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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

QATARI MONEY TALKS IN FOREIGN CAPITALS

Qatar | Country Report The QIA, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds with $170 billion of assets, was initially rebuffed, but regardless of the outcome of the deal, it has other fish to fry.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RENMINBI CONVERSION CAP LIFTED IN HONG KONG

China | Capital Markets In a major step toward opening China’s capital account, Hong Kong and Shanghai have linked their equity markets and abolished the cap on how much Chinese currency Hong Kong residents may purchase (or sell) daily.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

ROMANIAN VOTERS EMBRACE IOHANNIS’S POLITICS

Romania | Newsmakers Iohannis defeated prime minister and Social Democrat leader Victor Ponta, taking 54.5% of the vote against 45.5%. So who is Iohannis?

Banking

RUPEE INTERNATIONALIZATION: SAUGATA BHATTACHARYA, AXIS BANK

Q&A | Capital Markets Saugata Bhattacharya is the senior vice president and chief economist at Axis Bank in India.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TRADE FINANCE: FINANCING UNMET DEMAND IN EMERGING MARKETS

Emerging Markets Trade Finance | Special Report Although barriers to trade have declined, gaining access to trade finance is challenging in some markets.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

TUNISIA: COMPROMISE IS KEY TO STABILITY

Tunisia | Newsmakers Elections in Tunisia in October, which saw the secular Nidaa Tounes party (39.7%) narrowly beat the incumbent Islamic party, Ennahda (31.8% of the vote), were widely praised for being free and fair. Questions remain, however, about their democratic robustness.

Banking

TURKISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS

At a roundtable in Istanbul in September, leading figures from Turkish banks, including the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Turkey, came together to discuss developments in the economy and financial sector.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

A WATERED-DOWN EEU

Milestones | Commonwealth Of Independent States In October, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia put the finishing legal touches to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union, which comes into being on January 1, 2015.

Banking

ARGENTINE GOVERNOR MAY FURTHER DILUTE CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE

Newsmakers | Argentina Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in early October triggered the resignation of the head of the country’s central bank, Juan Carlos Fabrega, by criticizing him for not reducing manipulation of the country’s currency. His replacement, Alejandro Vanoli, formerly the head of the country’s securities regulator, CNV, doesn’t look likely to set Argentina on a better path.

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Emerging & Frontier Markets

QATARI MONEY TALKS IN FOREIGN CAPITALS

RENMINBI CONVERSION CAP LIFTED IN HONG KONG

ROMANIAN VOTERS EMBRACE IOHANNIS’S POLITICS

RUPEE INTERNATIONALIZATION: SAUGATA BHATTACHARYA, AXIS BANK

TRADE FINANCE: FINANCING UNMET DEMAND IN EMERGING MARKETS

TUNISIA: COMPROMISE IS KEY TO STABILITY

TURKISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS

A WATERED-DOWN EEU

ARGENTINE GOVERNOR MAY FURTHER DILUTE CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE

BIGGEST EMERGING MARKETS BANKS 2014

BIGGEST GLOBAL BANKS 2014

COLOMBIA TO JOIN OECD