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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...
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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.
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FX: Analysts Still Bullish On Dollar
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt The Federal Reserve is expected to gradually cut back on its bond purchases, becoming the first of the major central banks to do so. The divergence in US monetary policy from those ...
Banking
GCC: Abu Dhabi’s New Financial Center
REGIONAL SUPERSECTION — STEPPING UP THE COMPETITION By Gordon Platt Does the Gulf Cooperation Council need yet another international financial center? Oil-rich Abu Dhabi thinks it does. The United Arab Emirates is about to open its second ...
Banking
GCC: Infrastructure Investment
REGIONAL SUPERSECTION — SEEKING A NEW MODEL By Anita Hawser As the infrastructure boom continues, it may be time for GCC countries to reevaluate how they select and fund new projects. “Abu Dhabi cannot rely solely on ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
GCC: Oil Prices And Regional Stability
REGIONAL SUPERSECTION — SHALE OIL BOOM RATTLES GCC ECONOMIES By Gordon Platt As US shale oil and gas production continues to grow, it could have an impact on GCC economies over both the short and long term. ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global: Russia Moves Into High-Income
MILESTONES By Gordon Platt At a time when economic activity in Russia has lost its momentum, the World Bank is elevating the country to high-income status. According to the World Bank’s latest annual classification of the world’s ...
Banking
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Change Is In The Air
REGIONAL SUPERSECTION The six nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE—have a common need to adjust to a changing global oil market as a result of the surge in US oil ...
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India: Now Third-Largest Global Economy
MILESTONES By Erik Heinrich India has passed Japan as the world’s third-largest economy, according to a recent report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The same report lowered the OECD’s estimate for India’s growth ...