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South Korea: Trade Pact To Fuel Export Growth

MILESTONES: SOUTH KOREA By Thomas Clouse Seoul: Tighter ties with the United States South Korea finalized details of its free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States last month, more than three years after the former presidents of ...

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BIGGEST BANKS IN ASIA 2010

Global Finance ranks the 10 Biggest Banks in Asia NEW YORK, December 6, 2010 As the world’s key emerging markets...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Azerbaijan: Investors Cheer Elections

MILESTONES: AZERBAIJAN By Justin Keay Baku: Enjoying the fruits of Azerbaijan's mineral wealth Azerbaijan's parliamentary elections in early November ended in controversy, with critics claiming the opposition parties were prevented from being able to properly challenge Yeni Azerbaijan, ...

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Best Derivatives Providers: Asia

WINNERS: ASIA Best Commodity Derivatives Provider Macquarie Australia's Macquarie Group finances producers of a wide variety of commodities and has a reputation for producing the most astute research on commodities, particularly on metals and mining in Asia. Two years ...

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Burma: Elections Offer Few Answers

MILESTONES: BURMA By Thomas Clouse Suu kyi: Free at last Burma held its first election in two decades in early November. The winners of the election will take control of the government from the military, which has ruled ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Focus: Asia

COVER STORY: IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT By Anita Hawser Emerging Asia has consolidated its role as the most powerful engine of global economic recovery—but threats to the region's growing prosperity remain. The first thing British prime minister ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: China

ROUNDUP By Thomas Clouse Liu: China was furious over his Nobel Prize China's trade surplus fell to a five month low of $16.9 billion in September. Down almost 16% from August the figure reflected slower year-on-year growth rates ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: India

ROUNDUP By Aaron Chaze Mining a rich seam: Coal India lines up India’s largest IPO India's financial markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), says it will soon allow the auction of Indian government bonds ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Renminbi Rising

China's trade deficit with the US rose to another record in August, fanning the brush fires that have broken out in the currency markets. Currency issues dominated talks at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank ...

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Stars Of China

ANNUAL REPORT: GENTLY DOES IT. By Thomas Clouse China's rapid recovery after the global financial crisis may yet foreshadow a hard landing as the government struggles to rein in the perennially red-hot real estate market. Real ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Taiwan: Rate Hikes To Cool Real Estate Market

MILESTONES: TAIWAN By Thomas Clouse On the rise: Taipei prices Taiwan's export orders hit a record high of $34.9 billion in August, up 23.3% year on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, with orders for IT ...

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Asia’s Banks Take The Lead

EM REGIONAL BANKING FOCUS: ASIA By Michael Shari A consistent focus on traditional-style banking has enabled Asia's financial giants to emerge from the recent crisis in fine fettle. On any given day at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, ...