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Country Report

MENDING EGYPT’S DAMAGED ECONOMY

COUNTRY REPORT | EGYPT Pressure is building on Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to deliver economic gains. Falling investment and a sharp drop in tourist arrivals have weakened growth over the past three years. But a rapid return to pre-2011 expansion levels appears unlikely.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MOROCCO: STABLE, AND WELL-SITUATED

FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT | MOROCCO Morocco boasts solid outward FDI, geopolitical stability and proximity to key markets, but corruption is commonplace.

Banking

NO MORE FALSE DAWNS IN TAIWAN

COUNTRY REPORT | TAIWAN Taiwan’s bright fundamentals are underpinned by a revival in both export and import demand, but could a housing bubble be on the horizon?

Economics, Policy & Regulation

NO QUICK FIX FOR SOUTH KOREA’S ECONOMY

SOUTH KOREA Appointed as part of Park’s cabinet reshuffle——Choi had been on the job only a few days when he unleashed a $40 billion stimulus plan to revitalize the country’s faltering economy, a package equivalent to almost 3% of GDP.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PUTTING THE BREAKS ON GLOBAL TRADE

DEAR READER Do ongoing conflicts and increasing geopolitical tensions represent a threat to globalization, or are they simply redesigning the map of the world?

Economics, Policy & Regulation

RECOVERY IS UNDER WAY IN CEE

REGIONAL REPORT | CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE Central European countries are starting to recover, with growth accelerating in most markets. But the region’s banks still have some trials to overcome.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RUSSIA: FRICTION WITH THE WEST, NEW TIES WITH THE EAST

Events in Ukraine have changed the outlook for Russia. Now the country faces choices about its global role that could affect the rest of the world for decades. Which path will it take?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SAUDI EXCHANGE OPENING WILL INCREASE RIYADH’S IMPORTANCE

CAPITAL MARKETS | MIDDLE EAST EQUITY Riyadh, the Saudi capital, has already built a new financial district, named after King Abdullah, but its 42 new skyscrapers stand largely empty. That could change following the decision by the government in July to allow foreign financial institutions to invest directly in listed shares, starting in the first half of 2015.

Banking

News & Features Archive

MENDING EGYPT’S DAMAGED ECONOMY

MOROCCO: STABLE, AND WELL-SITUATED

NO MORE FALSE DAWNS IN TAIWAN

NO QUICK FIX FOR SOUTH KOREA’S ECONOMY

PUTTING THE BREAKS ON GLOBAL TRADE

RECOVERY IS UNDER WAY IN CEE

RUSSIA: FRICTION WITH THE WEST, NEW TIES WITH THE EAST

SAUDI EXCHANGE OPENING WILL INCREASE RIYADH’S IMPORTANCE

SQUARE ONE FOR BANKS’ LIVING WILLS

SWEDEN: WILL LÖFVEN BE THE NEXT PM?

TRANSACTION BANKING: THE NEW NORMAL

TREASURY & CASH 2014: STILL ON THE SIDELINES