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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Middle East: Iraqi Oil Pressures OPEC

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Gordon Platt Rising Iraqi output could well represent the largest increase to global oil supplies over the coming years, easily outstripping projected gains from US shale oil, according to a report by National Bank ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Risk Management: Political Risk

WALKING A FINE LINE By Paula L Green As civil unrest continues to flare up in disparate markets worldwide, corporate risk managers must be aware of the impact that sanctions and regulatory changes can have on their political ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Russia: Arrest In ‘Potash War’

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Kim Iskyan Russian potash giant Uralkali in late July unexpectedly withdrew from an export delivery arrangement with Belarus Potash, the marketing agent for the Russian company and for Belaruskali, the Belarus national potash company. ...

Banking

World’s Biggest Banks 2013

RISING TO THE TOP By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents the World’s Biggest Banks 2013. For the first time, a Chinese bank topped the list of the biggest banks in the world at the end of 2012—displacing ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

China Gets Its Very Own FSOC

A newand possibly powerfulfinancial industry regulator has gotten the green light from officials in China. Although the agency has yet...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Price Drop Masks Big Problems

“It’s almost as if the trade finance industry hasn’t read the newspapers,” says Dan Roberts. Roberts, global head of trade...

Features

IMF/World Bank 2013 Meetings Seminar: Unconventional Monetary Policies and their Cross-Country Spillovers

IMF/World Bank Meetings Seminar: Wednesday, October 9, 10:00 am . In response to the 200809 global financial crisis, advanced economies...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Diaspora Dollar Delight: Remittances Give Indian Economy a Boost

According to the World Bank, Indians living abroadknown in economist-speak as Non-Resident Indians/Persons of Indian Origin (NRI/PIO) sent home $70...

Features

IMF/World Bank 2013 Meeting Seminars: Policies for Growth and Jobs in Europe

IMF/World Bank Meetings Seminar, Thursday, October 10, 4:00 pm. Five years after the peak of the Great Recession, growth remains...

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IMF/World Bank 2013 Meetings Seminar: Debate on the Global Economy

IMF/Word Bank Meetings Seminar: Thursday, October 10, 2:00 pm. Global growth has softened again. Downside risks have become more relevant....

Features

IMF/World Bank 2013 Meetings Seminar: Emerging Markets – Sustaining the Momentum

IMF/Word Bank Meetings Seminar: Tuesday, October 8, 3:00 pm. Emerging markets (EMs) are playing an increasingly important role in the...

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IMF/World Bank 2013 Meetings Seminar: Frontier Economies: the Next Generation of Emerging Markets

IMF/World Bank Meetings Seminar: Wednesday, October 9, 2:00 pm. Emerging markets have for some time played an important role on...