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MODI: OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW INDIA

COVER STORY | INDIA As prime minister Narendra Modi begins his term in office, global market watchers are hopeful that it could signal a sea change for India’s governance, economy and friendliness to business. But most are tempering that enthusiasm with a dose of skepticism.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ASIA: READING THE TEA LEAVES

REGIONAL FOCUS | EMERGING ASIA The bigger the opportunity, the bigger the risk. This certainly holds true for frontier and emerging economies in Asia. Finding the right balance between the two is a key challenge for multinationals looking to invest there.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

COLOMBIA’S ECONOMIC SUNNY SKIES MAY CLOUD OVER

COLOMBIA Juan Manuel Santos’ second term as president of Colombia might prove a bit harder than his first—and not only because he won this election with a lower majority.

Banking

ECONOMIC AFTERSHOCKS

DEAR READER Geopolitical instability seems to be everywhere these days, whether we look to North Africa and the Middle East or Eastern Europe, to Southern Asia or Southeast Asia, and it weighs on financial markets and policymakers worldwide.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FOREIGN INVESTORS WARY OF THAI MILITARY COUP LEADER

THAILAND When Thailand’s general Prayuth Chan-ocha seized power in a military coup in late May, he didn’t rely on the element of surprise

Banking

GCC 2014: BANKING ON TECHNOLOGY

GCC REGIONAL SUPERSECTION 2014 | BANKING SECTOR Banks in the GCC are leveraging the latest technologies to keep pace with a customer base whose members are increasingly demanding, wealthy and tech-savvy.

Banking

GCC 2014: INNOVATION FROM THE GROUND UP

GCC REGIONAL SUPERSECTION 2014 | INNOVATION Attempts to drive innovation in the Gulf are still at an early stage. But as countries increase R&D spending, the results could have a huge impact on non-oil growth.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

GCC 2014: LOWERING EXPECTATIONS

GCC REGIONAL SUPERSECTION 2014 | INTRODUCTION The six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have some of the world’s highest living standards and a combined GDP of more than $1.6 trillion. They play an important role in maintaining global economic stability, and their continuing prosperity depends critically on oil prices and the ability to generate surpluses to pay for infrastructure development and job creation.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Emerging & Frontier Markets

MODI: OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW INDIA

ASIA: READING THE TEA LEAVES

COLOMBIA’S ECONOMIC SUNNY SKIES MAY CLOUD OVER

ECONOMIC AFTERSHOCKS

FOREIGN INVESTORS WARY OF THAI MILITARY COUP LEADER

GCC 2014: BANKING ON TECHNOLOGY

GCC 2014: INNOVATION FROM THE GROUND UP

GCC 2014: LOWERING EXPECTATIONS

INDIA TO LIBERALIZE ISSUANCE RULES FOR DRS

MALAWI: NEW PRESIDENT BLESSING IN DISGUISE FOR FOREIGN DONORS

NIGERIA: LIGHTING UP THE POWER SECTOR

RECORD KENYAN BOND WHETS APPETITE FOR AFRICAN DEBT