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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Asean Jolted By Discord Among Membership

MILESTONES: ASIA By Thomas Clouse The Association for Southeast Asian Nations celebrated its 45th anniversary in July in Jakarta, as conflicts over the organization's role in the region continued to create tension among its members and questions about ...

Banking

Canada: Maple Group Finally Wins In TMX Takeover Battle

MILESTONES: CANADA By Erik Heinrich The takeover of Canadian stock market operator TMX Group by Maple Group, a consortium of financial institutions, was approved by TMX's shareholders, bringing to a close more than a year of sometimes acrimonious ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Colombia Reaps Big Rewards From Free-Trade Agreements

MILESTONES: COLOMBIA By Dan Keeler Three months after its free-trade agreement with the United States went into effect, Colombia is already reaping the benefits, in terms of investment, export growth and job creation. González, Proexport Colombia: Colombia's ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover: Searching for Global Demand

DEMAND WHERE WILL IT COME FROM? By Laurence Neville The worldwide call for public, private and corporate debt reduction raises the question of where spending and demand will come from going forward. Particularly now, as emerging markets stars—such ...

Banking

Europe: German Court President Weighs Legality Of Stability Mechanism

NEWSMAKERS: EUROPE By Valentina Pasquali With the fate of the debt-ridden eurozone hanging in the balance, the German Federal Constitutional Court is expected to decide on September 12 whether the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the currency union's permanent ...

Banking

Global Salon: Gary Gorton, Yale

FINDING BALANCE By Paula Green Global Finance sat down with Gary Gorton, professor of management and finance at the Yale...

Banking

Japan: Veteran Executive Takes Top Job At Nomura

NEWSMAKERS: JAPAN By Valentina Pasquali After the insider-trading scandal that, in July, forced the resignation of both its chief executive officer and chief operating officer, Japan's largest financial conglomerate, Nomura, is gearing up for a new chapter in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Offshore Deals Help Counter Slowing Global M&A Market

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula Green Corporate financial executives with cash to burn are turning up the heat on merger and acquisition activity in offshore financial locales around the globe. M&A deals are on the rise in Mauritius The value ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Polls And Stats: European Banking Crisis: Impact On Emerging Markets Economies

European Banking Crisis: Impact On Emerging Markets Economies Emerging markets economies’ outstanding debt held by EU banks as a % of their GDP. You will need javascript to view this feature. “EM countries that rely heavily on European banks to ...

Banking

UK: Race Heats Up For Next BOE Governor

NEWSMAKERS: UK By Anita Hawser The recent Libor scandal in British banking highlighted the power play that is going on behind the scenes as candidates vie for the governorship of the Bank of England when Mervyn King's second ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Veteran Indian Finance Minister Back In The Finance Seat

NEWSMAKERS: INDIA By Luca Ventura Often labeled arrogant and brusque, India's finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, is not the most popular politician within his own Congress Party and not much in the public eye. Chidambaram's new ministerial appointment ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Alfa Group Oligarch Leaves TNK-BP Chair

NEWSMAKERS: RUSSIA By Kim Iskyan Mikhail Fridman has overcome a lot of hurdles since his humble beginnings as a window-cleaning entrepreneur in Russia, just as the Soviet Union was unraveling. Fridman faces his most difficult maneuver yet ...