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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Newsmaker: Venezuelan Successor Fails To Allay Concerns Over Power Vacuum

NEWSMAKERS: VENEZUELA By Valentina Pasquali As Hugo Chávez’s 13-year-long domination of Venezuelan politics is overshadowed by ill health, speculation over who will carry on his legacy is largely focused on vice president Nicolás Maduro Moros, whom Chávez himself appointed as his ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Securities Lending In Emerging Markets

JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS By Kathryn Tully In the hunt for demand and revenue, securities lending in emerging markets sounds perfect, but big obstacles still curtail liquidity. Faced with falling demand and tighter regulation in North America and ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Billion-Dollar Woman Dressed For Success

NEWSMAKERS: NIGERIA By Valentina Pasquali A 61-year-old Nigerian oil tycoon is now the richest black woman in the world, having recently overtaken American entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey for the title. Her name is Folorunsho Alakija and she ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Canadian Carney Offers A Fresh Perspective At BofE

NEWSMAKERS: UK By Erik Heinrich Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada, will have a new job next year. Post-Libor scandal, UK appoints outsider Carney Photo Credits: CARNEY: REUTERS/MARK BLINCH Starting in July, Carney will cross ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: Africa

G HANA INVESTS IN RENEWABLES   By Antonio Guerrero   UK-based Blue Energy will invest $400 million to build Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic power plant in Ghana.   The Nzema project will produce 155 megawatts, increasing the country’s generating capacity ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil

BP TO EXPAND ETHANOL PRODUCTION   By Antonio Guerrero   Aiming to accelerate industrial growth, the Brazilian government extended its PSI investment program through 2013, providing $48 billion in financing to support subsidized loans for industrial producers to invest in ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: India

FDI Reforms Get Parliamentary Approval   By Aaron Chaze   Both the lower and upper houses of India’s parliament voted during the first week of December to allow foreign direct investment in India’s domestic retail sector—a major win for prime ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: Russia

BATTLE RAGES ON FOR NORILSK NICKEL   By Kim Iskyan   Russia’s economy continued to show signs of slowing, as preliminary GDP for October 2012 clocked in at a very weak 2.3%, marking the fifth consecutive month of deceleration.   ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Frontier Markets Focus

WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY   By Dan Keeler   In a new monthly feature, Global Finance delves deep into the opportunities in frontier markets. With youthful populations, underutilized natural resources and eagerness to join the global economic community, the world’s frontier ...
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