Banking
NO MORE FALSE DAWNS IN TAIWAN
COUNTRY REPORT | TAIWAN<br />
Taiwan’s bright fundamentals are underpinned by a revival in both export and import demand, but could a housing bubble be on the horizon?
Asia Pacific
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
NO QUICK FIX FOR SOUTH KOREA’S ECONOMY
SOUTH KOREA<br />
Appointed as part of Park’s cabinet reshuffle——Choi had been on the job only a few days when he unleashed a $40 billion stimulus plan to revitalize the country’s faltering economy, a package equivalent to almost 3% of GDP.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
RUSSIA: FRICTION WITH THE WEST, NEW TIES WITH THE EAST
Events in Ukraine have changed the outlook for Russia. Now the country faces choices about its global role that could affect the rest of the world for decades. Which path will it take?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MODI: OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW INDIA
COVER STORY | INDIA<br />
As prime minister Narendra Modi begins his term in office, global market watchers are hopeful that it could signal a sea change for India’s governance, economy and friendliness to business. But most are tempering that enthusiasm with a dose of skepticism.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ASIA: READING THE TEA LEAVES
REGIONAL FOCUS | EMERGING ASIA<br />
The bigger the opportunity, the bigger the risk. This certainly holds true for frontier and emerging economies in Asia. Finding the right balance between the two is a key challenge for multinationals looking to invest there.
Banking
ECONOMIC AFTERSHOCKS
<u>DEAR READER</u><br />
Geopolitical instability seems to be everywhere these days, whether we look to North Africa and the Middle East or Eastern Europe, to Southern Asia or Southeast Asia, and it weighs on financial markets and policymakers worldwide.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FOREIGN INVESTORS WARY OF THAI MILITARY COUP LEADER
THAILAND<br />
When Thailand’s general Prayuth Chan-ocha seized power in a military coup in late May, he didn’t rely on the element of surprise
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
INDIA TO LIBERALIZE ISSUANCE RULES FOR DRS
FINANCE & CAPITAL | CAPITAL MARKETS: DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
RUSSIA REAPS REWARDS FOR STEADY CHINESE COURTSHIP
RUSSIA/CHINA<br />
The recent raft of Chinese investments into Russia following president Putin’s May visit to Shanghai might look like a rapid response to counter Western sanctions.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SOUTHEAST ASIA HAS RECORD OUTBOUND M&A
FINANCE & CAPITAL | TRENDS: SOVEREIGN DEBT: SNAPSHOT: M&A
Economics, Policy & Regulation
WILL MARITIME CONFLICTS PUSH ASEAN TO NEW REGIONAL ROLE?
ASIA<br />
The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are faced with important decisions over the organization’s future amid increasing conflicts between China and member states over territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ALIBABA’S MA OUTSMARTS INVESTORS
NEWSMAKERS: CHINA<br />
Investors hedge their bets on Ma's business savvy.