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Features: Country Report – Saudia Arabia

SPREADING THE WEALTH Saudi Arabia's industrial base is already the largest in the Middle East, and its service sector is growing rapidly. By Gordon Platt With more than 20% of the world's oil reserves, Saudi Arabia stands ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features: Spotlight – EBRD

POST-CRISIS MANAGEMENT The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has found new relevance—and a key role—in the aftermath of the financial crisis. By Justin Keay Aside maybe from Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, few banks have emerged ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features: The Americas – Latin America Regional Report

ROARING BACK TO LIFE Latin America has shown its strength over the past year and is reaping the benefits of that now, with increasing FDI flows, diversified trading partners and debt markets that are heating up. By Denise ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features: The Americas – Mexico

MEXICO'S NEXT WAVE Although it was hit hard by the downturn in the US, Mexico is setting a course for a strong recovery. Its banks are helping to stimulate renewed growth. By Antonio Guerrero Long controlled by ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: The Americas – Nafta

CAN NAFTA FILL THE GAP? For gaps in Nafta to be plugged, it may take smaller bilateral agreements rather than wide-ranging change to the original FTA. By Denise Bedell Renegotiating Nafta: (from left to right) US president ...

Banking

Global Outperformers

EM REGIONAL BANKING FOCUS: LATIN AMERICA By Denise Bedell Latin America is a hotbed of growth, presenting a wealth of opportunities for domestic and international banks. With some of the highest growth rates seen anywhere worldwide ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

High-Yield Bond Issuance Surges

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt August was supposed to be a sleepy month in the high-yield debt market, but it turned out to be anything but quiet. Total high-yield issuance in the US for ...

Award Winners

Holding Steady

ANNUAL SURVEY: CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS by Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Dan Keeler Central bankers sit tight in the face of renewed global uncertainty. Indications that the global economic recovery is losing momentum have created a ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

IMF And World Bank Lurch Into Conflict Over Emerging Markets

NEWSMAKERS: GLOBAL By Michael Shari As finance ministers and top executives of the world's largest banks converge in Washington for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank this month, a simmering diplomatic conflict between ...

News

Kan Sees Off Leadership Challenge

NEWSMAKERS: JAPAN By Thomas Clouse Ozawa: Failed to unseat Japan’s prime minister Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan retained leadership of his political party and the country after political powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa unsuccessfully challenged him for his position in ...

Banking

Milestones: Financial Services Industry Faces Long Convalescence

Global By Anita Hawser Moloney: Regulators’ lenient attitude toward banks is over As banks enter the convalescence phase after what some describe as the financial equivalent of a major medical trauma, there may be a need for further ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones: Rate Decision Sparks Fears Of Political Meddling

South Korea By Thomas Clouse Lee Seongtae: Kept a steady hand on tiller during crisis Few economies have proven as resilient over the past 18 months as that of South Korea. In the wake of Lehman Brothers' collapse, ...