China’s One Belt One Road project will strengthen the country’s links with the EMEA region through infrastructure development and economic co-operation. Liz Salecka examines the investment and trade opportunities being created in this multi-trillion dollar mega-project.

EMEA Finance interview Aygen Yayikoglu, managing partner of private equity firm Crescent Capital

The CEEMEA syndicated loan market is in a period of stasis, with not enough M&A activity to satiate bankers’ needs and the latest rounds of refinancing running dry, but there is some evidence that the pipeline is beginning to fill up again after a dreary start to the year.

The number of green bonds issued has soared this decade with some estimates putting the amount outstanding at US$200bn, but the market still lacks regulatory coherency and adoption of the product in emerging Europe is some way behind peers.

Our coverage of this year's winning banks and other financial firms from across the continent.

International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) became the country’s largest and most visible casualty of sustained low Brent crude prices when it agreed a US$3.3bn debt restructuring in August, and the state-owned bank’s flirtation with default has sent shockwaves through the country’s economy.

An extension to an IMF support programme has given Ghana some breathing room to complete much-needed economic reforms.

Infighting within South Africa’s political class has spilled over into the markets repeatedly this year, weakening the country’s investment climate.

The IMF focused its skills and resources on tackling the rich world’s financial crises but must now turn its attention to problems faced by the “second world” of emerging and developing countries.

Turkey’s once shining initial public offering market has been dimmed by the lira’s shaky performance and domestic security worries, but the largest share sale in years from Mavi has prompted hops that the country’s equities market is back on track.

Renaissance Capital reshuffle puts Africa centre stage

Flourishing Warsaw bourse sidesteps political ruckus