Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
KUWAIT: MIXED SIGNALS
FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT: KUWAIT<br />
Kuwaiti legislature has cut red tape and is offering more inducements for FDI. But is the rest of the regime on board?
Economics, Policy & Regulation
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
NIGERIA: WHAT’S NEXT FOR AFRICA’S LARGEST ECONOMY?
MILESTONES: NIGERIA<br />
The transport infrastructure in Africa's largest economy is still treading water.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
PANAMA: VARELA BLESSED BY SURPRISING ELECTION RESULT
NEWSMAKERS: PANAMA<br />
Conservative Varela surprises with progressive social agenda.<br />
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
RATING THROUGH THE CYCLE
We sat down with Fergus McCormick, head of sovereign ratings at DBRS, to discuss the rating agency’s outlook for global markets, sovereign ratings and how the firm differs from its competitors.<br />
Economics, Policy & Regulation
NBCUniversal International to Outsource Accounting, AP and AR Functions
NBCUniversal is the latest in a long line of companies looking to take advantage of business process outsourcing for some of its finance functions.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
A New New Delhi?
Election Coverage: “Good days are here,” tweeted prime minister-designate Narendra Modi after he led the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to a landslide victory last Friday in India’s bitterly fought parliamentary elections.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Do You Still Remember the Financial Crisis?
Do you remember the 2007-2008 financial crisis? Its daunting impact on the world economy is finally fading away and the US Federal Reserve Board is slowly moving to a less expansionary monetary policy, but the debate on its causes and, more important, on what is needed to prevent similar episodes from happening again is still very much alive.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
THE INTANGIBLE INVESTOR
Indeed, there are those who think that the IP wars will continue to have no clear resolution or winners. The only real beneficiaries: lawyers. But commentators such as Bruce Berman argue that unless and until we can quickly sort out the real issues in the IP imbroglio, almost everyone –even the patent trolls – will lose out.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
BALTICS BOUNCE BACK
Although hit hard by the global financial crisis, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia recovered quickly. The three countries are building ever-closer EU ties to separate themselves economically from Eastern neighbors.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
BRAZIL’s MANTEGA TAKES A HIT, STILL STANDING
Brazilian Finance minister Guido Mantega may be dealing with both internal and external headwinds, but he—and Brazil—are still standing.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
CANADA: NEW FINANCE MINISTER HAS BIG SHOES TO FILL
When, on March 18, longtime Canadian Finance minister Jim Flaherty unexpectedly announced his resignation, few were perhaps more surprised than his soon-to-be successor, Joe Oliver, the 73-year-old minister of Natural Resources.