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WORLD’S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2011 IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Global Finance names the World’s Best Emerging Market Banks 2011 in Central & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, March 24, 2011...
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Banking
Poland: Consolidation Looms In Banking Industry
NEWSMAKERS: POLAND By Jonathan Gregson Not only does Poland stand alone within the European Union in having delivered GDP growth through every quarter since 2008, but its intrinsically conservative banking system survived the crisis well. Jagieo: Looking ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Russia: Playing Catch-Up To Fellow BRICs
MILESTONES: RUSSIA By Laurence Neville Russia spent much of 2010 in the doldrums. Russia: Poised for significant growth While its fellow BRICs—Brazil, India and China—stormed ahead, Russia lagged behind. The causes of its lethargy were varied, but ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
EM News: Russia’s Privatization Program
EMERGING MARKET INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Faced with a widening budget deficit in the wake of its economic stimulus program, Russia is rolling out the red carpet to foreign investors with a $39 billion privatization program. The ...
News
Europe: Maintaining Focus On Development Aid
NEWSMAKERS: EUROPE By Justin Keay Piebalgs: Pressing Europeans to give more Spare a thought for Andris Piebalgs, the EU's development commissioner. At a time when politicians across Europe are telling people to tighten their belts during the toughest ...
Features
SEPA Update: Slow Progress
UPDATE: SEPA By Anita Hawser Proponents of the Single Euro Payments Area are considering stringent measures to encourage companies to hop on board. As eurozone countries busy themselves implementing liquidity measures designed to calm market fears about ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
US/China: WTO Tire Ruling Stirs Trade-War Fears
MILESTONES: UNITED STATES/CHINA By Gordon Platt Tired: Trade spat rolls on The fallout from the World Trade Organization's ruling last month that the US was within its rights in imposing import tariffs of up to 35% on Chinese ...
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BIGGEST BANKS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE 2010
Global Finance ranks the 10 Biggest Banks in Central & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, December 6, 2010 As the worlds...
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Best Derivatives Providers: Europe
WINNERS: EUROPE Best Commodity Derivatives Provider Morgan Stanley Despite attempts by competitors to nibble at its market share when commodities prices were soaring in 2009, Morgan Stanley has maintained its dominant position in commodities derivatives in Europe thanks to ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Focus: CEE
COVER STORY: HARD TIMES By Justin Keay A sustainable recovery remains as elusive as ever for many of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the demise of the ...
News
Russia: Former Yukos Chief Gets More Jailtime
NEWSMAKERS: RUSSIA By Kim Iskyan Khodorkovsky: Sentence likely to be extended After months of wrangling, the verdict on the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of Russia's Yukos Oil Company, is due in mid-December. The ex-tycoon ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: Russia
ROUNDUP By Kim Iskyan Hard line: Russian president Medvedev asserts his power Following an exceptionally bitter and increasingly dirty public struggle with the Kremlin, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov was fired in late September, after 18 years in office. ...