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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Four-Year Fight Ends In Cafta Ratification

COSTA RICA     President Arias successfully concludes free trade agreement. Four years after it was first signed, Costa Rican lawmakers in November finally ratified Cafta, the free trade agreement between Central America, the Dominican Republic and the United States. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Oligarchs Face A Bleak Future

RUSSIA     Deripaska: A dramatic turnaround The global financial crisis is sucking Russia’s oligarchs into its vortex. Information provider Bloomberg recently estimated that the combined wealth of the 25 richest Russians had plummeted 62% over the six-month period ended ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Investor : Infrastructure Etf Debuts On Nyse Arca

NEWS           Invesco PowerShares last month listed a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca that focuses on infrastructure construction in emerging market countries. Demand for infrastructure tends to be inelastic because of long-term trends such ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Investor: Colombian Oil Company Lists On New York Stock Exchange

DR NEWS     Ecopetrol, Colombia’s state-controlled oil company, which sold a 10.1% stake to the public last year, has become only the second company based in Colombia to list American depositary receipts on the New York Stock Exchange. Bancolombia ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Investor: Latin Steelmaker Builds Empire

<p>COMPANY TO WATCH: GERDAU/BRAZIL     As the global steel industry consolidates, Brazil’s Gerdau is on the prowl. The company already is the largest producer of long steel in the Americas, where it has operations in a dozen countries. It ...</p>

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

Emerging Markets : Disaffected Investors Turn Sights On Africa

AFRICA       Kampala in Uganda, where African leaders discussed plans for growing investment.   East Africa may benefit from the recent turmoil on global financial markets, as investors seek less risky and higher yielding markets. Speakers at September’s ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Government Mobilizes Reserves To Boost Liquidity

BRAZIL       Oil finds saw Brazil's national petroleum agency ANP reduce new exploration concessions.   While Brazilian officials had touted the country’s resilience to the global financial meltdown, they got a disturbing wake-up call in October as the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Russia Bears Brunt Of Global Sell-off

RUSSIA       The global flight from risky assets saw $1 trillion wiped off Moscow's stock market.   Russia continued to be buffeted by the global financial crisis, with the country’s stock index plummeting nearly 70% from all-time highs ...

Banking

Emerging Markets : Sukuk Squeeze Triggers Debate

MIDDLE EAST         Safa: Credit crunch could boost sukuk in the longer term. Asudden slowdown in the issuance of sukuk, or Islamic bonds, could be the result of the global credit crunch, a ruling by a committee ...
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