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Sector Report: Middle East Telecoms

SOWING SEEDS OF CHANGE By Anita Hawser The Arab Spring heralded the beginnings of reform and showed the growing importance of social media in enabling communal action. The telecoms sector in the Middle East has been forever changed ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Special Report: BRICs

Shifting Trade Flows And The New Consumer By Dan Keeler Fast-growing trade between BRIC countries has been fueled by an expanding middle class. Western rivals face stiff local and regional competition in building emerging markets growth. A ...

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WORLD’S BEST TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS 2012

Global Finance names the World’s Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers 2012 NEW YORK, January 19, 2012 Global Finance magazine...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Stars of China Awards Ceremony 2011

DATE: NOVEMBER 15, 2011 LOCATION: RITZ CARLTON, BEIJING Global Finance hosted its annual Stars of China awards ceremony and dinner...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: KGHM POLSKA MIEDŹ / Poland

POLISH COPPER, SILVER MINER ROLLS WITH THE PUNCHES By Gordon Platt After KGHM Polska Mied reported that its third-quarter 2011 profits had tripled from the same period a year earlier, the Polish government immediately announced a significant increase in ...

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Country Report: Kuwait

LONG-TERM VISION By Justin Keay Kuwait’s development in recent years has been driven by the state, with little FDI. However, upcoming elections promise a new government that could improve the business climate for foreign investors. When protesters ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Deep Freeze On IMF Lending To Ukraine

MILESTONES: UKRAINE By Kim Iskyan The IMF’s $15 billion loan program to Ukraine looks increasingly likely to be suspended at least until parliamentary elections in October 2012, following an early November visit by the IMF that ended without recommending the resumption ...

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DR News: Unsponsored ADR Market To Slow

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt New unsponsored American depositary receipt (ADR) program creation is likely to slow down in the short to medium term, according to a report by Celent, a Boston-based financial research and consulting ...

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EM News: Mexican Exchange Woos High-Frequency Traders

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt The Bolsa Mexicana de Valores exchange in Mexico City says it will introduce faster trading technology by the middle of 2012 in an effort to attract more high-frequency traders. BMV says ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Environmental Risk Insurance

ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE: GLOBAL EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT By Anita Hawser Environmental risk insurers are offering more sophisticated solutions and a broader range of coverage amounts. A fire broke out at a chemical plant in Moerdijk, Netherlands, in January 2011. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Lingering Risks

Europe may be the center of attention at the start of the new year, but it is certainly not the only area of the world that worries economists and policymakers...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Resource-Rich Myanmar Open For Investment

MILESTONES: MYANMAR By Thomas Clouse Preparing to chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014, Myanmar is also opening its doors to foreign investment. A new dawn breaks in Myanmar, which is open for business Leaders from ASEAN’s ...