Gold Magazine February - March 2013, Issue 23 | Page 8
Issue 23
February
2013
08 EDITORIAL
10 UP FRONT
20 FIVE MINUTES WITH…
It’s a WOman’s World
50
LEADING FINANCIAL SERVICES PROFESSIONALS
+ OPINION
MAKING THE MOST
OF THE UNAVOIDABLE
By Viktoria Soltesz
42
FEMENOMICS
By Persella Ioannides
58
CHANGE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION
By Mike McCormac
68
SEEING STARS AND HEARING SILENCE
98
by Peter Economides
22
GENDER EQUALITY IS NO
LONGER THE EXCEPTION IN THE
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE SECTOR,
SAY 50 SUCCESSFUL WOMEN
76
34
FEATURES
34 | ”MONEY LAUNDERING? DON’T BE
RIDICULOUS!“
SPECIAL
SUPPLEMENTS
43 | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
IF
I BECOME
ME
69 | INVESTMENT FIRMs
PRESIDENT...
WHAT DO THE THREE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
PLAN TO DO TO REVIVE THE ISLAND’S
FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR?
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76 | BACK ON TRACK
Interview with former President
George Vassiliou
Angelos Gregoriades, the new Chairman of
KPMG, on Cyprus’ strengths and weaknesses
as a financial centre.
38 | IF I BECOME PRESIDENT…
80 | FEEL THE PAIN
How the three main presidential candidates
plan to revive the financial services sector
60 | HOW TO SOLVE THE COMPETITIVENESS
PROBLEM
Comparing Cyprus, Malta and Luxembourg
64 | BOUNCING BACK
Greek tourism is ready to grow again
Latvia’s turnaround since the 2008 financial
crisis could be a model for the faltering
countries of southern Europe. But they may
not like it...
82 | CEO CONFIDENCE IN
GROWTH DOWN
The majority of CEOs expect the global
economy to remain stalled
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