Banking
Diversifying Africa To Stay Afloat
African nations can no longer get by on mineral wealth and commodities alone—and they know it.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Turmoil: Tempest In A Teapot?
Capital Outflows | The meltdown in China’s stock market this summer and steep falls in many emerging markets currencies led some investors to wonder if another 1997 Asian crisis was brewing.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Eni Discovers Huge Natural Gas Reserves At Zohr
Eni, the Italian energy company that was unsuccessful in finding exploitable hydrocarbons in Cyprus, now has a major find on its hands elsewhere.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Eurozone Corporate Bond Market Revives Following Summer Break
Fixed Income | With this summer’s Greek debt crisis having abated somewhat and the European Central Bank (ECB) considering expanding its easy-money policies, US companies are rushing to the eurozone to issue debt at record-low interest rates.
Banking
Full Faith & Credit? Sukuk Market Stumbles
Islamic Finance | Bank Negara’s decision to halt issuing shariah-compliant bonds has left a big hole in the Islamic debt market. Filling the void will take time.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Guatemala Stability Amid Instability
Guatemala’s political turmoil, with parties deadlocked in Parliament, a runoff election looming and corruption scandals exploding, means the government will operate in a kind of suspended animation until 2016.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Hope Floats In Jamaica
After years of stagnation, Jamaica’s economy appears to be headed up. Debt reduction is a good start.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Instant Cash In Cross-Border Payments
Real-time payment remains the holy grail of global transaction processing. And like the grail, it remains elusive.
Banking
Introduction | 2015 World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings
Developing countries have long sought a greater voice in running the IMF and World Bank. The rise of rival development banks gives them more options—and more leverage.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Irans Peace Dividend
“An economic windfall.” That’s how the World Bank’s chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa, Shantayanan Devarajan, characterized the boost to the Iranian economy from the lifting of sanctions in the wake of the nuclear deal struck with the permanent members of the UN Security Council.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Is EMV In The Cards For The United States?
Card Processing | The United States is slowly catching up to the rest of the world in transaction processing, shifting from mag-stripe to more secure EMV payment cards.