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South Africa: HSBC Climbdown Opens Way For Standard Chartered

NEWSMAKERS: SOUTH AFRICA By Nick Kochan Johannesburg: Setback after HSBC pull-out HSBC's decision to walk away from its proposed $8 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in South African bank Nedbank is little short of dramatic. Having announced ...

Banking

Standard Bearers

SECTOR FOCUS — ISLAMIC FINANCIAL SERVICES By Anita Hawser Calls for standardized regulation of Islamic financial services are growing louder in the wake of the global financial crisis. Islamic banks emerged from the recent financial crisis with ...

Award Winners

Stars Of China

ANNUAL REPORT: GENTLY DOES IT. By Thomas Clouse China's rapid recovery after the global financial crisis may yet foreshadow a hard landing as the government struggles to rein in the perennially red-hot real estate market. Real ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Sun Shines Bright On Solar Wafer Manufacturer

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: COMPANY TO WATCH By Gordon Platt LDK Solar, based in Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Xinyu City, in China's Jiangxi Province, announced an $8.9 billion five-year strategic financing agreement with China Development Bank, easing a long-running cash ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Taiwan: Rate Hikes To Cool Real Estate Market

MILESTONES: TAIWAN By Thomas Clouse On the rise: Taipei prices Taiwan's export orders hit a record high of $34.9 billion in August, up 23.3% year on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, with orders for IT ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

The Benefits Of Discipline

INTERVIEW — DURMUS YILMAZ Turkey's central bank governor talks to Anita Hawser about inflation, Europe and how his country managed to weather the recent global crisis so well. The Central Bank of Turkey has a long history of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

The World’s Best Bank Awards Ceremony 2010

DATE: OCTOBER 9, 2010 LOCATION: WASHINGTON NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON For the last twelve years, Global Finance has conducted its...

Banking

Asia’s Banks Take The Lead

EM REGIONAL BANKING FOCUS: ASIA By Michael Shari A consistent focus on traditional-style banking has enabled Asia's financial giants to emerge from the recent crisis in fine fettle. On any given day at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Asia’s Financial Centers Gain Ground On Rivals

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Anita Hawser Hong Kong: One of the world’s top-three finance centers London and New York can rest easy. Despite the Dodd-Frank Act and other regulatory measures that threaten to split up banks, curb bankers' bonuses and ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Brazilians Develop Taste for Chilean Wines

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: COMPANY TO WATCH By Gordon Platt Viña Concho y Toro, the largest wine exporter in Chile, recently signed a global marketing agreement with Manchester United Football Club in England—although maybe it should have signed with ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Country Focus: Peru

SECOND ACT By Antonio Guerrero In his second term, Peru’s president Alan Garcia is making amends for the shambles he left his country in after his first term. Peruvian president Alan Garcia is leading one of the ...

Country Report

Country Report: Turkey

STAYING THE COURSE By Gordon Platt Turkey has bounced back from a sharp economic contraction to become one of the region’s best performers. Its prospects are brighter than ever. Turkey's constitutional referendum last month gave a boost ...