Country Report
Cyprus: Outperforming Expectations
Cyprus offers some good news in the eastern Mediterranean, where good newshas been scarce of late.
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Features
Europe Rises to Turkey’s SME Challenges
Western European banks and institutions are expanding financing for small and medium-sized companies in Turkey.
Country Report
Turkey Strives To Hold Investors Until Happy Days Return
Political turmoil is roiling markets abroad and at home, yet observers say fundamentals should leave the country well-placed to draw FDI when sunshine returns.
Data
The Levant: Rising To The Challenge of Crisis
Syria’s agony is imposing serious costs for neighbors in terms of refugees, lost trade and dampened investment.
Features
Erdogan & Putin: New Best Frenemies
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin seem to have mended fences. Will the alliance last?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Low Rates/Expansionary Policies = Chicken v. Egg
If you think record-low interest rates are the result of years of expansionary monetary policices, think again.
Features
Turkey Leapfrogs Europe In Mobile Services
Turkey, a highly wireless nation, embraces mobile technology for financial transactions.
Features
Turkey: Calm After The Storm
Despite the summer’s turmoil, Turkey’s economy retains appeal for investors, and its currency is holding firm.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Uzbekistan: New Iron Man Takes The Helm
<strong>Shavkat Mirziyoyev, new ruler of Uzbekistan, looks likely tobe just as much ahard-line autocratas hispredecessorwas.</strong>
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Central/Eastern Europe: A New Golden Age?
<strong>Regional Report: Central & Eastern Europe</strong><br />
Despite a host of challenges, Europe’s formerly communist countries are poised for strong, steady growth.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Turkey: Wary After Coup Trauma
<strong>Turkey</strong> | It’s way too early to determine the long-term cost to Turkish democracy and society of July’s failed coup, and it is equally tricky to assess its immediate impact on Turkish investment and business.
Features
Brexit Rocks Europe: What Next?
British voters took a major leap into the unknown by voting to leave the European Union by the narrowest of margins. What does it mean for the economy of Britain, of Europe, of the world?