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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Fico Allays Critics’ Concerns As Economy Outperforms

NEWSMAKERS: SLOVAKIA By Justin Keay Emerging Europe doesn’t generate much in the way of good news these days, owing to the region’s proximity to and dependence on the eurozone. Fico has learned from past mistakes Photo Credits: ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Frontier Markets Focus

WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY By Dan Keeler In a new monthly feature, Global Finance delves deep into the opportunities in frontier markets. With youthful populations, underutilized natural resources and eagerness to join the global economic community, the world’s frontier ...

Banking

Global Salon: Sergio Luna, Banamex

DIVERGING ECONOMIES By Vanessa Drucker For this month’s Salon, Global Finance sat down with Sergio Luna, assistant director of economic research at Banamex and liaison to the research group of economic analysis and markets, Citigroup, in New York. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Lagarde Changes Tack On Use Of Capital Controls

MILESTONES: IMF By Luca Ventura “Temporary capital controls might prove useful,” Christine Lagarde said to the audience gathered at the Malaysian Economic Association in Kuala Lumpur in November. Lagarde at the IMF takes a marked departure on cross-border ...

Award Ceremonies and Events

Stars Of China Awards Ceremony 2012

LOCATION: BEIJING, CHINA Global Finance held its annual Stars of China awards ceremony in Beijing in November. Corporate and financial leaders from across the country were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients. 1 Joseph Giarraputo, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Videgaray Appointment Signals Mexico Is Ready For Reform

NEWSMAKERS: MEXICO By Valentina Pasquali Still struggling with drug-related violence that has killed more than 60,000 people in the past six years, Mexico is a country on the mend. Finance minister, Videgaray, will target energy and fiscal ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Boom-Bust Commodities Cycle Could Test Mongolia’s Fiscal Mettle

MILESTONES: MONGOLIA By Arthur Clennam While the rest of Asia is slowing down, Mongolia is too, but by an entirely different playbook. Stoked by lucrative mining discoveries, Mongolia pushed out a blistering 17.5% growth rate in 2011-one of the ...

Editor's Letter

Editor’s Letter: As The Mists Burn Off

Now that the US has voted to grant a second term to its president, Barack Obama, and the Chinese ruling party has selected Xi Jinping as its new leader and future president, one big layer of uncertainty has faded from the international scene...

Award Winners

EM Safest Banks: Safest Banks By Region

HOW WE MEASURE THE SAFETY OF BANKS By Andrew Cunningham The safest banks chart compares the ratings for the world’s largest 500 banks, based on asset size. Long-term foreign currency ratings issued by Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor’s and ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Review: Fast-Growing Economies Drive African Growth

A RACE TO THE FINISH By Jonathan Gregson With several of the world’s fastest-growing economies to be found in sub-Saharan Africa, investors are keen. They are now looking beyond the commodities sector, and China continues to lead the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Review: Feeding Growth

NOURISHING GROWTH By Laurence Neville Despite slowing growth in the BRIC countries, emerging markets generally continue their ascent. Although they have made fewer headlines than usual over the past year, developing countries have experienced some pivotal, uplifting moments—both ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Emerging Markets Review: Middle East Oil Glut

OIL GLUT By Gordon Platt High oil prices have enabled the Middle East’s major oil producers to finance infrastructure investments despite the global slowdown. But the jig might soon be up. With its massive inflow of oil-export ...