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EM Regional Review: CEE

WINTER OF DISCONTENT By Justin Keay Although there are some bright spots, many CEE countries face the prospect of another economic downturn thanks to tight European ties. For most countries in the postcommunist world, 2011 ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Regional Review: Introduction

FEAST AND FAMINE By Anita Hawser The emerging markets are affected to a greater or lesser degree by what is happening in the developed world. Those countries and regions that are most closely tied to the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EM Regional Review: Latin America

PREPARING FOR THE WORST By Antonio Guerrero Latin American countries are starting to build reserves and diversify economies to brace for a possible global downturn. The question is whether it will be enough to protect the export-driven ...

Banking

EM Regional Review: Middle East

THE ARAB SPRING’S COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES By Gordon Platt Countries in the region are evaluating the economic outcome of social and political upheaval—both the opportunities and the challenges. Commercial International Bank, Egypt’s largest private sector bank, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Equity/DRs: Groupon Opens IPO Market

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The US market for initial public offerings sprang to life in November, following a two-month drought. The successful $700 million offering by Groupon, which was the largest IPO by ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Europes Debt Plan Missing Detail

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt Risk aversion appeared to be creeping back into the markets in early November, as the initial euphoria about the eurozone’s master plan to solve the debt crisis began to fade. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: US Shale-Gas Boom Attracts FDI

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Foreign buyers accounted for 76% of the total value of US oil and gas mergers and acquisitions in the third quarter of this year, with 22 deals valued at ...

Banking

Special Report: AFP Conference

AUTOMATION, TAXATION AND RISK REDUCTION BY Denise Bedell Risk management and technology were key themes of the annual AFP conference in Boston in November. Jegher, Celent: Only a fraction of banks now offer corporate mobile banking solutions The annual ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Alfa / Mexico

ALFA GROUP GROWS THROUGH ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Monterrey-based Alfa, one of Mexico’s largest industrial groups, has four business lines, comprising petrochemicals, aluminum auto parts, processed food and telecommunications. Earlier this year it became the sole shareholder ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

DR News: Indian GDRs Suffered In 2010

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Investors lost money in 85% of the 40 global depositary receipts (GDRs) issued by Indian companies in 2010, according to an analysis by Crisil Research, a credit rating firm majority-owned ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM News: EM Corporate Debt Offers Yield

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Investors are showing increasing interest in emerging markets’ corporate bonds, which offer diversification and better yields, according to a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The firm held an ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance