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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CURRENCY TURMOIL COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED CRISES

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange The strong dollar has beaten down emerging markets currencies ahead of prospective Federal Reserve rate increases, but the fallout for developing economies will vary widely.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DIAMONDS IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN ROUGH

Central Asia Focus Western and Asian efforts to boost relations with the five Central Asia countries is good news for companies and banks wanting to penetrate these big, yet largely unexploited, markets.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DIGGING DEEP

Introduction With a broad-ranging project such as Global Finance’s annual Middle East supplement, success means providing clear insights and stripping away layers of confusion and misunderstanding.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES & RISKS

Overview The drop in oil prices is having varied effects in the Middle East. How countries respond could determine their long-term prospects.

Banking

Five Minutes With Eduardo Suarez, Scotiabank

Capital Markets | Q&A Eduardo Suárez, co-head of Latin America strategy in the Global Banking and Markets division of Scotiabank.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

LITHUANIA: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING COUNTRY

Frontier Markets Report | Lithuania Dogged by high unemployment, Lithuania is losing young people at an alarming rate.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MOROCCO BUILDING A DYNAMIC FINANCIAL CENTER | COUNTRY REPORT

Country Report | Morocco With a diversified economic base and improving fundamentals, Morocco has a sound fiscal strategy and well-thought-out reform program to cut red tape and boost trade. But further reform, says the IMF, is needed.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

REGIONAL HEAVYWEIGHTS | BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES

Global Finance’s first annual ranking of the top-performing companies in the Middle East shows how much of the region is still in the early stages of reducing its dependence on oil.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

RIVAS NEEDS TO WOO ESTONIA’S RUSSIAN MINORITY | NEWSMAKERS

Newsmakers | Estonia Estonians handed victory to 35-year-old Taavi Rõivas and his center-right Reform Party in parliamentary elections on March 1.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TIBET’S ECONOMY BOOMS AS REST OF CHINA SLOWS | MILESTONES

Milestones | Tibet Amid a general slowdown in the Chinese economy, Tibet has emerged as the fastest-growing province in the country.

Awards

The World’s Best Banks of 2015 – Announcement

Andrea Fiano (Editor) & Denise Bedell (Executive Editor) of Global Finance announce The World's Best Banks of 2015, who the new & returning winners are,and our methodology.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

A TENSE NIGERIA PUSHES BACK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Milestones | Nigeria A week before it was to take place, Nigeria’s presidential election was postponed for fear it would spark violence. The election was originally scheduled for February 14 but has been pushed back six weeks to March 28. The outcome of this delay is unclear.