Attendance at Global Banking & Markets events is considered imperative as more than 10,000+ deal practitioners return each year, in ever growing numbers. Global deal making is becoming more challenging: shareholder and customer expectations can misalign; regulation is increasingly fragmented; and geopolitical circumstances continue to fluctuate dramatically. Our events and meeting services reduce the cost, inefficiency and risk of complex multi-party transactions. Since our first events in the Gulf in 2010, we have developed a deep knowledge in markets with rising economic influence including Central Asia, CEE, Africa, Latin America, Saudi Arabia, The Middle East and Türkiye.

What Our Clients Say About Us

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Our Values

We believe in creating inclusive spaces where unforgettable moments are made. Driven by excellence, teamwork and dedication, we aim to inspire, empower, and bring people together through every experience.

Excellence

We pursue excellence tirelessly, for ourselves and for our customers. We take pride in being as good as we can possibly be, and always look to do better.

Teamwork

We work as a team. We succeed as a team. The star of the team is always the team. We work with our customers and attendees as if they are part of our team to deliver the highest possible results.

Dedication

Success is defined as doing something well consistently over a long time. We do not strive for one-off successes. We measure our success over many years of high-quality performance and delivery.

Company History

In 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis, we spotted a change: companies that had previously secured short-term loans from banks to grow their businesses were replacing them with bonds in order to extend their maturities. Bond and loan bankers who previously ran their businesses independently from each other were working much closer. No one was bringing these two markets together to help facilitate deal flow, so GFC was registered at Companies House and a Bonds & Loans conference was launched. Our aim was to bring together a disjointed and complex market ecosystem to one place at one time to facilitate networking and deal flow progression.

15 years into our journey, promoting connectivity in complex markets in order to support deal progression remains at the core of everything we do. We keep a strong connection to our purpose and is driven by our Founder who remains at the helm of our business as Group CEO.

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GFC Media Group is founded by Alex Johnson as a specialised financial conferences business focused on the Middle East.

In June, GFC Media Group hosts its first-ever event in Dubai, Bonds & Loans Middle East, attended by 220 people; and in October hosts META Projects in Abu Dhabi, attended by 180 people; and M&A and Corporate Finance MENA in Doha, attended by 200 people.

Due to high demand from clients, GFC Media Group hosts Bonds & Loans conferences: Bonds & Loans Turkey, Bonds & Loans Russia & CIS, Bonds & Loans Brazil, Bonds & Loans Mexico and Bonds & Loans Africa.

GFC Media Group launches Mining & Investment Latin America Summit in Peru – the first and only event bringing Latin American miners together with investors, bankers and financiers, attended by 380 people.

GFC Media Group launches Bonds & Loans Turkey Awards and the Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East Awards to recognise industry excellence.

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2016 becomes the first GFC event attended by over 1000 people, making it the world’s largest Sukuk investor conference and the largest corporate and investment banking event in the Middle East and Africa.

Due to high demand from our clients and contacts, GFC Media Group launches Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Argentina focused entirely on the development of Argentina's debt markets, onshore and offshore.

We expand our portfolio in Africa by launching the briefing days in Kenya and Nigeria.

GFC Media Group expands its awards portfolio by launching the Latin America awards.

GFC Media Group launches virtual event portfolio across Middle East, Saudi, Africa, Latin America & Türkiye/CEE.

GFC events consolidated into 5 events across Middle East, Saudi, Africa, Latin America & Türkiye/CEE.

GFC Media Group has secured significant investment from Horizon Capital, the private equity investor specialising in technology and business services.

GFC Media Group, the leading global markets-focused financing events business, rebrands to Global Banking & Markets.

Our Approach

Deal Progression

There is nothing like the personal touch – we progress deal flow through in-person connections and relationship-building.

Confidentiality

The dealmakers at our events demand strict confidentiality in their exchanges. For this reason, Chatham House rules apply.

Deep Knowledge of Markets

We make our clients comfortable in markets with increasing economic influence, that they might not know well.

Become Part of Our Community

Global deal making is becoming more challenging: shareholder and customer expectations can misalign; regulation is increasingly fragmented; and geopolitical circumstances continue to fluctuate dramatically. Our events and meeting services reduce the cost, inefficiency and risk of complex multi-party transactions.