emeafinance News - March 2010
Bharti Airtel close to announcing Zain deal
Indian telecoms group raises US$8.3bn from international banks.
Law firms look east
Study finds emerging markets are still a driving force as law firms pursue global goals.
Dubai's Nakheel announces recapitalisation
Emirate’s government bails out stricken property group.
Banca Intesa Beograd supports Serbian SMEs
Serbian bank receives €30mn credit line from EBRD.
Foreign investment in CEE to recover slowly
Real estate woes dent 2009 levels, claims report – and there’s no bouncing back.
RZB and Raiffeisen International move closer to merger
Austrian bank and CEE subsidiary confirm willingness to do deal.
Salans grows private equity practice
Law firm poaches three from rival to bolster Polish deal-making team.
Akbank appoints new international board member
Turkish bank hires former IMF MD and Spanish finance minister.
ERC taps AfDB for US$225mn
Egyptian oil refinery raises loan to build new coking facility.
New regional CEO at Standard Chartered
V. Shankar becomes bank's most senior exec working in the Middle East.
Latvian energy group raises syndicated loan
Latvenergo receives €150mn to upgrade power plant.
EIB funds upgrade of Polish waterworks
Bank backs Kraków infrastructure with €73mn loan.
CIMB launches twin-yield product
New investment offering includes fixed-income and dividend returns.
EBRD backs Polish oil and gas group
Bank gives Petrolinvest US$50mn convertible loan to fund exploration in Kazakhstan.
Citadel Capital chooses Finance Unlimited CEO
Private equity house appoints former Investec manager to financial services group.
