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BEST DERIVATIVES PROVIDERS 2014

The market in over-the-counter derivatives is shrinking, while exchange-listed futures and interest rate swaps traded on new swap execution facilities (SEFs) are setting records. New regulations and capital requirements are squeezing bank trading desks and forcing more derivatives trading onto exchanges and centralized clearing.

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CHANGING ECONOMIC CLIMATE OF EMERGING MARKETS

Seeking A New Paradigm | Emerging Markets Growth To ascertain whether emerging markets is an obsolete term, we must first understand what it means.

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CHINA EASES INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

China | Milestones China will allow foreign firms to increase their ownership stakes in encouraged sectors and enter into previously protected industries, according to investment guidelines drafted by the National Development and Reform Commission.

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Deepening Africa’s Financial Markets

Africa | Emerging Markets Regional Review African economies are well on their way to transforming the region’s status from a frontier to an emerging market. The IMF predicts Africa will grow by 5.8% in 2015, up from 5.1% this year, with Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique projected to growth over 8%.

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ECB STRESS TESTS FAIL THE CREDIBILITY TEST

European Banking | Trends The degree to which the recent stress tests of big European banks by EU regulators lack credibility is becoming clear.

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EDITOR’S LETTER: REDEFINING EMERGING MARKETS

For many years Global Finance has regularly covered emerging markets and frontier markets. This annual issue of the magazine, which is focused on the EM, goes a bit further. We analyze these markets regionally, but we also question the prevalent definition of emerging markets.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET FACES CULTURAL CHANGE IN WAKE OF FIXING SCANDAL

Foreign Exchange | Capital Markets How to take the gaming instinct out of foreign exchange traders has become the order of the day, following last month’s imposition of $4.3 billion in fines on six global banks for manipulating currency benchmarks.

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ING COMPLETES BAILOUT REPAYMENT

Netherlands | Milestone As a part of the restructuring agreement between ING, the Dutch government and the European Commission, ING agreed to several of what it called “bans,” according to an email sent by a company spokesman to Global Finance

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ISRAELI VENTURE CAPITALISTS FINANCE ARAB START-UPS

Venture Capital | Trends Start-up companies and innovators in the Arab World have suffered from underinvestment and lack of technology infrastructure in recent years.

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KEEPING DATA SAFE: PAOLO DI GRAZIA, FINECOBANK

Website design is becoming more important than ever, particularly in areas such as ease of use, security features, integrated functions and aesthetics.

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MASALA BOND PROMOTES INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE RUPEE

India | Capital Markets The rupee realizes international ambitions. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) sold its first rupee-denominated bonds in London in November to attract international investment in India’s infrastructure.

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OIL-RICH VENEZUELA FORCED TO IMPORT CRUDE

Venezuela | Milestones Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves at 298 billion barrels, is having a tough time getting the stuff out of the ground.