Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Middle East FDI: Infrastructure Boom
MIDDLE EAST 2014 SUPPLEMENT By Gilly Wright The Arab Spring dissuaded many companies from investing in the Middle East-North Africa...
Egypt
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Middle East Thrives Amid Political Flux
The economies of the Middle East continue to prosper despite ongoing instability. In some cases, that instability is creating the greatest opportunities. However, any prospects for investing do come with a unique set of risks.
Banking
Middle East: Islamic Finance Flourishes
MIDDLE EAST 2014 SUPPLEMENT By Gordon Platt Islamic finance is going mainstream, with Western countries planning to issue their first sovereign sukuk. It still constitutes only a small percentage of total global financial assets, and most activity is ...
Banking
World’s Best Investment Banks 2014
ANNUAL AWARDS: HIGH-OCTANE YEAR Global investment banks will face a tremendous challenge as they strive to continue running their underwriting businesses at the elevated levels they reached in 2013. Many of the largest banks on Wall Street reaped a windfall ...
Awards
World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks in the Middle East 2014
Global Finance Names The World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks In The Middle East 2014 New York, March 17, 2014 –...
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...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Jordan: Big Changes Afoot In Aqaba
MILESTONES By Justin Keay First Jordan was hit by the global economic crisis, which slowed annual growth rates from around...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Strong Middle East Deal Pipeline
MARKET FOCUS: MIDDLE EAST INVESTMENT BANKING By Gordon Platt The Middle East may present political challenges, but dealmakers anticipate that...
Award Winners
World’s Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers 2014
GOLD STANDARD By Rebecca Brace and Anita Hawser Global Finance presents the winners of its annual Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers awards. Global multinational corporates may have come out of the 2008 global financial crisis better off than the ...
Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter: Is The Future MINT?
DEAR READER FEBRUARY 2014 | VOL. 28 NO. 2 In 2001, Jim ONeill, then chief economist and head of asset...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
IsraelPalestine Gas Accord
MILESTONES By Luca Ventura When in early January the US secretary of state John Kerry traveled to the Middle East,...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Slashing Saudi Oil Reliance
COUNTRY REPORT By Gordon Platt The coming year could be crucial for Saudi Arabia, as the Middle Eastern powerhouse deals...