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Features
Gulf States At A Crossroads
As the region’s oil-and-gas dominance faces new challenges, the monarchies are betting that foreign capital will help carry their economies into a more stable, diversified future.
Features
Iraq: From Guns to Budgets
Iraq’s new government must push reconstruction forward, pull in new foreign investment and produce results for a battered population. Its time is limited.
Features
Rebuilding Syria
Putting the war-ravaged country back together will cost $400 billion. With Assad still in power and US sanctions still in place, who will foot the bill—and reap the benefit?
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Developing Economies Relax Rules To Draw Foreign Investors
Nations compete for foreign direct investment.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Neobank Competitors Cross The Atlantic
Smartphone-only bank makes a splash in the US.
News
OPEC Pushes Back With Production Cut
OPEC is trying to bolster oil prices but Gulf economies will take a hit from a production cut.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
IBM Launches Blockchain-Based Payment Solution
IBM makes a bold move.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China’s P2P Crisis Escalates As Firms Struggle To Stay Afload
Microlending boom goes bust.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
World Bank To Issue First-Ever Blockchain Bond
Blockchain technology is going mainstream.
Data
Can Saudi Reforms Revive FDI?
Enticing foreign investors is urgent for the suddenly reformist Saudi government. But will it push economic reform far enough, fast enough?