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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Latin America: Dark Days

REGIONAL REPORT: ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE By Antonio Guerrero Vast investments in energy infrastructure are needed in the region not only to bring more of the current population onto the grid, but also to ensure that capacity meets demand, going forward. When ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Middle East: Say Dubai To Caution

MILESTONES By Justin Keay Its only four years since the global economic slowdown plunged Dubai into a major debt crisis...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Regional Focus: The Levant

WHEN WILL A NEW SUN RISE? By Justin Keay The Levant region is plagued with political instability and unrest. But there are pockets of economic strength and inklings of long-term development. According to the Collins English Dictionary, the word Levant ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Salon: Turkish Investment Delegation

A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION By Michael Shari Global Finance hosted a delegation of Turkish business and economic representatives for its Global Salon this month, engendering a lively discussion on growth and investment, the economy and Turkeys efforts to qualify ...

Banking

Stars Of China: Behold The Next Generation

ANNUAL SURVEY: STARS OF CHINA By Arthur Clennam The companies and banks selected as this years Stars of China are...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa Auditions For A Leading Role

ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT: AFRICA 2013 With a stunning twist of fate, companies that are looking for a refuge from the turmoil of recent years in developed markets are turning their attention to the continent that for much of the past ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa’s Infrastructure: Power To The People

ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT: AFRICA 2013 By Dan Keeler Innovative financing techniques and growing investor sophistication are prompting a surge of interest in sub-Saharan infrastructure projects. Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly turning into the growth and investment story of the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa’s Mobile Banking: Boom Or Bust?

ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT: AFRICA 2013 By Erik Heinrich Africa’s mobile-banking boom is a complicated tale of East versus West. But who’s approach will prove right in the end? Mobile banking is a force for social and economic change ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Argentina: The Ultimate Ultimatum

NEWSMAKERS By Forrest Jones Althought it was more than a decade ago that Argentina defaulted on $100 billion worth of debt, the fallout continues to make headlines today. Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recently defied a US ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

BRICS: Currency Fund A Big Step

MILESTONES By Gordon Platt The emerging-markets currency crisis, spurred by the Federal Reserve’s plan to begin winding down its economic stimulus, is prompting the BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—to move forward with the creation of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Debt: Emerging Markets Default Risk Rises

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt The recent sharp decline in emerging markets currencies to multiyear lows will make it more costly for corporations in these countries to repay their dollar-denominated debt. Analysts say this could lead to ...

Country Report

Country Report: Poland

NO QUICK FIXES By Udayan Gupta Poland withstood the recent global economic recession relatively well, thanks to its sound economic policies, healthy economic fundamentals and broad-based support for large and small enterprises. A little more than two ...