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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SOUTH KOREA: A TIGHTROPE WALK WITH TRADING PARTNERS

South Korea | Country Report One of Asia’s most powerful economies, South Korea is maneuvering deftly between even more powerful neighbors and allies.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SOVEREIGN DEBT: AFRICAN BORROWERS ACTIVE AHEAD OF FED RATE MOVES

Sovereign Debt | Capital Markets Governments in Africa issued a record amount of debt in international markets in 2014, taking advantage of strong investor demand and low borrowing costs ahead of the Federal Reserve’s expected rate increases this year.

Award Ceremonies and Events

STARS OF CHINA AWARDS CEREMONY 2014

Global Finance held its annual Stars of China awards ceremony in Beijing in November. Corporate and financial leaders from around the country were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

TAIWAN: A TURNING POLITICAL TIDE

Taiwan | Milestones Taiwan’s president Ma Ying-jeou and his Kuomintang party lost control of important political positions in late November, when Taiwanese voters chose opposition party and independent candidates in local elections across the island.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TRADE CREDIT INSURANCE: DECIPHERING A GOOD RISK

Global Salon Global Finance sat down with Jochen Dümler, president and chief executive officer of insurer Euler Hermes North America, to look at the global market for trade credit insurance.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ABRAAJ GROUP: INVESTING IN CITIES

Global Finance sat down with Tom Speechley, a partner in emerging markets private equity investment firm Abraaj Group and CEO of Abraaj North America, to discuss key markets for investment, future EM stars and the lure of cities as investment destinations.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ARGENTINA’S TAX DEPARTMENT STRIPS PROCTER & GAMBLE LICENSE

Corporate Tax | Management Approximately 500 American companies operate in Argentina—but on November 3 that number abruptly decreased by one as the country’s tax authority, the Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP) revoked the company’s registration, accusing P&G of tax and accounting fraud.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

CEE: STRUCTURAL REFORMS NEEDED

Central & Eastern Europe | Emerging Markets Regional Review Central and Eastern Europe has come a long way in the past 25 years, but the region must overcome some significant obstacles in 2015—particularly as Russia’s conflict with Ukraine continues.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CHANGING ECONOMIC CLIMATE OF EMERGING MARKETS

Seeking A New Paradigm | Emerging Markets Growth To ascertain whether emerging markets is an obsolete term, we must first understand what it means.

Banking

Deepening Africa’s Financial Markets

Africa | Emerging Markets Regional Review African economies are well on their way to transforming the region’s status from a frontier to an emerging market. The IMF predicts Africa will grow by 5.8% in 2015, up from 5.1% this year, with Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique projected to growth over 8%.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EDITOR’S LETTER: REDEFINING EMERGING MARKETS

For many years Global Finance has regularly covered emerging markets and frontier markets. This annual issue of the magazine, which is focused on the EM, goes a bit further. We analyze these markets regionally, but we also question the prevalent definition of emerging markets.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

IMPROVING ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY

Asia-Pacific | Emerging Markets Regional Review Structural changes in emerging Asia’s manufacturing-for-export markets are erasing the low-cost advantage.