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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Albania Aims To Be Green Energy Superpower
NEWSMAKERS: ALBANIA By Dan Keeler As most of Europe’s leaders tighten the screws on their battered economies, tiny Albania, one of the continent’s poorest nations, is pushing ahead with an ambitious plan intended to substantially boost foreign direct ...
Banking
Carney A Strong Candidate To Head The Financial Stability Board
NEWSMAKERS: CANADA By Joel Kranc In late September, the international financial community was abuzz with the news that Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, had publicly chided the head of a central bank over his views; views that ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Company To Watch: Alfa / Mexico
ALFA GROUP GROWS THROUGH ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Monterrey-based Alfa, one of Mexico’s largest industrial groups, has four business lines, comprising petrochemicals, aluminum auto parts, processed food and telecommunications. Earlier this year it became the sole shareholder ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
DR News: Indian GDRs Suffered In 2010
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Investors lost money in 85% of the 40 global depositary receipts (GDRs) issued by Indian companies in 2010, according to an analysis by Crisil Research, a credit rating firm majority-owned ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
EM Infrastructure Needs Triple By 2030
MILESTONES: EMERGING MARKETS By Gordon Platt Demand for infrastructure in emerging markets will reach $1 trillion annually through 2030, triple the level of the previous two decades, with Asia accounting for the lion’s share, according to a study ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
EM News: EM Corporate Debt Offers Yield
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Investors are showing increasing interest in emerging markets’ corporate bonds, which offer diversification and better yields, according to a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The firm held an ...
Banking
Fischer Still Seeking New Employment
NEWSMAKERS: ISRAEL By David Lipkin Former French finance minister Christine Lagarde may have secured the top job at the Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF), but some fund insiders are still gunning for Stanley Fischer, governor of the Central ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX Supplement: China’s Lofty Ambitions For The Renminbi
CHINA’S LOFTY AMBITIONS FOR THE RENMINBI By Gordon Platt The Chinese government continues to make strides in internationalizing its currency. Qu, HSBC: Domestic demand should support 8.5% to 9% growth in the coming quarters Every long march ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX Supplement: Currency Wars: Changing Tactics
CURRENCY WARS By Gordon Platt Battle Tactics Change With Global Slowdown. Chandler, Brown Brothers Harriman: The lingering US and European crises are casting a pall over global capital markets When the global economy seemed securely on track ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX Supplement: Dollar Reserve Currency Still Reigns
SAME OLD, SAME OLD By Denise Bedell The US dollar will remain the world’s reserve currency of choice as long as there is no credible alternative. There have long been calls for a new currency to take ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX Supplement: Introduction: Déjà Vu All Over Again
DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN Some analysts say that 2011 is beginning to look a lot like 2008, with Europe’s debt crisis morphing into a bank solvency crisis with global ramifications. So far, the foreign exchange market—the world’s ...