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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Venezuela’s Monetary Experiment

VENEZUELA Rodrigo Cabezas: New currency will help fight inflation. Venezuela is gearing up for the introduction of a new currency to replace the bolivar, in circulation since 1879, in a move the Hugo Chávez administration hopes will help ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : China, Russia Compete For Biggest Ipo Of Year

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS China is likely to have the year’s biggest initial public offering for the second year in a row, although there remains a chance that Russia will beat it out. As Global Finance went to press, China Construction Bank ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Oil Firm Ipo Sets Stage For More Share Issues

COLOMBIA Ecopetrol's Cartagena oil refinery. The Colombian energy sector entered a new investor-friendly era with the late-August IPO of Ecopetrol, the state-owned oil company. Ecopetrol is Colombia’s largest corporation, with income of around $18 billion in 2006. The ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : The unsinkable mrs. K

Argentina Double act: Nestor Kirchner and the presidential hopeful, Mrs. K. Argentine First Lady and senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is poised to replace her husband, President Nestor Kirchner, in the top post in the October 28 ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story : A Changing Agenda

Latin America There is no longer any doubt that Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s “Bolivarian Revolution” is having a significant economic and political impact on Latin America. The question now is, Will it last? It’s 11 o’clock in the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Editor’s Letter : A Turbulent Transformation

In this months cover story we look at the seismic changes that have been taking place recently in the balance of power in Latin America...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Multilateral Malaise

LATIN AMERICA Hugo Chávez: Wants to see the World Bank out of Latin America While most media attention on the World Bank recently has focused on a political scandal that could spark the downfall of bank president Paul ...

News

Cover Story : A Bumpy Ride

EM SPOTLIGHT – LATIN AMERICA Argentina’s president Nestor Kirchner faced off against some of the worlds most powerful investors Latin...

News

Newsmakers : Chávez Banks On Regional Support

LATIN AMERICA Chvez: Extending credit to other Latin American nations Venezuelan president Hugo Chvezs dream of creating a South American...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Venezuelan Financial Group Launches New Adr Program

Dr News JPMorgan Chase announced the launch of a sponsored American depositary receipt program for the Series A common shares...

News

Milestones : Uncertainty Surrounds Impact Of Second Chávez Term

Venezuela Chvez:Re-election mandate for nationalization Encouraged by a strong mandate in the December presidential elections and a booming oil sector...

News

Features : The Growth Challenge

COUNTRY REPORT / BRAZIL As Brazils president Luiz Incio Lula da Silva embarks on his second term, investors are increasingly...