For treasurers operating across the EMEA region and beyond, currency volatility represents a major threat to their companies’ profits. Liz Salecka reports.

With the banking industry in the midst of the biggest shake-up since World War II, financial services M&A activity should be booming. But instead, activity slumped in the first half of the year. Julian Evans asks why so few deals have taken place and when the market may pick up.

Latvia’s broken bank has been rebranded and relaunched. But it will take more than a change of name to rebuild a reputation, writes Tim Burke.

High-profile defaults at investment firms hit Kuwait’s banks hard – but a wave of restructurings is letting them get back on their feet. Mark Dunne reports.

Following the EBRD’s vital support of Southeastern Europe‘s banking sector, its lead economist Peter Sanfey tells Tim Burke about the lessons the region should learn from the crisis – and what it needs to do next.

Azerbaijan’s economy proved its resilience during the global downturn thanks to oil, so why are the World Bank and the IMF concerned about its future? Mark Dunne reports.

A year on, the Vienna Initiative has proved crucial for confidence in emerging Europe’s banking sector. By Tim Burke.

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Syria’s central bank has unveiled fresh measures to entice foreign banks into the country. But would-be investors still face obstacles. Nick Lord reports.

Plans to create a single African economy within the next two decades are ambitious but achievable. Banks and stock exchanges are already primed for the benefits. Liz Salecka reports.