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Emerging & Frontier Markets

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...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

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 ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

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 ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : India’s Companies Continue Aggressive Acquisition Spree

INDIA Nano, no? Protests in West Bengal may derail Tata's plans to build the world's cheapest car. According to a survey by consultant KPMG, India’s companies are among the world’s most aggressive in buying companies based in ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Inflation And Growth Decline

CHINA Slowdown: Automakers are seeing sales growth tail off in China. China’s consumer price index (CPI) grew by only 4.9% in August, its mildest pace in more than a year, and export growth slowed to 21%, according to ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Infrastructure Fund In Controversy

AFRICA Unemployment and homelessness have risen sharply in Zimbabwe. Following the controversial reelection of president Robert Mugabe in June, Zimbabwe has fallen into even greater economic chaos. Officials said annual inflation leapt to 11.2 million percent in ...

Country Report

Features : Balancing Act

COUNTRY REPORT / TURKEY Turkey’s Islamist government has narrowly avoided a constitutional crisis, but it is still treading a fine line in its quest for economic progress. When Turkey’s constitutional court dismissed a move in July to outlaw the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Power Play

ANALYSIS / RUSSIA’S GEORGIA GAMBIT Russia’s recent assault on Georgia raises some scary prospects for European nations dependent on energy supplies from West Asia. Double act: Vladimir Putin passed the presidency to Dmitry Medvedev but still retains much ...