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BEST INVESTMENT BANKS – 2009
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Editors Letter : Thriving In A Culture Of Change
The shake-out of the past two years has exposed the fragility of many elements of the global financial system, but one thing it has not done that many previous crises have done is flatten the emerging markets. As we find ...
Country Report
Features : Turbulent Times
T URBULENT TIMES Despite global economic challenges, Greece presents investors with opportunities. By Adam Rombel Things are bad everywhere, but they are not as bad here. That sums up the plight of the economy and business climate ...
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Features: Annual Survey: Russia’s Roller Coaster Runs On Oil
After a difficult year, Russia's fortunes look set to improve. The country is still too dependent on oil for its future prosperity, though. By Nick Kochan While analysts tend to compare Russia with the other BRIC ...
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ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AWARDS – 2009
Best Sukuk Bank Dubai Islamic Bank Best Islamic Retail Bank Al Rajhi Bank Best Islamic Investment Bank Falcom Best Takaful...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Regulars : EM Roundup Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates less than a quarter of Africans have access to electricity, and those who do pay twice the average retail rate of users in other emerging regions. By Antonio Guerrero A report from ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Regulars : EM Roundup Brazil
The latest news from Brazil. Just three years after acquiring Brazil’s Banco Pactual investment bank for some $2.5 billion, UBS is selling the bank back to its previous owners for roughly the same amount. By Antonio Guerrero The ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Regulars : EM Roundup China
China’s international trade continued to weaken in April, with both exports and imports falling for the sixth straight month. By Thomas Clouse Strong investment growth, however, may offset some effects of this slackening international trade. According to ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Regulars : EM Roundup India
Following the Congress (I) party’s best federal election showing since 1991, India’s stock markets began to price in an acceleration in the pace of economic reforms. By Aaron Chaze The equity indexes reported the best one-day showing in ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Regulars : EM Roundup Russia
Amid expectations that the Russian economy had hit bottom, and despite a solid bounce in commodity prices since the beginning of the year, bad news continued to pile up. By Kim Iskyan Industrial production shrank by 17% in ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Regulars : Milestones : Latin American
Latin American markets are feeling the global financial pinch, and ratings agencies are taking notice, with downgrades soon to follow. By Antonio Guerrero Standard & Poor’s downgraded El Salvador from BB+ to BB last month, and it seems ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Regulars : Newsmakers : Panama
The election of a pro-business leader in Panama now makes president-elect Ricardo Martinelli a member of the somewhat lonely club of Latin American right-wing leaders, in which the only other member is Colombian president Alvaro Uribe. By Antonio Guerrero ...