Emerging & Frontier Markets
Brazil Ratings Downgrade Keeps Coming
Major rating agencies are chasing each other in downgrading Brazil, as the country struggles with recession, a spiraling devaluation of the real and a damaging political crisis.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China’s Consumers Could Boost GDP Growth Rate
Capital Markets | Economic Transition
As China makes the transition to a consumer-led economy, it has the potential to generate an incremental $15 trillion in consumer spending over the next decade, according to a report by think tank The Demand Institute.
Award Winners
Defending The Digital Perimeter
In an interview with Global Finance, Asit Oberoi, chief operating officer of India’s YES Bank, talks about how banks are countering threats from hackers and cybercriminals.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Indonesia Report | Dangerous Summer
A wobbly administration and a plunge in commodities prices have triggered one of the nation’s toughest years in recent memory.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Kenya: Can New Central Bank Governor Lock In Gains?
Patrick Njoroge was named governor of the Central Bank of Kenya in June, part of a broader change in leadership at the Central Bank, including a new chairman and second deputy governor.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Saudi Arabia Taps Bond Market As Low Oil Prices Create Deficit
Capital Markets | Fixed Income
Saudi Arabia has issued its first sovereign bonds since 2007 to help fund a widening budget deficit caused by continued spending amid low oil prices.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Special Economic Zones: Who Wins, Who Loses?
In the race to attract foreign direct investment, countries are opening SEZs at a furious rate. Winnowing down the choices requires some serious due diligence.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
State-Owned Companies, Financial Markets & The New Trade Deals
Trends | Sovereign Funds & Trade
This summer US Congress passed a law giving president Barack Obama the authority to “fast-track” free-trade pacts such as the multinational Trans-Pacific Partnership (or TPP), which covers around 40% of trade in American goods and 60% of trade in Asian goods.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Suez Canal: Egyptian Economy Will See A Bump-upBut How Big?
At a lavish ceremony last month, the Egyptian government inaugurated the new Suez Canal, marking an expansion of the original project, which dates to 1869.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Taiwan Report | Strait Shooters
China’s rattling of sabers may be causing tension in Taiwan, but the country’s currency is on the rise.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
The Hungary Games
CEE Regional Report
The unorthodox policies of prime minister Viktor Orbán may be controversial, but they’ve helped kick-start the country’s economy. Most of the other CEE nations are also mounting turnarounds..
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
The Renminbi Inches Toward Reserve Currency Status
Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund recently held an informal meeting to discuss a staff report that found some deficiencies in the renminbi as a potential reserve currency.