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Emerging & Frontier Markets
The Levant Uncovers A Few Surprises
Some green shoots lurk beneath the region’s raging civil wars, economic woes and political unrest.
Banking
Chinese Companies Come Up Empty In Bid For Portuguese Bank
Mergers & Acquisitions | Slowing growth and severe stock market falls have raised fears that China is nearing some sort of crossroads. Some economists believe that, owing to tight central controls, Chinese corporations won’t hit their expected growth targets.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Turkey Holding Down The Fort
Country Report | Turkey is roiled by political uncertainty and slowing growth ahead of November elections.
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.
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.