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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Investors Optimistic On Sri Lankan Growth

MILESTONES: SRI LANKA By Kim Iskyan It’s been a good run for Sri Lanka of late. In mid-July, all three major ratings agencies upped their views on the country, pointing to the ongoing recovery and broad economic stabilization. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Kulibayev Front-Runner In Kazakhstan Succession

NEWSMAKERS: KAZAKHSTAN By Kim Iskyan Talk of who might replace Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev—who has ruled the oil-rich Central Asian country since 1989—has long been taboo in the country’s political circles. With Nazarbayev’s blessing Succession uncertainty has ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Shinawatra Must Bridge The Class Gap In Thailand

NEWSMAKERS: THAILAND By Kim Iskyan In early May, Yingluck Shinawatra was a prominent business executive in Thailand. Shinawatra: Following in her brother’s footsteps Two months later, she became the country’s first female prime minister. Her astonishingly rapid ...

Banking

Special Report: Islamic Finance In Asia

MALAYSIAN DOMINANCE PUT TO THE TEST By Anita Hawser Long the leading force in Asia-Pacific’s Islamic finance industry, Malaysia is facing growing regional competition. Anyone that does business or invests in Asia-Pacific will tell you that, as ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Vietnamese PM Starts Second Term Of Office

NEWSMAKERS: VIETNAM By Thomas Clouse Nguyen Tan Dung, the Vietnamese prime minister who guided the country through its entry into the World Trade Organization in 2007 and successfully navigated the financial crisis of 2008, is set for a ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

ASEAN Moves Closer To Political Cohesion

MILESTONES: ASIA By Thomas Clouse The Association of Southeast Asian Nations took another step toward political cohesion in late July, agreeing jointly with China to nonbinding guidelines for settling competing territorial claims in the South China Sea. South China Sea—still ...

Award Winners

WORLDS BEST GLOBAL BANKS 2011

Global Finance names the World’s Best Global Banks 2011 NEW YORK, August 22, 2011 Global Finance magazine (GFmag.com) has announced...

Award Winners

WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2011

Global Finance names the World’s 50 Safest Banks 2011 NEW YORK, August 18, 2011 Bank stability is an ever-more pressing...

Award Winners

WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS IN ASIA 2011

Global Finance names the World’s Safest Banks 2011 in Asia NEW YORK, August 18, 2011 Global Finance magazine (GFmag.com) has...

Awards

WORLD’S BEST INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2011

Global Finance names the World’s Best Internet Banks in Asia 2011 NEW YORK, July 22, 2011 Global Finance has announced...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Asian Infrastructure Finance Gets International Boost

MILESTONES: ASIA by Denise Bedell Charged up: Investment should enhance power grid Vietnam’s National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) has launched a $200 million, 13-year infrastructure finance facility that demonstrates the growing enthusiasm among international investors for financing Asian ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

China: Floods Drive Prices Higher

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP: CHINA by Thomas Clouse Floods devastate crops Inflation in China accelerated in May to its most rapid rate in 34 months. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the consumer price index rose 5.5% ...