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Brazil: Odebrecht Grows Infrastructure
EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Antonio Guerrero Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance, a division of one of Brazils largest privately-held industrial and...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cambodia: Opposition’s Social Media Win
MILESTONES By Thomas Clouse Cambodia’s prime minster Hun Sen and his Cambodian Peoples’ Party will remain in power, following a closely contested and controversial election on July 28. According to preliminary results, the CPP won 68 of 123 ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CEE: Charting Diverse Economies
REGIONAL REPORT: CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE — A MIXED BAG By Justin Keay Central and Eastern European countries are quite diverse in their performance of late. However, investors continue to lump them together when it comes to investments. ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
China: Policymakers Push Reforms
EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Thomas Clouse China’s economy decelerated in the second quarter, with GDP growth dropping to 7.5% year-on-year, compared with 7.7% in the first quarter. The government responded with some stimulus measures, including a tax reduction ...
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Corporate Debt: Bonds Recover As Fed Backs Off
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt The Federal Reserve is expected to begin cutting back on its purchases of bonds...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Country Report: Mongolia
Mongolia, which has been growing at double-digit rates since the short recession that followed the global financial crisis, is struggling to find the right path in making use of abundant resources to improve the lives of its citizens, while providing a stable and fair business environment for investors.
Banking
Cover: The Global War On Tax Havens
AT HAVENS END? Multinational corporations could have a much more difficult time shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictionsand deductions to high-tax...
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Detroit: Orr’s Creative City Finances
NEWSMAKERS Valentina Pasquali Unable to repay debts of close to $20 billion, the city of Detroit, Michigan, recently filed for...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EC: Pushing For New Fraud Regulator
MILESTONES By Valentina Pasquali With an estimated €500 million ($660 million) of the European Union budget lost to fraud every year, the European Commission is now pushing for the creation of a new European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) ...
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Editor’s Letter: Changing Of The Guard?
For the first time since 2007, advanced economies are contributing more to global growth than developing ones...
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Equity: IPO Markets Gain Momentum
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt The global market for initial public offerings continued at a quick pace in early August, led by the US and the Asia-Pacific region, according to Renaissance Capital. Sprouts Farmers Market, which operates ...
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Frontier Markets Report: Côte d’Ivoire
RETURN TO GLORY? <br />
Côte d’Ivoire has the opportunity to regain its status as a leading African economy. Blessed with a wealth of natural resources, a pleasant climate, a strategicallocationand a level of infrastructure unrivaled in West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire was long recognized as one of the continent postcolonial stars.