In 2003, Gilson was ranked one of the top five U.S. trademark practitioners in Euromoney magazine's Best of the Best Expert Guide, receiving the most votes nationwide.
On 21 September 2011, Swan was named the World's Best Finance Minister by Euromoney magazine, joining Paul Keating as the only Australian Treasurers to have been conferred the title.
Thereafter, he worked as editor of Gazeta Mercantil and was a correspondent for the The Guardian, Euromoney and Latin America Political Report.
Among its accolades are being named Best-managed Philippine Company by Finance Asia (1999, 2001, 2004 and 2007), Euromoney (2003), and Asiamoney (2007).
She has also covered and reported from major international events and conferences, including the International Monetary Fund and World Bank 2006 meetings held in Singapore, the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008, 2009 and 2011 in Davos, and the Euromoney 2006 conference "Building the Future" in Riyadh.