A new EM ratings agency is set to challenge the established order.
Risk Management
Islamic finance in West Africa; FDI into the continent; and the outlook for Kenya's banks.
Asiacell’s IPO boosts Iraq’s markets; Middle Eastern banks eye Egypt.
Roubles, dollars, pounds and now Swiss francs: Russian Railways has journeyed the debt markets to find the best funding opportunities. Pavel Ilichev, its deputy head of corporate finance, takes Tim Burke on the tour.
The IMF’s new training centre for finance officials in sub-Saharan Africa is about to open in Port Louis. The fund’s Sharmini Coorey talks to Tim Burke about what she hopes it will achieve.
When it comes to emerging markets, investors have seen the risk but wanted the reward. Tim Burke asks whether sentiment is about to shift.
Treasurers are being asked to hone in on risk management as well as their more traditional areas of expertise. There are tools that can help ease this increased workload, writes Liz Salecka.
As international business continues its steady stream into the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area, growth in the region’s insurance markets is accelerating, writes Kevin Godier.
The once crisis-prone Turkish economy is in relatively good health, compared to its CEE neighbours. An IMF package would help, but the government is in no rush, reports Eva-Luise Schwarz.
At the end of September, Seychelles announced it was defaulting on its US$800mn of external debt, in the first sovereign default for two years. Experts agree that more defaults are coming in EMEA sovereign and corporate debt, and some funds are poised to take advantage of distressed debt situations.