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Banking

Features: Banking on Russia

ANALYSIS Deft maneuvering is helping Russia’s banks dodge the fallout from the credit crunch, but significant risks remain—particularly for smaller banks and their customers. While the crises at UK mortgage lender Northern Rock and US investment bank Bear ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features: Credit crunch? What credit crunch?

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE Despite continuing political upheaval, many countries in Central and Eastern Europe are more concerned about reining in their buoyant economies than surviving the global economic downturn. Although the politics in Warsaw may be "noisy," ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Newsmakers : Darling’s Approach Winning Out On Global Regulation

UNITED KINGDOM Darling: Favors a collegiate cross-border regulation system. Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling has been criticized for his handling of the Northern Rock bailout, and he is the subject of an Internet campaign ...

Banking

Cover Story : Universal Currency Could Hold Key To Stability And Growth

SINGLE GLOBAL CURRENCY The success of the euro has fueled interest in a plan for global monetary union that could end currency crises and boost world trade. For decades there has been a groundswell ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : European Energy Deals Keeping Investment Bankers Busy Despite Slump In Leveraged Buyouts

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Energy companies are fueling a merger boom in Europe, as the industry continues to restructure in response to liberalized markets and foreign competition. Investment bankers are welcoming the advisory fees from these huge deals at ...

Award Winners

Features : Central Banker Report Cards 2007

ANNUAL SURVEY / CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS Individually, many of the world’s leading central bankers seemed to be in disarray after the subprime debacle began to unfold in mid-2007. As a group, though, they acted with remarkably unity. The central ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story : Living On The Edge

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE The EU’s newest members struggle to balance growth with stability. Prague's stock exchange is one of many in the region that are attracting foreign investors. Despite recent political maneuverings by Russian president Vladimir Putin, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Emerging Market Companies And Banks Pose Risks To Financial System With Global Borrowing Spree

Corporate financing news / corporate debt Corporations based in emerging market countries have increased their global borrowing substantially in recent years, putting themselves at risk to a sudden shift in investor sentiment and a turn in the global ...

News

Hungary

Features: Banking on Russia

Features: Credit crunch? What credit crunch?

Newsmakers : Darling’s Approach Winning Out On Global Regulation

Cover Story : Universal Currency Could Hold Key To Stability And Growth

Corporate Finance : European Energy Deals Keeping Investment Bankers Busy Despite Slump In Leveraged Buyouts

Features : Central Banker Report Cards 2007

Cover Story : Living On The Edge

Corporate Finance : Emerging Market Companies And Banks Pose Risks To Financial System With Global Borrowing Spree

Cover Story : United Front

Features : Open Season

Features : Borrowing Requirements

Cover Story : Central Banker Report Cards 2006