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Emerging & Frontier Markets

New Leader Promises To Heal Regional Wounds

NEWSMAKERS: COLOMBIA By Antonio Guerrero Juan Manuel Santos Colombians have reaffirmed their support for conservative politics and economics, electing the newest member of a growing group of right-wing Latin American leaders. President-elect Juan Manuel Santos won the run-off ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Reforms May Constrain Future Economic Growth

NEWSMAKERS: GLOBAL By Laurence Neville The focus of regulatory reform in the wake of the financial crisis has inevitably been on the banking sector. Equally, most analysis of regulatory reform has addressed the impact of regulatory change on ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

COVER STORY: CORE VALUES Companies at the cutting edge of corporate responsibility are weaving their citizenship efforts into the strategic heart of the business. By Dan Keeler In the decade or so since the phrase "corporate social ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Investment Floods Back To Latin America

MILESTONES: LATIN AMERICA Investment Floods Back To Latin America By Antonio Guerrero High and dry: Caribbean countries may miss out Following a hefty 42% yearon- year drop in FDI in Latin America last year, investors appear to ...

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Montenegro Aims To Be The Next Mediterranean Tiger

NEWSMAKERS: MONTENEGRO Montenegro Aims To Be The Next Mediterranean Tiger By Justin Keay Luksic: Reforms should help attract investors Most small European countries are still suffering in the wake of the recent downturn, with foreign direct investment (FDI) ...

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Obama Administration Continues Export Drive

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES Obama Administration Continues Export Drive By Denise Bedell Gregoire: Coordinating efforts on export promotion The Obama administration has set a goal of doubling US exports in the next five years and announced the development ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Philippines Chooses Corruption Fighter For President

NEWSMAKERS: PHILIPPINES Philippines Chooses Corruption Fighter For President By Thomas Clouse Aquino: Promises to investigate previous election results Benigno Aquino III will become the next president of the Philippines, after his pledges to fight corruption and reduce ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Private Equity Focuses On Emerging Opportunities

MILESTONES: EMERGING MARKETS Private Equity Focuses on Emerging Opportunities By Anita Hawser Thunell: Extolling the virtues of emerging markets While developed markets flounder in a post-crisis quagmire of sovereign debt, developing markets are enjoying much better times—and private ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Rating Upgrade Vindicates Morales’s Policies

NEWSMAKERS: BOLIVIA Rating Upgrade Vindicates Morales’s Policies By Antonio Guerrero Morales: High hopes for Bolivia’s econom y While many international investors have grown to distrust Bolivian president Evo Morales, a socialist who nationalized the hydrocarbons sector and telephone company, ...

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Responsible Corporations Gain Protection

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES Responsible Corporations Gain Protection By Denise Bedell Safekeeping: New law will protect companies’ ethical goals For companies that aim to always be socially and environmentally minded, achieving growth without giving up that goal can be ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Russia Taps Fixed-Income Market

MILESTONES: RUSSIA Russia Taps Global Markets For First Time in 12 Years By Kim Iskyan Moscow calling: Russia tests investor sentiment Russia tapped global fixed-income markets in late April in a highly anticipated issue divided into a $2 billion ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Hitting a Wall of Debt

COVER STORY: CORPORATE DEBT A gargantuan wall of debt coming due over the next few years could impede all but the highest-rated corporations’ efforts to refinance their debt. By Jonathan Gregson Just as the United States and ...