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Country Report: Angola

UP AND RUNNING By Dan Keeler Having regained its footing in the wake of the financial crisis, Angola is now looking to erect a fairer, more balanced economy. As it continues to rebuild its economy and society ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Emerging Markets Roundup: Africa

CHEVRON BOOSTS ITS INVEST-MENT IN AFRICAN BLACK GOLD By Antonio Guerrero Global oil group Chevron approved a $5.6 billion development project in Angola. The Mafumeira Sul offshore oil field will be its second-largest African investment, after the Agbami ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Emerging Markets Roundup: China

WAGE GAP CLOSES AS GOVERNMENT EMBARKS ON SOCIAL REFORMS By Thomas Clouse China announced plans last month to reduce its wealth distribution gap through a series of measures—such as raising minimum wages, loosening lending and deposit rates and increasing ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Equity: BRICs To Lead DRs In 2013

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Companies based in emerging markets will continue to rely on depositary receipts as an important means of financing their growth in 2013, taking advantage of continued global investor interest in the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Frontier Markets Report: Bangladesh

PRIME PROSPECT By Dan Keeler Companies that ignore Bangladesh may be missing a key investment opportunity. Photo Credits: FRITZ16 / Shutterstock.com Often portrayed in the media as a basket case that lurches from one natural disaster to ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: Energy, Resources Deals Heat Up

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Pipeline deals, shale-energy plays and natural resources transactions—often involving Asian buyers—provided an energetic start to mergers and acquisitions in 2013. The overall January deal totals for the Americas ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestone: Moscow’S Stock Exchange Goes Public

MILESTONERUSSIA By Udayan Gupta The Russians are taking a page out of the Dutch East India Company’s playbook of 1602. In mid-February Russia recapitalized the Moscow Stock Exchange by selling $1 billion of shares in an IPO of the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmaker: Turkey’s PM Gives EU Ultimatum Over Membership

NEWSMAKER TURKEY By Valentina Pasquali Conveying the feelings of a large swath of the Turkish population, which is increasingly tired of the stalled accession negotiations with the European Union, prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan recently threatened to abandon ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China

Country Report: Angola

Emerging Markets Roundup: Africa

Emerging Markets Roundup: China

Equity: BRICs To Lead DRs In 2013

Frontier Markets Report: Bangladesh

M&A: Energy, Resources Deals Heat Up

Milestone: Moscow’S Stock Exchange Goes Public

Newsmaker: Turkey’s PM Gives EU Ultimatum Over Membership

Regional Report: Latin America

Safest Banks In Asia: April 2013

World’s 50 Safest Banks: April 2013

WORLD’S BEST INVESTMENT BANKS 2013