Emerging & Frontier Markets
Higher Power: Five Key Questions About Oil’s Rise
A few years ago Brent crude hit a low of $27per barrel. Recently it topped $80. What are the macro consequencesof higher prices?
Author: Laurence Neville
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Regulation | Tax-Gap Blues
The Paradise Papers leak prompted yet more indignation about corporate tax avoidance, and cash-strapped governments claim to be tackling the issue. What will it mean for corporates?
News
Trump’s First Year | An Economic Evaluation
A year into President Trump’s term, America’s political life has changed beyond recognition. But what has his administration meant for companies?
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Infrastructure: Can It Rebuild The Global Economy?
Bridges, ports, roads and dams: Infrastructure investment is having a moment in the sun. But will it rise to the high hopes so many have that it can rebuild crumbling economies around the world?
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Is This The End Of Globalization?
From Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring to surprising victories for Brexit and Trump, citizens around the globe are pushing back against their leaders’ policy choices.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Taking The Long View: Crises Demand Attention, But So Do Long-Term Trends.
Corporate leaders can be forgiven for not thinking too far ahead. The length of time that investors hold stock has fallen. Share-holders want fast rewards—and quick fixes when performance flags. Moreover, given the upheavals and macroeconomic uncertainties of the past decade, many CEOs and CFOs have been preoccupied with firefighting.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Has Globalization Gone Into Reverse?
World trade growth is slowing. Its future may depend on internal trade within a handful of discrete, powerful regions—especially Asia.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Where To Next For Emerging Markets?
An expanding middle class and strong long-term fundamentals suggest that pessimism over developing nations’ economic prospects may be overdone.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CHANGING ECONOMIC CLIMATE OF EMERGING MARKETS
<strong>Seeking A New Paradigm | Emerging Markets Growth</strong><br />
To ascertain whether emerging markets is an obsolete term, we must first understand what it means.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
RUSSIA: FRICTION WITH THE WEST, NEW TIES WITH THE EAST
Events in Ukraine have changed the outlook for Russia. Now the country faces choices about its global role that could affect the rest of the world for decades. Which path will it take?
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Cover: Emerging Markets Elections
By Laurence Neville Thirty-four developing countriesincluding all of the so-called Fragile Five nationswill have elections this year. Their results will...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Globalization At A Crossroads
Twelve months is a long time in financial markets, and the phenomenon of globalization appears to have reached a fork in the road, with growth in emerging markets looking challenged. Is the globalization frenzy coming to an end?