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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features: All change

REGIONAL FOCUS ASIA Asia’s economic powerhouses are shifting to a new economic model. The transition will be painful—but will also pay huge dividends. By Thomas Clouse Asia has played a starring role in the story of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: Local Heroes

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT ASIA REGIONAL REPORT Many businesses in Asia were well prepared for the credit crunch, having learned some important lessons in previous regional crises. By Anita Hawser As the subprime crisis rocked the foundations of ...

News

Newsmakers : China’s Premier Puts The Us On Notice

CHINA / UNITED STATES Wen Jiabao: May be preparing ground for major policy shift. Wen Jiabao, China’s premier, has had a lot to say about US treasury bonds and the relative value of the yuan lately. Perhaps he ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : China

As economic growth tails off, China's unemployment level is rising sharply. China’s economic growth is tailing off as feared. Although annual growth in 2008 was 9%, fourth-quarter growth slowed to a seven-year low of 6.9% year-on-year, according to preliminary estimates ...

News

Emerging Markets : China’s Premier puts the US on notice

<p>Wen Jiabao:May be preparing ground for major policy shift Wen Jiabao, China’s premier, has had a lot to say about US treasury bonds and the relative value of the yuan lately. Perhaps he misses his strategic economic dialogue with former ...</p>

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Commodity Prices Help Food Maker

Company To Watch: Indofood Sukses Makmur/indonesia Low commodity prices are hurting Indonesia’s export earnings, but they could benefit Indofood Sukses Makmur, one of the world’s largest makers of instant noodles, commonly known as ramen noodles. With about 238 million people, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : India

Open for business: "Off-limits" investment sectors opened up. The Indian government revised its foreign investment policy guidelines in mid-February, with a changed methodology for computing foreign equity holdings in Indian companies. According to the new guidelines, any equity held by ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Indian Wind-Turbine Maker Gets Go-Ahead For Dr Issue

DR NEWS Pune, India-based Suzlon Energy, the world’s fifth-largest maker of wind turbines, said it received approval from Indian regulatory authorities to raise up to $370 million through the issuance of depositary receipts overseas. The company has not yet decided ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Investor: Company to watch: Coli/China

China Overseas Land & Investment (COLI), a subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering, could be a beneficiary of China’s economic stimulus package. China’s largest developer by market value, COLI also focuses on infrastructure investment. The Hong Kong-listed developer is controlled ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: China

On track: China's stimulus package will boost railroad investment China is pouring money into railroads and energy production as the implementation of the country’s 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) stimulus package moves forward. Urban fixed asset investment grew by 26.5% ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: India

Electoral gains: Poll-related spending will help boost India's economy in 2009 According to a consensus taken from a group of prominent Indian economists, including those representing the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, J.P. Morgan India and S&P; Asia Pacific, the ...

Award Winners

BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2008

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