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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.

Awards

BIGGEST EMERGING MARKETS BANKS 2014

On A Grand Scale Chinese banks take first 10 places in rankings.

Awards

BIGGEST GLOBAL BANKS 2014

Big Is Beautiful Assets of ICBC exceed $3 trillion, while European banks shrink.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

COLOMBIA TO JOIN OECD

Milestones | Colombia The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is a relatively small club of 34 countries. It seeks long-term social and economic development through data collection, analysis and discussions.

Banking

INDIA: MILLIONS ACCESS BASIC FINANCIAL SERVICES

Milestones | India In partnership with more than 50 state-run, cooperative and private banks, India’s National Democratic Alliance government has launched the world’s largest financial inclusion project to bring 75 million households into the banking fold by the end of January 2015.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Emerging & Frontier Markets

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

INDIA: MILLIONS ACCESS BASIC FINANCIAL SERVICES

INTERVIEW: IS THE ASIAN GROWTH MIRACLE OVER?

INTERVIEWS WITH THE AWARD WINNERS

LEVANT: LONG-TERM PROSPECTS OUTWEIGH INSTABILITIES