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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Regional Report: The Caucasus

COMPETITION IN THE CAUCASUS: THREE'S COMPANY By Justin Keay Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are competing to attract foreign investment. With much of Central and Eastern Europe still mired in a post recession slump, the Caucasian trio may ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Russia: Playing Catch-Up To Fellow BRICs

MILESTONES: RUSSIA By Laurence Neville Russia spent much of 2010 in the doldrums. Russia: Poised for significant growth While its fellow BRICs—Brazil, India and China—stormed ahead, Russia lagged behind. The causes of its lethargy were varied, but ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Singapore: The Cost Of Record Growth

MILESTONES: SINGAPORE By Thomas Clouse After a year in which its economy expanded at the fastest rate since it achieved independence in 1965, Singapore may be about to suffer a hangover. Too hot? Singapore aims for sustainable ...

News

Southern Sudan: World’s Newest Nation

NEWSMAKERS: SOUTHERN SUDAN By Justin Keay Sudan, the largest country in Africa and the Arab World—and the tenth largest in the world—is about to get a good deal smaller. Bold move: Voters decide Southern Sudan's future Preliminary ...

Editor's Letter

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There is no question that the newly emerging marketsoften dubbed the frontier marketspresent Western firms with mouthwatering opportunities...

Award Winners

Biggest Emerging Market Banks 2010

ANNUAL SURVEY: EM 200 By Dan Keeler Regional powerhouses in Asia and Latin America continue to build their presence as their markets recover strongly from the global recession. While much of the developed world continues to wrestle ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

China: China Passes US In CleanTech Spend

MILESTONES: CHINA By Denise Bedell High energy: Government targets boost windpower With strong government backing and clear goals for increased capacity development, China is fast surpassing its counterparts in the West, including the US and Germany, in building ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Infosys Technologies

EMERGING MARKET INVESTOR: COMPANY TO WATCH: INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES / INDIA By Gordon Platt Bangalore-based Infosys Technologies, the second largest company by market capitalization on the Bombay Stock Exchange, announced one of the first mobile-banking solutions that offers financial-management ...

Country Report

Country Report: Libya

LIBYA: OPENING UP By Justin Keay As its economy slowly becomes more open, Libya is attracting the attention of a wider range of potential investors than just adventurous oil companies. In the old days of the Soviet ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

DR News: Taiwanese Firms Eye ADR Platform

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Companies based in Taiwan that already have global depositary receipt (GDR) programs will explore establishing new Level 1 American depositary receipt (ADR) programs over the next 18 months, according to ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM News: Russia’s Privatization Program

EMERGING MARKET INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Faced with a widening budget deficit in the wake of its economic stimulus program, Russia is rolling out the red carpet to foreign investors with a $39 billion privatization program. The ...

Banking

Islamic Finance: A New Frontier

TRENDS: ISLAMIC FINANCE IN LATIN AMERICA By Antonio Guerrero With Islamic financial institutions seeking to expand into emerging markets in Africa and Asia, could Latin America be next? While Islamic financial institutions have aggressively expanded through Asia and ...