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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Power Play

ANALYSIS / RUSSIA’S GEORGIA GAMBIT Russia’s recent assault on Georgia raises some scary prospects for European nations dependent on energy supplies from West Asia. Double act: Vladimir Putin passed the presidency to Dmitry Medvedev but still retains much ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features : Risky Business

FOCUS / ECONOMIC NATIONALISM As if the global credit squeeze were not enough, multinationals, particularly in the commodities industries, are also facing a surge in resource nationalism. Horne: Companies are investing in riskier areas. Fueled in part by soaring ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : The perils of prosperity

ECONOMIC UPDATE / CHINA As the dust settles after the Olympic games, China is facing a less certain economic future. Relentless progress: Construction work in Beijing's booming central business district. China opened the 29th Olympic games on August ...

Banking

Features : The Threat From Within

AFRICAN INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE Despite the increasingly sophisticated solutions deployed to prevent it, rogue trading is still a serious problem in the banking industry. Every year banks spend billions deploying sophisticated filtering and electronic “perimeter fence” technologies to try to ...

Award Winners

Features : World’s Best Banks 2008

ANNUAL SURVEY / WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2008 Now more than ever, the world’s best banks deserve recognition for continuing to provide excellent products and high levels of service to their clients, despite the distractions of the global credit ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Milestones : Global Accounting Standard Moves Closer

UNITED STATES Accounting by numbers: Proponents of global standards say they reduce costs. More than 100 of the largest US public companies could be using international accounting standards by the end of next year ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : IMF Seeks To Buff Up Tarnished Image

UNITED STATES IMF: Many view it as responsible for causing, not reducing, poverty. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not likely to win any popularity contests anywhere in the world these days. Emerging market governments have been ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones : Oil Prices Slide Below $100 A Barrel, But Support Looms

GLOBAL All at sea: Oil prices have tumbled, but further steep falls are unlikely. Crude oil prices, which reached nearly $150 a barrel in July, fell below $100 a barrel for the first time ...

News

Milestones : Western Ally In Caspian Wins Kudos

AZERBAIJAN Azerbaijan's pro-business president, Ilham Aliyev. The regulatory reform movement that has been thriving in Central and Eastern Europe in recent years is spreading eastward into Central Asia, with Azerbaijan taking the title of the world’s ...

Banking

News & Features Archive

Features : Power Play

Features : Risky Business

Features : The perils of prosperity

Features : The Threat From Within

Features : World’s Best Banks 2008

Milestones : Global Accounting Standard Moves Closer

Milestones : IMF Seeks To Buff Up Tarnished Image

Milestones : Oil Prices Slide Below $100 A Barrel, But Support Looms

Milestones : Western Ally In Caspian Wins Kudos

Newsmakers : Global Leaders Paint Bleak Picture

Newsmakers : Medvedev Tries To Calm Russia Bears

Newsmakers : Private Equity Investments Linked To Corporate Defaults