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Banking

Cover Story : From Bust To Boom

Middle East Lebanon’s banks are spreading their wings as they push for more growth in the Middle East’s key markets. Banks in downtown Beirut: Lebanon's financial institutions are expanding through the region. While the banking sector remains the backbone ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Frontier Market Indexes Planned

DR NEWS New York-based MSCI Barra, which is majority-owned by Morgan Stanley, plans to introduce a family of benchmark indexes next month covering 19 “frontier market” countries. Institutional investors want to look beyond existing developed and emerging ...

Banking

Cover Story : Brave New World

A NEW DAWN “O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in’t!” —William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Act V, Scene I. From the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : China Unleashes Ipos To Soak Up Liquidity

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS China has approved a series of major IPOs in recent weeks in an attempt to cool its soaring stock markets by flooding them with a growing supply of new issues. The country’s main Shanghai index has ...

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 ...

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, ...

News

Cover Story : United Front

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE Turbulent times:Demonstrators in Romania in 1989 seize control of a tank Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : At A Crossroads

Offering an increasingly transparent and business-friendly environment, Cyprus is attracting ever more investment from global corporations. Nearly 30 years ago,...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Global Equity/drs

Global Equity Issues Setting Record Pace Global equity capital market volume surpassed the $400 billion level in mid-July, marking an...

News

Features : Turkey: Pressing Ahead

Its EU hopes may be faltering, but Turkey is relentlessly pursuing its ambitious reform programand reaping significant benefits in the...

News

Milestones : Delayed decision highlights doubts about EU enlargement

EMERGING EUROPE/EU Stelzeneder: Difficult times ahead There will be difficult times ahead for southern European countries wanting to join the...

News

Cover Story : Fighting Spirit

Theyve been called the new European tigers, but many nations in central and eastern Europe have experienced troubled times recently....