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Banking

Slow Recovery

EM REGIONAL BANKING FOCUS: CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE By Jonathan Gregson Hit hard during the financial crisis, Central and Eastern Europe's banking sector is still fragile and vulnerable to external shocks. During the boom times of ...

Award Winners

World’s SAFEST BANKS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE 2010

Global Finance names the World’s Safest Banks 2010 in Central & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, August 30, 2010 — Global...

Award Winners

WORLD’S BEST INTERNET BANKS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE 2010

Global Finance names the World’s Best Internet Banks in Central & Eastern Europe 2010 NEW YORK, July 26, 2010 Global...

News

Drowning In Debt

COVER STORY: AFTER THE BAILOUT The turmoil in Greece and the subsequent rout of the euro have rattled global markets and caused a renewed bout of hand-wringing over the stability of the global economy. Some believe the developed markets ...

Country Report

Pole Position

Country Report: Poland By Justin Keay Having weathered the recent global crisis better than almost any other European country, Poland is laying the foundation for a sustainable long-term recovery. Poland's tumultuous history has made it no ...

News

Montenegro Aims To Be The Next Mediterranean Tiger

NEWSMAKERS: MONTENEGRO Montenegro Aims To Be The Next Mediterranean Tiger By Justin Keay Luksic: Reforms should help attract investors Most small European countries are still suffering in the wake of the recent downturn, with foreign direct investment (FDI) ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Russia Taps Fixed-Income Market

MILESTONES: RUSSIA Russia Taps Global Markets For First Time in 12 Years By Kim Iskyan Moscow calling: Russia tests investor sentiment Russia tapped global fixed-income markets in late April in a highly anticipated issue divided into a $2 billion ...

Award Winners

Features: Awards Best Emerging Market Banks 2010 Europe

EUROPE By Paula L. Green REGIONAL WINNER: RZB/Raiffeisen International Austria-based RZB/Raiffeisen International bags the regional award for the fourth year in a row after managing to turn in a creditable performance despite atrocious market conditions. With a 1.7% ...

Country Report

Features: Country Report – Turkey

ECONOMY BOUNCES BACK A surge of growth late last year has accelerated in 2010, and there are reasons to believe the rebound can be sustained. By Gordon Platt Turkey is on a winning streak. In March this ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features: Regional Report – Central & Eastern Europe

BACK FROM THE BRINK Emerging European economies are starting to recover from a steep and painful slowdown. By Justin Keay For those of an anxious disposition, emerging Europe last year was an uncomfortable place, with the risk ...

News

Newsmakers: Europe Considers Emergency Aid Fund

Europe By Justin Keay Schäuble: Europe should be able to save itself Growing concern over the indebtedness and burgeoning fiscal deficits of some European countries has led Germany’s finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, to propose the establishment of a ...

News

Newsmakers: Russia’s New Plan For The Ruble

Russia By Simon Watkins Shuvalov: Grand designs for Russia’s currency While the rest of the world focuses on the future of the dollar and the euro—and perhaps the renminbi—Russia is hatching a plan that could markedly alter the ...