Investors have leapt to buy emerging market sovereign debt. Will it last? By Tim Burke.

After five years of treating foreign investment with growing arrogance, the newly-impoverished Russian government is putting on its best smile to try to attract long-term capital into the country. Will it succeed? Julian Evans reports.

Latvia was one of the countries hardest hit by the global crisis. Now there are concerns about the knock-on effect a devaluation of its currency would have on neighbouring economies. Eva-Luise Schwarz reports.

Crisis? What crisis? Oh, that crisis. The drama surrounding Dubia’s debt made for a remarkable end to the year. Tim Burke reports.

Rocketing fuel prices made Angola one of Africa’s greatest pre-crisis growth stories. Now it must learn some new tricks. Tim Burke reports.

Bloody, battered but not yet beaten by the downturn, emerging market corporates and financiers are ready to continue the fight in 2010. Editor Tim Burke introduces emeafinance’s review of the crisis.

With a single regulatory body, a centralised shariah advisory council and more than 30 years of experience, Malaysia is at the forefront of Islamic finance sophistication. Eva-Luise Schwarz reports.

Governments across the EMEA region have taken advantage of reopened debt markets. Tim Burke reports on sovereign bond activity so far this year.

The convertible bond market has enjoyed a remarkable transformation of its fortunes, and emerging market issuers are now looking to use hybrids to raise much-needed capital.

Having been subsidised for over a decade by Russia, Ukraine’s economy is now being bolstered by the EU and IMF.

The good times seem to be here again, with many investment banks reporting record profits. But it is far from business as usual, with the competitive landscape rapidly changing, and the emerging market fee pot shrinking, reports Julian Evans.

African states and banks have provided Zimbabwe with more than US$1bn in trade credit lines. Support from regional bodies has provided a much-needed injection of cash, but in the absence of long-term financing or western loan packages, the country is still far from recovery, writes Shannon Manders.