Features
Turkey: Calm After The Storm
Despite the summer’s turmoil, Turkey’s economy retains appeal for investors, and its currency is holding firm.
Central & Eastern Europe
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Central/Eastern Europe: A New Golden Age?
<strong>Regional Report: Central & Eastern Europe</strong><br />
Despite a host of challenges, Europe’s formerly communist countries are poised for strong, steady growth.
News
Eurozone Attracts Record Foreign Investment
<strong>Europe</strong> | Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Europe hit a record high in 2015 with 5,083 new cross-border projects, an increase of 14% from 2014, creating approximately 218,000 new jobs
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Turkey: Wary After Coup Trauma
<strong>Turkey</strong> | It’s way too early to determine the long-term cost to Turkish democracy and society of July’s failed coup, and it is equally tricky to assess its immediate impact on Turkish investment and business.
Country Report
Will Law & Justice Crash The Economy?
<strong>POLAND | </strong>New political party’s moves to roll back market initiatives may damage Poland’s relatively strong economy.
Banking
Scandal And Risk Drive Private Banks Out Of Russia
Facing reputational risk and poor prospects, private banking operations are bailing on Russia and encouraging its wealthy to park their assets offshore.
News
Erdogan’s Power Grab Roils Market
<strong>Turkey</strong><br />
Every emerging economy has a tipping point beyond which investor sentiment turns negative, despite fundamentals.<br />
Country Report
Balkan Nations Seek Their Moment In The Sun
Casting off a checkered past, the region’s diverse economies are resurgent, with a focus on investment and reforms—and sustaining their crucial small and midsize enterprises.
Country Report
Banking On The Future
During complex times for Turkey, banks, at least, can rest assured that their system is running smoothly, is well capitalized and well regulated.
Features
Bulgaria And Romania Lead The Charge
Not long ago, Romania was synonymous with sluggish growth, underperformance and corruption. Analysts acknowledged its huge potential but said it wasn’t being realized.
Country Report
Turkey’s Contradictions
Strong growth and other upbeat data in 2015 bucked the West’s collective vision of a nation in crisis. But without structural reforms, the picture may darken.
Country Report
Turkey’s Key Tourism Business Pinched On All Sides
Few places on Turkey’s coasts have managed development quite as well as the former ancient Greek port city of Halicarnassus, today Bodrum.