banker awards. This ranking serves to recognise global leaders in the industry for their achievements, ranking the world's banks by Tier 1 capital globally, as well as by individual country. The awards are the industry’s most widely used index of global banking, and are internationally recognised as the definitive guide to the soundness, strength and profitability of banks. The banks are assessed by Tier 1 capital, with secondary rankings by assets, capital/asset ratio, real profit growth, profit on average capital, and return on assets.

The Bracken Column is a think-tank in which senior financial sector participants offer a fresh perspective on how to improve the global financial system. Comment - opinion pieces with senior finance figures

Profile - interviews with the biggest names in the banking industry and coverage of the latest finance deals

Banker Data - exclusive finance rankings and banking trends generated from our extensive in-house database

World - in-depth country and regional coverage displaying the global reach and targeted nature of TheBanker.com

Markets - analysis of trends and developments in global financial markets. Interviews with decision-takers, dealmakers and the world’s key issuers

Banking - a comprehensive look at the technology, service offerings and investment opportunities in retail, private and wholesale banking

Islamic Finance - examines the latest innovations in this rapidly maturing sector and analyses their impact on the wider financial community

Regulation and Policy - investigates how upcoming regulation will affect you

Transaction Banking - discussions on cash management, securities services, trade finance, and FX & payments

Tech and Trading - covers the key technologies that shape and support your business, and talks to CIOs about how they are using technology to increase efficiency and manage risk

How to Run a Bank is an annual comprehensive guide to international banking in the new financial environment. Combining contributions from the world's leading bankers, regulators, academics and economists, it is an essential resource for senior management around the globe.

Top 500 Islamic Financial Institutions annual listing assesses the global state of the Islamic banking and finance market today. Since 2007, the Top 500 has been regarded as one of the most credible mechanisms for estimating the size and growth-rate of the emerging Islamic financial marketplace.

Awards

As well as The Bank of the Year Awards, the Banker also conducts a range of additional awards:

• Deals of the Year: recognition of the best banking and finance deals from the previous year.
• Innovation in Banking Technology: a mix of existing technology used in new ways to solve problems or offer innovative services, along with bleeding-edge technology used in projects that can genuinely be described as industry firsts.
• Investment Banking: celebrating innovation in investment banking – whether in products, structures or strategies, especially those that bring clarity, fulfil client objectives and lower client costs.
• Finance Minister of the Year: identifying the finance minister who has had the biggest impact over the previous year.
• Central Bank Governor of the Year: the role of central bank governors has been thrust into the limelight over the past few years and The Banker identifies those that have been integral to their countries' recoveries from various financial crises.
• Private Banking: in association with Professional Wealth Management, these awards reward institutions which are doing their best for the private client and aim to provoke a move to greater transparency and accountability in a growing global wealth management industry, which sees itself increasingly under the gaze of national and supra-national regulators.

Editors

The current editors of the ‘’The Banker’’ are:

• Brian Caplen (Editor)
• Stephen Timewell (Editor Emeritus)
• Geraldine Lambe (Senior Editor)
• Silvia Pavoni (Investment Editor)
• Philip Alexander (Finance Editor)
• John Beck (Technology Editor)
• Paul Wallace (Africa editor & markets writer)
• Jane Cooper (Asia editor & GTS editor)
• Melissa Hancock (Middle East editor)

Circulation

The Banker is a monthly magazine, published near the start of the month. The Banker's website posts each issue’s content at the start of the month and has regular content updates including the latest banking trends. Circulation for the magazine, audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), was over 28,000 in 2009, with the UK making up 21% of the total. In the triennial Global Capital Markets Survey Global Capital Markets Survey, among monthly titles The Banker ranked<refMedia Pack 2011 The Banker</ref>:

• number one in capital markets
• number one globally
• number one in EMEA
• number one in banks and financial institutions
• in the top five for Asia and the Americas

See also

The Banker Database: The Banker’s unrivalled in-house source of current and historical financial data on the leading banks in every country, providing contact information, latest annual results, and includes an archive of up to 25 years.

External links

• TheBanker.com homepage of The Banker
• The Financial Times Business Events website providing group information and links to all group events