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Newsmakers: Europe Lags Behind In IPO Market Recovery

Europe By Laurence Neville Drying up? Investors may shun European IPOs After months of increasing excitement among equity capital market (ECM) bankers about the prospects of a bumper first quarter of IPO issuance in Europe in 2010, events ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story: A Long Way To Go

EMERGING MARKETS FOCUS: CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE For most Central and Eastern European countries, 2009 turned out to be every bit as bad as expected. The region’s prospects for the coming year are mixed, at best. By Justin ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Russia

Roundup By Kim Iskyan Avtovaz: Struggling to survive in market downturn Russian government officials have sounded increasingly optimistic notes about the country’s macroeconomic situation, as strong oil prices are likely to result in a lower budget deficit than ...

Banking

Milestones: Turkey Enjoys Growing Profile In Arab World

Lebanon/Syria/Turkey By Nick Kochan Yilmaz: Turkish banks were ready for leverage crisis The evolution of Turkey’s role in the Middle East and beyond was clearly on display at a late-October risk management conference in Beirut. The guest speaker ...

News

Newsmakers: Rusal Flotation Struggles Amid Turbulence

Russia By Kim Iskyan Heavy burden: Deripaska’s empire is weighed down with debt Oleg Deripaska’s plans to float Rusal, the world’s largest aluminum company, in a December IPO are facing serious turbulence. The company, according to some metals ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones: Hungary’s Leader Fights Back

Hungary By Justin Keay Bajnai: Credited with pulling Hungary back from the brink Its economy could contract by 6.7% this year and 0.9% in 2010, foreign debt is at record levels and the public mood very sour, but ...

News

Newsmakers: Veiled Comments Cloud Russia’s Leadership Question

Russia By Kim Iskyan United front: Putin and Medvedev stand together Outside of Hollywood, there are few relationships that are watched more closely than that between Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and his protégé—and boss, theoretically— president Dmitry ...

Award Winners

BIGGEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS BY REGION

Global Finance ranks the Biggest Emerging Market Banks by Region. NEW YORK, October 16, 2009 As the worlds key emerging...

Features

Turkey Investment Supplement 2009

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Portfolio Flows Resume Into Emerging Europe

News By Gordon Platt Investors are pumping fresh money on a sustained basis into equity funds investing in emerging Europe, according to Cambridge, Massachusetts-based EPFR Global. In the week ended September 2, emerging Europe equity funds took in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Supplement: Turkey Investment Supplement 2009

By Gordon Platt Contributing Writer gplatt@gfmag.com With a motivation for continuing reforms and a strong banking system, Turkey is well positioned to take advantage of the global economic recovery. Its strategic location and the security ...

Banking

Turkey: Banks Primed For Growth

Turkish Banking Turkey has a robust banking system that is ready to support the country’s economic growth. By Gordon Platt Tansan: “Turkey’s banks are the best in the world in terms of the strength of their capital ...