Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Turkey Still Lures Foreign Investment Despite Emerging Markets Woes
Short-term risks have not dimmed the country’s economic prospects. That may explain why FDI from Asia and Gulf nations is surging.
Author: Justin Keay
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
The Hungary Games
CEE Regional Report
The unorthodox policies of prime minister Viktor Orbán may be controversial, but they’ve helped kick-start the country’s economy. Most of the other CEE nations are also mounting turnarounds..
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Erdoans Presidential Ambitions For Turkey Stymied
Newsmakers | Turkey
It has been said that ultimately all political careers end in failure, but until June 7, few observers were expecting this maxim to be true, quite yet, of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Nicola Sturgeon, A Scottish Thorn In David Cameron’s Side
United Kingdom | Many questions are still being asked about David Cameron’s dramatic win on May 7. How did opinion polls, which predicted a tight race between Conservatives and Labour and even a Labour win, get it so wrong?
Banking
ISTANBUL FINANCIAL CENTER: UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Country Report | Turkey - Islamic Finance
Officials in Turkey have long declared their intentions to transform Istanbul into an international financial center. Islamic finance could be the key to making that goal a reality.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
TURKEY AT A CROSS-ROADS—AGAIN
Country Report | Turkey
The country’s economy has stalled, just in time for a crucial parliamentary election.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
UK ELECTION | UNCERTAIN RESULT LIKELY TO IMPACT ECONOMY
Milestones | United Kingdom
As Britons prepare for elections on May 7, the only certainty appears to be uncertainty, which looks set to continue until polling day—and maybe for some time after.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ADB ANNUAL MEETING – HAPPY 50TH, ADB
Asia has become the world’s most dynamic region since the development bank first launched. But 1.6 billion Asians still cannot access basic services.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
DIAMONDS IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN ROUGH
Central Asia Focus
Western and Asian efforts to boost relations with the five Central Asia countries is good news for companies and banks wanting to penetrate these big, yet largely unexploited, markets.
Banking
EBRD TO CREATE A STRONG & STABLE GREECE | MILESTONES
Milestones | Greece
On March 3, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development approved a request from Athens to invest directly in Greece.
Banking
GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT RESTRUCTURING BANKS
At first glance, Central Asia’s banking sector looks like somewhere you just wouldn’t want to go.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
RIVAS NEEDS TO WOO ESTONIA’S RUSSIAN MINORITY | NEWSMAKERS
Newsmakers | Estonia
Estonians handed victory to 35-year-old Taavi Rõivas and his center-right Reform Party in parliamentary elections on March 1.