News
Milestones : How Microcredit Works
The Microcredit loan mechanism works by providing very small loans that are repayable in weekly installments spread over a year....
News
Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.
Click Here
News
Milestones : Strong Growth Triggers Ratings Upgrades
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC The Dominican Republics beaches are helping to drive tourism growth Strong economic growth and responsible fiscal policies have...
News
Newsmakers : New President Finds Early Days Are Hard
MEXICO President-elect Filipe Caldern When Mexicos Electoral Tribunal in September declared Felipe Caldern the official winner of the nations hotly...
News
Newsmakers : Tmk’s Financial Sleight Of Hand Might Cause Downgrade
RUSSIA Pumpyansky: Rattling investors The worlds third-largest oil and gas pipe producer Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya (TMK) is heading to market...
News
EM Roundup : Debt Repayment Highlights Economic Recovery
RUSSIA Finance minister, Alexei Kudrin In mid-August Russia completed the early repayment of its Soviet-era debt to the Paris Club,...
News
EM Roundup : India – Takes The Plunge With Trans-Asia Natural Gas Pipeline
INDIA Ratan Tata, head of Tata Group Tata Tea Ltd (TTL), Indias largest and the worlds second-largest tea processing and...
News
EM Roundup : Ipo Fever Abates
CHINA Slow take-off for Air China China raised interest rates again in August in the latest effort to cool off...
News
EM Roundup : Surplus Peaks As Trade Boom Continues
BRAZIL Guido Mantega: Firm on growth forecast Brazils trade sector continues to boom despite concerns over an appreciating currency that...
News
Features : Business Continuity: The Show Must Go On
BUSINESS CONTINUITY The recent spate of terrorist attacks and natural disasters has rammed home for businesses the importance of planning...
News
Features : Sector Report/Trade Finance: Trading In Sophistication
SECTOR REPORT / TRADE FINANCE Companies craving increased flexibility and efficiency in their financial supply chains are finding technology can...
News
Milestones: Chavez Trades More Than Insults
VENEZUELA Hugo Chavez: Frosty reception to trade with US While hardly a day goes by that Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez...
News
Milestones: Ethical Stocks Are Winning Over Fund Managers
EUROPE Wind farms: Investors seek alternatives Once upon a time, tobacco, oil and consumer-goods companies were staple stocks in most...