Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
The Rules Of Engagement Regional Overview
A raft of new regulations around the world is changing how treasurers manage cash.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
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Features
Uruguay Regional Champ
Wedged between Brazil and Argentina—two neighbors with serious economic problems—Uruguay is an attractive foreign direct investment alternative in Latin America.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Companies Lock In Low Rates For 100 Year Bonds And Longer
Capital Markets | Debt
Jaws dropped in June, when scandal-plagued Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company, announced plans to come to market with a 100-year bond. Who in their right mind would lend $2.5 billion for a century to an emerging markets company that in April wrote off $17 billion in overvalued assets and billions more in bribes?
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Diversification And Data
At the beginning of the summer, credit insurance company Coface issued its monthly list of upgrades and downgrades of country risk.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Oil’s Well That Ends Well
GCC Regional Report 2015 | Oil Prices
GCC countries are weathering low oil prices surprisingly well, cushioned by sovereign funds, economic diversification and development.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
PDVSA Scrambles To Make Up For Lost Oil Revenue
Milestones | Venezuela
Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, is being squeezed by low oil prices, and the government in Caracas is feeling the pain.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Chilean Economy | All Eyes On Valdés To Spur Growth
Chile | For years Chile has been recognized as one of the best-performing emerging markets in the world. But a combination of external and internal factors have changed that.
Country Report
Egyptian Economy Turns As Reforms Take Hold
Country Report | Egypt
Egypt may be on the verge of a major turnaround, as the most populous country in the Arab world looks set for sustained growth, lower unemployment and a manufacturing renaissance under president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equities | Foreign Institutions To Deepen Saudi Stock Market
Saudi Arabia | When the Saudi Arabian stock market, or the Tadawul as it is known, opens to direct investment by qualified foreign institutions for the first time on June 15, it will begin a transformation of the biggest bourse in the Middle East.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
India | Is The Bloom Off The Rose For Narendra Modi?
India | Indian prime minister Narendra Modi celebrated his one-year anniversary in office in May, but the jury is still out on whether he’ll justify the hope that has been invested his new government.
Features
Myanmar | Blank Slate For Foreign Investors
Frontier Markets Report | Myanmar is wide open in terms of investment prospects, and its opportunities are luring investors—despite the risks.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Islamic Finance | Malaysian Sukuk Shows Sovereign Demand
There is no lack of demand for shariah-compliant financing, according to Mukhtar Hussain, deputy chairman and CEO of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad.