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Editor’s Letter: Opportunity lost
With the global financial system on life support, the old world order has been crumbling with alarming speed..
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Confidence Declines As Exports Tumble
CHINA China's exporters are feeling the effects of a global economic slowdown. China’s central bank released three surveys—of banks, consumers and companies—in late September reflecting falling confidence in the country’s economy. According to the survey of companies, ...
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Emerging Markets : Disaffected Investors Turn Sights On Africa
AFRICA Kampala in Uganda, where African leaders discussed plans for growing investment. East Africa may benefit from the recent turmoil on global financial markets, as investors seek less risky and higher yielding markets. Speakers at September’s ...
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Emerging Markets : Government Mobilizes Reserves To Boost Liquidity
BRAZIL Oil finds saw Brazil's national petroleum agency ANP reduce new exploration concessions. While Brazilian officials had touted the country’s resilience to the global financial meltdown, they got a disturbing wake-up call in October as the ...
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Emerging Markets : Rising Costs Force Indian Airlines To Pursue Alliances
INDIA Kingfisher Airlines joins forces with Jet Airways in an effort to cut costs as losses force unprecedented cooperation. Steep losses are forcing a flurry of consolidation in India’s airline industry. With combined losses this year alone ...
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Emerging Markets : Russia Bears Brunt Of Global Sell-off
RUSSIA The global flight from risky assets saw $1 trillion wiped off Moscow's stock market. Russia continued to be buffeted by the global financial crisis, with the country’s stock index plummeting nearly 70% from all-time highs ...
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Features : Roundtable: Custody & Investor Services
SAFE HARBOR CUSTODY & INVESTOR SERVICES Global custodians play a key role in helping their clients weather financial turmoil. Global Finance gathered a group of the industry’s leading players to discuss the implications of—and opportunities presented by—recent events. White: ...
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Features : Roundtable: Supply Chain Financing
SUPPLYING SOLUTIONS SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE At a recent roundtable in London, Global Finance brought together some of the pioneers in the rapidly growing supply chain finance business to discuss the growth of their industry and the impact of the credit ...
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Milestones : Argentina Seeks End To Default Saga
ARGENTINA Seeing off the debt: Kirchner hopes investors will accept deal. In a major policy reversal, the Argentine government is reaching out to holdouts from its $100 billion debt workout in which bondholders received a 70% ...
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Editor’s Letter: Opportunity knocks
If this years crisis has shown us anything, it is that the current model of the global financial system is broken...
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Emerging Markets : Heavy-Handed Tactics Cause International Alarm
RUSSIA Russia's actions in South Ossetia exacerbated a stock market slide. Russian markets have been in turmoil for a month after the country signaled its intent to move back up the geopolitical pecking order by marching its troops ...
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Emerging Markets : In Olympian Bid For Global Respect
BRAZIL Petrobras head José Sergio Gabrielli: Prefers debt issue to equity. The Brazilian government is grappling with the reality of new offshore oil discoveries that could produce an estimated 50 billion barrels of oil, according to private ...