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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Middle East 2012: Doha Dreams

FAITH IN THE DOLLAR PEG By Gordon Platt Global Finance sits down with Qatar’s central bank governor, sheikh Abdullah Bin Saud Al-Thani. The pegged-exchange-rate regime is working well, according to Al-Thani, and the resilient financial sector will help ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Middle East 2012: Dubai’s Debt Dependency

EASING THE BURDEN By Gordon Platt Dubai has some way to go before its debt profile is viewed as safe and sound, but it has already made great strides. The Dubai debt crisis shocked the world in ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Middle East 2012: Economies In Transition

SHIFTING SANDS By Gordon Platt Extraordinary changes are occurring in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings. New economic models—and new opportunities for foreign investors—are developing. But the potential for great reward comes with ...

Banking

Middle East 2012: GCC Banking And Investment

ABUNDANT FLOWS By Gordon Platt The oil and gas sector is leading an investment explosion in the region, particularly in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Photo Credit: PAUL COWAN / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Led by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the ...

Banking

Middle East 2012: Levantine Banks

THE LEVANT BANKS ON STABILITY By Gordon Platt Caution and conservative growth are the key goals of Levantine economies. The resource-poor countries of the Levant have been trying to promote open markets, free trade and labor mobility ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: China’s Lofty Ambitions For The Renminbi

CHINA’S LOFTY AMBITIONS FOR THE RENMINBI By Gordon Platt The Chinese government continues to make strides in internationalizing its currency. Qu, HSBC: Domestic demand should support 8.5% to 9% growth in the coming quarters Every long march ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Currency Wars: Changing Tactics

CURRENCY WARS By Gordon Platt Battle Tactics Change With Global Slowdown. Chandler, Brown Brothers Harriman: The lingering US and European crises are casting a pall over global capital markets When the global economy seemed securely on track ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Dollar Reserve Currency Still Reigns

SAME OLD, SAME OLD By Denise Bedell The US dollar will remain the world’s reserve currency of choice as long as there is no credible alternative. There have long been calls for a new currency to take ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Introduction: Déjà Vu All Over Again

DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN Some analysts say that 2011 is beginning to look a lot like 2008, with Europe’s debt crisis morphing into a bank solvency crisis with global ramifications. So far, the foreign exchange market—the world’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Is The Euro Crumbling?

IS THE EURO CRUMBLING? By Gordon Platt Major reform is needed, but whether the political will is there to make large scale changes remains to be seen. The alternative may be the end of the eurozone as it ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Who’s Who In Foreign Exchange

WHO’S WHO By Gordon Platt Who’s who in foreign exchange. MOHAMED EL AROUSSI Arab African International Bank Head of FX desk Mohamed El Aroussi has been head of the foreign exchange desk at Arab African International ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury & Cash Management Supplement

MOBILIZING EXCESS CASH At most cash and treasury management conferences these days, treasurers are concerned with one of two things: ensuring they play a more strategic role within companies above and beyond managing a piggy bank of money; and ...
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