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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Confidence Declines As Exports Tumble

CHINA China's exporters are feeling the effects of a global economic slowdown. China’s central bank released three surveys—of banks, consumers and companies—in late September reflecting falling confidence in the country’s economy. According to the survey of companies, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Power Play

ANALYSIS / RUSSIA’S GEORGIA GAMBIT Russia’s recent assault on Georgia raises some scary prospects for European nations dependent on energy supplies from West Asia. Double act: Vladimir Putin passed the presidency to Dmitry Medvedev but still retains much ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones : Oil Prices Slide Below $100 A Barrel, But Support Looms

GLOBAL All at sea: Oil prices have tumbled, but further steep falls are unlikely. Crude oil prices, which reached nearly $150 a barrel in July, fell below $100 a barrel for the first time ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features : Risky Business

CORPORATE TOOLBOX / POLITICAL RISK In recent years, political risks facing multinationals have grown more significant. Corporations are far from blameless in creating that risk, though. Heightened tensions: Multinationals in countries such as Venezuela face growing risks. With ...

Banking

GCC Report : Inflation Stalks The Gulf

REGIONAL REPORT: GCC / ECONOMIC UPDATE Currency pegs could come unglued as the region’s economies heat up. Just when it seemed that it couldn’t get any better for the oil-rich countries of the Gulf Cooperation ...

Banking

GCC Report: Shifting Gears

REGIONAL REPORT: GCC / COUNTRY PROFILE: QATAR Qatar has plenty of gas for the long drive to becoming a knowledge-based economy. Doha's constantly changing skyline illustrates Qatar's rapid growth. Qatar has the world’s third-largest reserves of ...

Award Winners

Features: Awards: Islamic Financial Institutions

ANNUAL SURVEY / ISLAMIC FINANCE Global Finance selects the winners in a fast-growing area of finance that combines investing according to the tenets of Islamic law with modern financial products and systems. Islamic finance is a system of ethical ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Paraguay Joins The Leftist Club

PARAGUAY Lugo: Promising to improve Paraguay's international standing. Paraguayan president-elect Fernando Lugo, a former Catholic bishop, is the newest member of Latin America’s growing list of left-wing leaders. He faces serious challenges in a country that, until his ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Iran

Emerging Markets : Confidence Declines As Exports Tumble

Features : Power Play

Milestones : Oil Prices Slide Below $100 A Barrel, But Support Looms

Features : Risky Business

GCC Report : Inflation Stalks The Gulf

GCC Report: Shifting Gears

Features: Awards: Islamic Financial Institutions

Newsmakers : Paraguay Joins The Leftist Club

Newsmakers : US Targets Trade Finance

Cover Story: India Vs China

Milestones : Russia Writes Off $12 Billion Iraqi Debt

Corporate Finance : Greenback’s Decline Prompts Talk Of Central Bank Reserve Diversification And Ending Pegs To Dollar