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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, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Tensions With Trading Partners Reach New Low

Russia Russia's Vladimir Putin at the recent G-8 summit Relations between Russia and the West plunged to fresh post-Cold War lows, as the planned US missile shield in the Czech Republic, the investigation of the death of Alexander ...

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 : Open Season

STARS OF THE NEW RUSSIA Russias attempts to broaden its economic base away from a resource-driven model are proving as...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Russian Merger Creates Top Aluminum Maker

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS A three-way merger between two Russian aluminum producers, Rusal and Sual, and the alumina assets of Swiss-based...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Borrowing Requirements

SECTOR REPORT/ SECURITIES LENDING Hedge funds are driving rapid growth in demand for securities lending in global markets. Van Grinsven:...

News

Features : Europe Banks On Brains Not Brawn

The European Union wants to create a region-wide knowledge-based economy. Realizing that vision is proving to be a major headache....

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....

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story : Mixed Signals

Stiff competition from its neighbors and growing deficits are threatening to thwart Hungarys attempts to attract inward investment, but the...

Banking

Features : World’s Best Foreign Exchange Banks 2006

Deutsche Bank North America Citigroup Western Europe Deutsche Bank (Honorable Mention: UBS and HSBC) Asia-Pacific HSBC Southeast Asia DBS Central...

Award Winners

Award Winners : The World’s Best Internet Banks, 2005 Part 2

Regional Winners NORTH AMERICA Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Bank — Wells Fargo Best Consumer Internet Bank — Bank of America EUROPE...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Rubber to Hit the Road in Hungary

Company to Watch: Hankook Tire/South Korea Hankook Tire, South Koreas largest tire-maker, in November selected Dunaujvaros, Hungary, which is about...