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Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Investor : Indian Firms Find Welcome At Aim

NEWS     KSK Emerging India Energy Fund (KEF) raised $200 million in June on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). It was the fourth India-focused company to raise funds on AIM in as many weeks. The equity offering came at ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Markets Suffer As Prices Rise

INDIA               RBI governor YV Reddy may tighten interest rates.   Indian banks have continued to grow credit at a very rapid pace since the start of the new fiscal year on April 1. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Taiwan And China Strengthen Ties

CHINA               Fuel up: China's rising inflation rate is causing official concern.       China and Taiwan agreed in June to open representative offices in each other’s capitals to promote better communication between ...

Country Report

Features : Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK COUNTRY REPORT / INDONESIA Indonesia has made great improvements recently but some persistent problems are still holding it back.     Clear skies ahead? Jakarta has worked hard to improve access for foreign investors. ...

Country Report

Features: A Giant Country With Giant Challenges

A GIANT COUNTRY WITH GIANT CHALLENGES COUNTRY REPORT / KAZAKHSTAN Vast hydrocarbon reserves and financial regulators known for their toughness are helping Kazakhstan ride out an abrupt economic slowdown and a housing crunch. Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev at the opening ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Charity Partner In Second Mission To India

INDIA/UNITED STATES               Global Finance's sponsored charity, Amrit Davaa, delousing children at Manjushree orphanage.       In early June Global Finance’s partner charity Amrit Davaa embarked on its second mission to Tawang, a ...

News

Newsmakers : “CEO of Korea” Tripped Up On Us Beef Deal

SOUTH KOREA       Lee Myung-bak: Beef deal sees president's approval rating plunge. Lee Myung-bak, the former Hyundai executive who was elected president of South Korea by a landslide last December, refers to himself as “CEO of Korea.” His ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : A Month Of Turmoil

CHINA     China's president Hu Jintao aims to improve relations with Japan.   Rescue workers on May 14 reached southwestern China’s Weixian county, the epicenter of an earthquake that shook cities across Asia and damaged 70% to 80% of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Bharti Airtel Harbors Global Ambitions

INDIA     India's construction industry promises rich returns. Bharti Airtel, India’s largest wireless company, with 62 million subscribers, is in talks with MTN of South Africa to acquire between 51% and 100% of that company. The deal could potentially ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story: India Vs China

THE ELEPHANT AND THE DRAGON   Often uneasy neighbors and fierce competitors, India and China are finding ways to cooperate as their influence on the global economy grows.     India's prime minister Manmohan Singh and China's premier Wen Jiao ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Economy Set To Pass Germany’s

CHINA     Pro-Tibetan protests have dogged the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. China upwardly revised its 2006 and 2007 gross domestic product (GDP) growth numbers, pushing the country closer to surpassing Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy. According ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : India Targets $200 Billion Exports For 2008-2009

INDIA     Indian automobile manufacturers are scaling up production, unfazed by rising inflation. The Indian commerce ministry has announced that it has set India’s export target at $200 billion for 2008-2009. This export target is a part of India’s ...
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