Emerging Europe

The hunt for yield is driving emerging market investors ever further down the corporate credit curve. But, with domestic bond markets booming and local banks awash with liquidity, can supply keep pace with demand? Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker reports.

Seven Hungarian banks are placed on downgrade review by Moody’s after new legislation permits the repayment of foreign-denominated mortgages at favourable rates.

The prime minister’s adviser reveals to Euromoney how the state is seeking more international banks for deals

Confidence in emerging markets is dropping because of the eurozone crisis, combined with economic factors in the emerging markets themselves.

Three leading companies and Garanti Bank discuss the country’s corporate performance and access to finance. Growth is steady and firms are expanding, but there are wider macro issues that won’t go away.

ING’s global head of financial institutions says Central Europe is an attractive market again after being hit by the credit crisis

Saxo Bank, the second-biggest retail FX provider, will open an office in Moscow next month, the head of group relations, Kasper Elbjorn, has confirmed to EuromoneyFXNews.

Euromoney considered governors whose key decisions had directly benefited both the performance and perception of their country’s economic and financial achievements over the previous 12 months. It also took soundings from many leading global bankers and investors.