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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Political Hurdles Plague Trade Agreement

The sixth round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union was held in Brussels on July 18 just as winds of political change have begun sweeping across the two continents.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ASIA: READING THE TEA LEAVES

REGIONAL FOCUS | EMERGING ASIA The bigger the opportunity, the bigger the risk. This certainly holds true for frontier and emerging economies in Asia. Finding the right balance between the two is a key challenge for multinationals looking to invest there.

Banking

BIG LOAN SIGNALS EGYPT’S RETURN TO GLOBAL MARKETS

FINANCE & CAPITAL | TRENDS: Islamic Finance

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DEBT REFINANCING NEEDS TO CHANGE CORP-BANK RELATIONS

FINANCE & CAPITAL | MANAGEMENT: CORPORATE DEBT

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ECB’S NEGATIVE RATES TO ALTER CASH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

FINANCE & CAPITAL | CAPITAL MARKETS The European Central Bank’s adoption of a negative deposit rate for banks’ excess reserves [meaning they charge interest for bank reserves held at the ECB] could have a widespread impact on money markets and corporate cash-management policies.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FIRST GLOBAL STANDARD SET FOR REVENUE RECOGNITION

FINANCE & CAPITAL | MANAGEMENT: Accounting

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

INDIA TO LIBERALIZE ISSUANCE RULES FOR DRS

FINANCE & CAPITAL | CAPITAL MARKETS: DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

NIGERIA: LIGHTING UP THE POWER SECTOR

COUNTRY REPORT | NIGERIA Nigeria lacks one key element for stellar growth: a power sector commensurate with its prospects.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

OTC MARKETS, NOT NYSE, TRADE MOST ADRS

FINANCE & CAPITAL | CAPITAL MARKETS: AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

Banking

PORTUGAL: BACK FROM THE BRINK?

COUNTRY REPORT With strong underpinnings for reform now in place, Portugal is seeing signs of economic improvement. But now that it has increased exports, will greater vulnerability to global trade winds haunt growth?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RECORD KENYAN BOND WHETS APPETITE FOR AFRICAN DEBT

FINANCE & CAPITAL | TRENDS: SOVEREIGN DEBT

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SLOVAKIA: BRIGHT PROSPECTS

FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT | SLOVAKIA Slovakia has moved resolutely to compete with other former Soviet-bloc nations for foreign direct investment.