A NEW DEPARTMENT
MARKETS
The exchanges, platforms and institutions where the world's money moves — who runs them, how trading works, and where. James Carville once said he would come back in his next life as the bond market, because it can intimidate everybody. This department starts there.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDES · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S BOND MARKETS: 59 VENUES, WHO RUNS THEM AND HOW
From BrokerTec's Treasury order books to Shanghai's interbank market, the LSE to the JSE — trading segments, full C-suites, how leaders are selected, contact details, and when the annual reports land.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S STOCK EXCHANGES: 36 EXCHANGES AND EXCHANGE GROUPS
From the New York Stock Exchange to Ho Chi Minh City — leadership with exact titles, listings and market capitalisation, indices, trading hours and contacts for the equity markets that price the world's companies. The companion guide, The World's Bond Markets, covers the bond segments of these same operators in full.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S BANKS: 50 MAJOR BANKS, WHO RUNS THEM AND HOW LARGE THEY ARE
From Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and JPMorganChase to DBS, Itaú Unibanco and KBC — full leadership, principal businesses, footprint, dated assets on the S&P Global ranking, and the contact route each bank itself publishes, verified for October 2026.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S INVESTMENT FIRMS: 100 FIRMS, WHO RUNS THEM AND HOW TO REACH THEM
From BlackRock's $11.55 trillion to the newest electronic brokerages — founded dates, ownership and listing, dated assets, full C-suites and named investment leadership, specialties, clients, offices and published contacts for the 100 firms that manage, advise on and move the world's money, including Nuveen's completed acquisition of Schroders and the Janus Henderson take-private.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S CENTRAL BANKS: 36 BANKS, WHO RUNS THEM AND HOW THEY ARE CHOSEN
Governors and deputies verified to October 2026, appointment processes and terms, mandates, policy instruments, reserves, contacts, and annual reports.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS: 30 FUNDS, WHO RUNS THEM AND HOW LARGE THEY SAY THEY ARE
Owners, chief executives and chairs verified to October 2026, mandates, portfolios, contacts, and assets labelled by source — estimates named as estimates.
INSURANCE
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S INSURANCE COMPANIES: 85 COMPANIES AND GROUPS, WHO RUNS THEM AND HOW THEY ARE REACHED
From China Life and AIA to Munich Re, Lloyd's of London and the Zurich-owned Beazley — full published leadership, client categories, specialties in full, offices, contacts and dated scale figures for every house, with each unpublished field named as such.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S INSURANCE BROKERAGES: 25 FIRMS, WHO RUNS THEM AND HOW TO REACH THEM
From Marsh and Aon to Diot-Siaci and OneDigital — the 25 leading insurance and reinsurance brokers ranked by 2025 revenue, with full C-suites, clients, published contacts, specialties, offices and ownership.
THE PROFESSIONS
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S ACCOUNTING FIRMS: 32 NETWORKS AND FIRMS, WHO RUNS THEM AND HOW
From the Big Four's half-million people to the China-origin networks following Chinese enterprise abroad — global leaders and full executive teams, member-firm structures, services, dated revenues, footprints and published contacts for Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG, BDO, RSM, Forvis Mazars, Grant Thornton, CLA, Plante Moran, CBIZ, SW and their peers worldwide.
The professions grouping will also carry The World's Law Firms guide when its placement is staged. More market guides will join this department in the months ahead.