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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Rousseff Declares 2012 A New Era Of Prosperity For Brazil

NEWSMAKERS: BRAZIL By Antonio Guerrero Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, a former technocrat and Marxist activist, completed her first year in office on January 1 with a 72% approval rating. Rousseff: A pragmatist with no tolerance for corruption ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM News: Mexican Exchange Woos High-Frequency Traders

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt The Bolsa Mexicana de Valores exchange in Mexico City says it will introduce faster trading technology by the middle of 2012 in an effort to attract more high-frequency traders. BMV says ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EM Regional Review: Latin America

PREPARING FOR THE WORST By Antonio Guerrero Latin American countries are starting to build reserves and diversify economies to brace for a possible global downturn. The question is whether it will be enough to protect the export-driven ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Alfa / Mexico

ALFA GROUP GROWS THROUGH ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Monterrey-based Alfa, one of Mexico’s largest industrial groups, has four business lines, comprising petrochemicals, aluminum auto parts, processed food and telecommunications. Earlier this year it became the sole shareholder ...

Country Report

Country Report: Brazil

SEARCHING FOR BALANCED SOLUTIONS By Antonio Guerrero Investors are awaiting the outcome of recent rate cuts in Brazil. Whether it will prove proactive or premature remains to be seen. Citing a substantial deterioration in the global economy, ...

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Central Banker Report Cards 2011: The Americas

The Americas Argentina Mercedes Marcó del Pont Grade: D When Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appointed political ally Mercedes Marcó del Pont to head the central bank in February 2010, there was little hope the move would lead to ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Chavez Banks On Gold Repatriation And Privatization

MILESTONES: VENEZUELA By Antonio Guerrero Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in August gave the world’s gold markets a double-fisted punch. Gold may reduce oil dependence On the one hand, he nationalized his country’s gold mining sector. On the other, he announced ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil

INVESTMENT SPREE FOR FIFA WORLD CUP AND OLYMPICS By Antonio Guerrero Brazil is preparing for a major investment spree ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. Brazil prepares for FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury & Cash Management Supplement: Cash Management In Brazil

BEATING BUREAUCRACY AND TAXES By Anita Hawser With Brazil now firmly on the map as global economic power, treasuries want to include it in their global cash solutions. But many regulatory, legal and taxation issues still obstruct that ...

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WORLDS BEST GLOBAL BANKS 2011

Global Finance names the World’s Best Global Banks 2011 NEW YORK, August 22, 2011 Global Finance magazine (GFmag.com) has announced...
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