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Editor's Letter
An Eerie Sense Of Déjà Vu
In our cover story this month we take a sobering look at the prospects for the year ahead, and what we find is eerily familiar...
Award Winners
Biggest Emerging Market Banks 2010
ANNUAL SURVEY: EM 200 By Dan Keeler Regional powerhouses in Asia and Latin America continue to build their presence as their markets recover strongly from the global recession. While much of the developed world continues to wrestle ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
China: China Passes US In CleanTech Spend
MILESTONES: CHINA By Denise Bedell High energy: Government targets boost windpower With strong government backing and clear goals for increased capacity development, China is fast surpassing its counterparts in the West, including the US and Germany, in building ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Company To Watch: Infosys Technologies
EMERGING MARKET INVESTOR: COMPANY TO WATCH: INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES / INDIA By Gordon Platt Bangalore-based Infosys Technologies, the second largest company by market capitalization on the Bombay Stock Exchange, announced one of the first mobile-banking solutions that offers financial-management ...
Country Report
Country Report: Libya
LIBYA: OPENING UP By Justin Keay As its economy slowly becomes more open, Libya is attracting the attention of a wider range of potential investors than just adventurous oil companies. In the old days of the Soviet ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Debt: Bond Sell-Off Spares High-Yield
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt The high-yield corporate debt market was unscathed by the dramatic sell-off in the US treasuries market in early December that followed news of President Obama's deal with congressional Republicans to ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Demand For Hedging Surges
FOCUS: COMMODITY RISK By Michael Shari Renewed turmoil in Europe, supply shortages and the growing impact of financial investors are driving renewed demand for commodities hedging. For most of 2010, producers and consumers of many commodities had ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
DR News: Taiwanese Firms Eye ADR Platform
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Companies based in Taiwan that already have global depositary receipt (GDR) programs will explore establishing new Level 1 American depositary receipt (ADR) programs over the next 18 months, according to ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
DRs: BRIC Countries To Lead DRs in 2011
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS: CORPORATE FINANCE FOCUS By Gordon Platt Coming off the bailout of Ireland, and with several other European countries denying they need outside help, the outlook for the financial markets in 2011 is ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
EM News: Russia’s Privatization Program
EMERGING MARKET INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Faced with a widening budget deficit in the wake of its economic stimulus program, Russia is rolling out the red carpet to foreign investors with a $39 billion privatization program. The ...
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Europe: Maintaining Focus On Development Aid
NEWSMAKERS: EUROPE By Justin Keay Piebalgs: Pressing Europeans to give more Spare a thought for Andris Piebalgs, the EU's development commissioner. At a time when politicians across Europe are telling people to tighten their belts during the toughest ...