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Features : The World’s Best Sub-Custodians

ANNUAL SURVEY Global Finance honors the often-hidden providers of the specialized services that make cross-border investing possible. As institutional investors increasingly venture into foreign markets to obtain diversification and higher returns, they rely on global custodians for a wide range ...

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Editor’s Letter : The Great Enabler

The impact of technology is everywhere. Indeed, there are few areas of a modern company where technology is not enabling rapid and profound change...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : End Of An Era As Yeltsin Dies

RUSSIA Boris Yeltsin: Russias first freely elected president The death of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin in April marked the end of an era for Russia. Retrospectives in the Russian press of the country’s first freely elected president ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Making The Grade

BRAZIL Brazil's agricultural output is helping boost its economy Brazil moved closer to a coveted investment-grade rating in May as both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch upgraded the sovereign to BB+ from BB. The rating puts it just ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Market Resumes Frenzied Growth

CHINA Eureka: New oil and gas deposits in China China’s stock market is again breaking records, with the Shanghai Composite Index surging past the 4,000-point milestone for the first time on May 9. Stock fluctuations early this year ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Rupee Strengthens To Nine-year High Against The Dollar

INDIA Winds of change: The Indian rupee rises against the dollar The Indian rupee gained nearly 7% over a nine-week period culminating in the second week of May in a nine-year high against the US dollar on increasing ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Multilateral Malaise

LATIN AMERICA Hugo Chávez: Wants to see the World Bank out of Latin America While most media attention on the World Bank recently has focused on a political scandal that could spark the downfall of bank president Paul ...

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Cover Story : A Bumpy Ride

EM SPOTLIGHT – LATIN AMERICA Argentina’s president Nestor Kirchner faced off against some of the worlds most powerful investors Latin...

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Editor’s Letter : Transfer Of Power

In this issue we look back over the past 20 years in the worlds emerging markets...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Fdi Into India Reaches Its Highest-Ever Level

INDIA Winds of change: India Inc. is on a spending spree Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India has hit a...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Sharp Growth In M&A Activity

BRAZIL Gol: Varig offer takes off at last Brazils IBGE national statistics institute reformulated its methodology for calculating the nations...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Us-China Trade Showdown Looms

CHINA McDonald’s: Facing growing pressure to allow its workers to gain union representation China stepped up its fight against intellectual...