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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ukraines Startling About-Face

FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT By Dan Keeler Ukraine’s decision to turn its back on Western Europe has seriously undermined its near-term appeal, but long-term opportunities remain. Perhaps more than any other country in Europe, Ukraine is torn between ...

Banking

Whats Next For Kuwaiti Banks?

SPECIAL REPORT By Andrew Cunningham Kuwaiti banks are in good health. Capital levels are high, nonperforming loans low and declining,...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ukraines Yanukovych Makes a Deal With the Devil He Knows

Yanukovych: Taking the soft option ( Roland Goodman ) The Ukraine in December secured a $15 billion bailout from Russia,...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Mexico Greases the Skids for Foreign Oil Companies

For Pemex, a crude awakening A steady, year-long stream of institutional and economic reforms in Mexico is about to end...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ryanairs OLeary vs. EasyJets McCall: No contest

Ryanair: Attitude Adjustment When EasyJet in November reported a pre-tax profit of 478 million (US$785 million) for fiscal 2013a 51%...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Why IBM Finds Itself in an Indian Bleak House

IBM in India: Kind of Blue (Bangalore photo: Vinoo202) IBM’s ongoing tussle with Indian authorities shows once again how complicated...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

WTO ‘Historic’ Trade Agreement: Is This Anything?

Azevdo: Organization man Remember the days when accession to the World Trade Organization was seen as an admittance ticket into...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Argentina: Location, Location, Location

Mapping out the history of Argentina (foto: Robles Pepe) Think you know what turned Argentina from an early 20 th...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Eike Batista: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Batista: An SOS at OSX (Photo:Juliana Coutinho) When they fall, they fall hard. The past few months have brought only...

Banking

Asian Trade: Mind the Gap

Is Basel III to blame for the $425 billion shortfall in trade finance in developing Asia? Some observers think so, but others say trade finance needs to go back to basics.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Return On Receipts

The major emerging markets are attracting renewed interest from investors. The uptick comes at a time when companies from these fast-developing countries need capital to grow and are turning to depositary receipts to tap into the deeper capital markets in the developed world.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Frontier Markets: Gold Rush In Myanmar?

Myanmar may be the last frontier market in Asia, with plenty of natural resources and a government targeting growth of over 7.5% for the next five years. Still, while investors remain cautiously optimistic,the economic transition will need to be delicately handled.