Emerging & Frontier Markets
Editor’s Letter : A Turbulent Transformation
In this months cover story we look at the seismic changes that have been taking place recently in the balance of power in Latin America...
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Air India On A Resource Hunt As Growth Takes Off
India Up, up and away: Air India's fundraising spree finances expansion of its fleet Air India, which is owned by the Indian government and is also the largest Indian air carrier, has begun the process to raise $1.5 ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Em Debt Trading Sets Record
News The value of trading in emerging markets fixed-income instruments totaled $1.7 trillion in the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 4% from the same period a year earlier, according to EMTA, formerly the Emerging Markets Traders ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Financial Sector Reforms Promised
China China will further open its financial sector following the second Strategic Economic Dialogue in Washington, DC, in May. As a result of the meeting, China will ease restrictions on foreign securities firms, allow foreign banks to issue ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Meat Processors Bulk Up With Foreign Acquisitions
Brazil Beefing up: Brazilian meat producer JBS is set to buy the US's Swift Following a spate of local IPOs by Brazil's main meat processing companies, sector players are now engaged in an acquisitions spree to expand their ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Russian Bank’s Gdr Issue Is 2,000th Dr Program
Dr news Russia’s state-controlled Vneshtorgbank (VTB) raised nearly $8 billion in its sale of a 22.5% stake in the company, making it Russia’s seventh-largest company by market capitalization. VTB selected The Bank of New York as the depositary ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Telecom Places $1 Billion Order
Company to watch: china mobile/china Hong Kong-based China Mobile is the largest mobile telecom services provider in China, with more than 300 million subscribers and a market share of 67.5%. In June the company placed a $1 billion ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Tensions With Trading Partners Reach New Low
Russia Russia's Vladimir Putin at the recent G-8 summit Relations between Russia and the West plunged to fresh post-Cold War lows, as the planned US missile shield in the Czech Republic, the investigation of the death of Alexander ...
Award Winners
Features : An Industry In Flux
Hotels, airlines & airports Tightened budgets and new technology have triggered a wave of innovation in the business travel industry. Take-off: Business-only airlines such as Silverjet are hoping to change the face of corporate travel The business ...
Banking
Features : Change Agents
CUSTODY & INVESTORS’ SERVICES Over the past three decades, the global custody and investors’ services industry has facilitated some of the most dramatic and far-reaching changes in the global financial services landscape. More than 30 years ago Chase Manhattan bank ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Features : Managing The Managers
TRANSITION MANAGEMENT Increasingly sophisticated clients are demanding ever higher standards from their transition management teams. Citi's Tim Wilkinson Complex portfolio alterations require specialist knowledge across numerous fields, and pension funds, asset managers and insurance firms are increasingly looking for ...
Country Report
Features : Opening For Business
Country Report / Malaysia With the South Johor development region opening up and the banking market on the verge of full liberalization, Malaysia presents growing opportunities for investment. Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur After decades of being wary ...