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Vietnam: Not For The Faint Of Heart

FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT<br /> Vietnam has great potential, but it also has significant hurdles to overcome to improve its business climate for foreign investors. Given the government’s dominance of industries such as agriculture, utilities and banking, those looking to invest must be prepared for the challenge.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Another Conflict of Interest Brewing on Wall Street?

Could proxy advisory firmsthose as yet unregulated outfits that wield significant influence during corporate elections at US public companiesbe in...

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Americas State of Trade

When president Obama shared with the American public his policy vision for the next year in his State of the...

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Draconian New Turkish Internet Law Culls Investor Confidence

Faraways / Shutterstock.com Demonstrators have been out on the streets of Istanbul and Ankara yet again, keeping Turkey’s riot police...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Central Banks Hold Key To FX Moves

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Central bank policies in the major economies will likely be the main guide for currency exchange rates this year, analysts say. Janet Yellen’s confirmation as the new head of the Federal Reserve ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Dubai Gets World Expo Fever

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Gordon Platt The Dubai Financial Market was one of the best-performing equity markets in the world...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Emerging-Markets Debt Issuance Declines

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt The volume of emerging-markets corporate debt offerings declined 6.2% in 2013 from a year earlier, even as global high-yield debt issuance set new records, according to Thomson Reuters. Issuers in just three ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Equity: Capital Market Activity Rises

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt A total of $797 billion of equity capital was issued globally in 2013, up 27% from a year earlier, while underwriting fees rose 34%, according to Thomson Reuters. The volume of initial ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Free Bird: Yukos Oils Ex-Chief Released

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Kim Iskyan In December, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, one of Russia’s most high-profile political prisoners and the former CEO of Yukos Oil—at one point Russia’s largest oil company—was abruptly released. He had served about 10 ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

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Vietnam: Not For The Faint Of Heart

Another Conflict of Interest Brewing on Wall Street?

Americas State of Trade

Draconian New Turkish Internet Law Culls Investor Confidence

Central Banks Hold Key To FX Moves

Dubai Gets World Expo Fever

Emerging-Markets Debt Issuance Declines

Equity: Capital Market Activity Rises

Free Bird: Yukos Oils Ex-Chief Released

Global M&A Falls To Lowest Since 2009

Risk Management: Insuring Trade Credit

SEPA Compliant: To Be Or Not To Be?