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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

India: Tata Takes To The Skies

The wheel has turned full circle for industry doyen and chairman emeritus of the $110 billion Tata Group, Ratan Tata. His dream of more than five decades to return to the Indian skies through a fully-fledged airline business is set to come true.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

North Korea: Ignore The Sanctions

North Korea has taken modest steps in recent weeks to liberalize its economy by introducing new special economic zones (SEZs), loosening currency exchange restrictions and strengthening foreign trade relationships.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Submerging Markets? Not These

Makati City, the Philippines: Nothing pedestrian about 7% GDP growth (Photo: Mike Gonzalez) IT’S BEEN AN UGLY 2013 for investors...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

That Was Fast: Yens Safe-Haven Status Fading Already

Its been a tough few weeks for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Despite a concerted bid by Abe and other...

Banking

Asian Private Banking: Where The Money Is

ASIAN SOPHISTICATES By Michael Shari Do Asian private banks have the complexity to outshine their Swiss counterparts and attract the vast private wealth reserves growing in the East? After a formal apology by the Swiss Bankers Association for wrong conduct ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China/Ukraine: Mutual Attractions

MILESTONES By Luca Ventura With a fifth of the worlds population but only 9% of its land, China in recent...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China: A Man, A Plan, A Canal

NEWSMAKERS By Erik Heinrich Wang Jing is a man who likes to think bighis is the kind of grandiose thinking...

Banking

Cover Story: Chinas Third Revolution

WHAT SECTORS WILL GAIN? By Arthur Clennam With its new leadership, China is changing. And with transformation comes opportunity. Reform...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Foreign Exchange 2013: Renminbi Trading

RENMINBI RUCKUS By Gordon Platt London and Paris are vying to become Europe’s renminbi trading hub. Paris is challenging London, the leading center of foreign exchange trading globally, to be the hub of renminbi trading in Europe. ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

India: Ex-Tea Vendor To Bag PM Post?

NEWSMAKERS By KA Badarinath Once a tea vendor, Narendra Modi—now a main candidate for prime minister of India—has come a long way in the past 30 years. The 63-year-old Modi has entered the fray for the May 2014 election race ...

Banking

India: New Central Bank Governor Zigs

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Aaron Chaze Amid what is being regarded as Indias worst financial crisis in more than a decadewith the currency having plunged 15.9% against the US dollar in the third quarter, GDP growth at 4.4% in the ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Japan: Big Hike In Sales Tax Coming

MILESTONES By Tom Clouse Japan will increase its sales tax next year for the first time in more than 15...