Emerging & Frontier Markets
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS TOP THE NEW PRESIDENTS AGENDA
Newsmakers | Sri Lanka
“The first 100 days of Sirisena’s manifesto are devoted to constitutional reforms,”
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
COSTA RICA: THE FDI SUCCESS STORY
Frontier Markets Report | Costa Rica
Costa Rica has a long history of actively and successfully seeking outside investment. However, the country is dealing with high unemployment and an uncertain fiscal outlook, given that the government plans to ramp up spending on social programs, which could raise the debt level.
Banking
CRISIS PUTS WEAK BANKING SECTOR IN SPOTLIGHT AGAIN
Milestones | Russia
During economic crises, Russia’s banking sector has tended to make a bad situation worse; The current crisis appears to be no different.
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EXPERTISE AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE: TOM HRON, UNICREDIT
Q&A | Supply Chain Finance
Tomáš Hron, head of global transaction banking, UniCredit Bank, Czech Republic and Slovakia, on the limits of digitization in trade and the supply chain.
Banking
INNOVATION IN ISLAMIC FINANCE
Market Report | Islamic Finance
New structures and issuers and greater standardization are pushing issuance in the global sukuk market.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
JUMBE LATEST FINANCE MINISTER TO JUMP SHIP
Newsmakers | Malawi
Friday Jumbe is set to become the latest African finance minister to swap his political ambitions to take up a senior post in a development bank.
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KEEPING IT LOCAL: NADYA TALHOUNI, ARAB BANK
Q&A | Supply Chain Finance
Nadya Talhouni, senior vice president and head of trade finance and cash management at Arab Bank, says MENA banks are well placed to handle business needs previously covered by European banks.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MOZAMBIQUE COMING INTO ITS OWN
Country Report | Mozambique
Mozambique is the current star in Africa’s rising inward-investment constellation. For much of the last quarter of the 20th century, Mozambique was a war zone. Today the only war on its horizon is a bidders war, as investors salivate over the opportunities this Southern African country offers.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
PHILIPPINES IS BIG WINNER FROM FALLING OIL PRICES
Capital Markets | Sovereign Debt
The Philippines sold $2 billion of 25-year bonds in January, in a highly successful sale that attracted $13.5 billion in orders.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
REFINING THE MIX IN SAUDI ARABIA
Country Report | Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit is ballooning, but a ministerial reshuffle has fueled hopes the kingdom is resolute in kicking its hydrocarbon addiction.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
RUSSIAN CORPORATE BONDS CAST SHADOW ON EMERGING MARKETS DEBT
Capital Markets | Corporate Debt
As Russian companies strive to cope with higher borrowing costs and a shortage of dollars and euros to repay foreign debt, emerging markets bonds are coming under increasing scrutiny by investors.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
SURPRISE PRESIDENTIAL WIN FOR GRABAR-KITAROVI
Newsmakers | Croatia
Despite the ceremonial nature of the Croatian presidency, Grabar-Kitarovi has denounced the government for “cold-hearted” economic policies and says Croatia’s economy is a national disgrace.