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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT: GEORGIA

The global financial crisis and several factors peculiar to Georgia have affected foreign direct investment inflows, but investors willing to deal with tensions and risks will find opportunities.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ARGENTINA’S TAX DEPARTMENT STRIPS PROCTER & GAMBLE LICENSE

Corporate Tax | Management Approximately 500 American companies operate in Argentina—but on November 3 that number abruptly decreased by one as the country’s tax authority, the Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP) revoked the company’s registration, accusing P&G of tax and accounting fraud.

Banking

ING COMPLETES BAILOUT REPAYMENT

Netherlands | Milestone As a part of the restructuring agreement between ING, the Dutch government and the European Commission, ING agreed to several of what it called “bans,” according to an email sent by a company spokesman to Global Finance

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PAKISTAN: CHANGE NEEDED TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Pakistan | Frontier Markets Focus Pakistan’s ability to attract both foreign direct and domestic investment fell dramatically during the past decade. Some of the reasons why still apply.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ROMANIA: PROCEED WITH CAUTION

Frontier Markets Focus | Romania Romania aggressively pursues foreign direct investment by providing a number of incentive programs. But international investors should approach each one carefully.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

SEEKING TO DIVERSIFY

FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT | KAZAKHSTAN Kazakhstan is rife with investment opportunities, but companies must be aware of the country’s regional commitments and business climate.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

STOCK EXCHANGE TO SCRAP FOREIGN OWNERSHIP LIMIT

MILESTONES | TANZANIA Plans by Tanzania’s Capital Markets and Securities Authority to dispense with the 60% foreign ownership limit in stocks listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange could bring positive results in the short and medium term for Africa’s capital markets.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ARGENTINE DEFAULT: BETTER THE SECOND TIME

ARGENTINA The aftermath of Argentina’s so-called default on July 31 doesn’t at all resemble the catastrophe accompanying its earlier default in 2002, when the country was unable to repay $100 billion of debt and the economy collapsed, costing millions of jobs.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Author: Al Emid

FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT: GEORGIA

ARGENTINA’S TAX DEPARTMENT STRIPS PROCTER & GAMBLE LICENSE

ING COMPLETES BAILOUT REPAYMENT

PAKISTAN: CHANGE NEEDED TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT

ROMANIA: PROCEED WITH CAUTION

SEEKING TO DIVERSIFY

STOCK EXCHANGE TO SCRAP FOREIGN OWNERSHIP LIMIT

ARGENTINE DEFAULT: BETTER THE SECOND TIME

MOROCCO: STABLE, AND WELL-SITUATED

SLOVAKIA: BRIGHT PROSPECTS

KUWAIT: MIXED SIGNALS

SRI LANKA: LIBERALIZING FOR GROWTH