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Newsmakers: Matolcsy Creates Anxiety For Hungarys Central

NEWSMAKERS: HUNGARY By Paul Mackintosh Widespread concerns in Europe over the independence and integrity of Hungary's institutions were rekindled recently by the news that prime minister Viktor Orbán had appointed his right-hand man, György Matolcsy, as the new governor of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers: New President Faces Tough Challenge Managing Debt Woes

NEWSMAKERS: CYPRUS By Justin Keay With Cyprus in the midst of facing down the EU while battling to rescue its biggest banks, and during its worst economic crisis since independence in 1960— unemployment is above15%, and GDP could contract by ...

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World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks in Central & Eastern Europe 2013

Global Finance names the World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks 2013 in Central & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, March 18, 2013...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Emerging Markets Roundup: Russia

GAZPROM DOUBLES PROFITS AS IT PREPARES FOR “EFFICIENCY” AUDIT By Kim Iskyan Gas giant Gazprom reported that net profit doubled in the third quarter of 2012, thanks to forex gains. The results came just days after the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestone: Moscow’S Stock Exchange Goes Public

MILESTONERUSSIA By Udayan Gupta The Russians are taking a page out of the Dutch East India Company’s playbook of 1602. In mid-February Russia recapitalized the Moscow Stock Exchange by selling $1 billion of shares in an IPO of the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmaker: Turkey’s PM Gives EU Ultimatum Over Membership

NEWSMAKER TURKEY By Valentina Pasquali Conveying the feelings of a large swath of the Turkish population, which is increasingly tired of the stalled accession negotiations with the European Union, prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan recently threatened to abandon ...

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Safest Banks in Central & Eastern Europe: April 2013

Global Finance names the Safest Banks in Central & Eastern Europe: April 2013 NEW YORK, February 26, 2013 Global Finance...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Newsmaker: Belka Navigates Choppy Economic Waters in Poland

NEWSMAKERS: POLAND By Justin Keay Poland’s central bank governor, Marek Belka, marked the start of the New Year with an interview to a leading business newspaper in which he claimed Poland had experienced “the perfect slowdown” rather than the slump ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Regional Focus Caucasus

BEYOND OLD BOUNDARIES By Justin Keay Oil wealth, a favorable location and buoyant economic growth have thrust Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia onto the international stage. However, regional conflicts, political tensions and corruption are never far away. “The ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Central & Eastern Europe

Newsmakers: Matolcsy Creates Anxiety For Hungarys Central

Newsmakers: New President Faces Tough Challenge Managing Debt Woes

World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks in Central & Eastern Europe 2013

Emerging Markets Roundup: Russia

Milestone: Moscow’S Stock Exchange Goes Public

Newsmaker: Turkey’s PM Gives EU Ultimatum Over Membership

Safest Banks in Central & Eastern Europe: April 2013

Newsmaker: Belka Navigates Choppy Economic Waters in Poland

Regional Focus Caucasus

Emerging Markets Roundup: Russia

Equity: China, LatAm Could Boost IPOs

Fico Allays Critics’ Concerns As Economy Outperforms