Emerging Europe

Share buyback latest sign of financial health; Lending still lagging income growth

Belgian retailer in big acquisition in Serbia; Agrokor and Mercator vie for local leadership

Growing demand for Russia’s energy exports should not divert the country from diversifying its economy.

Bolt-on acquisition of investment banking unit; Integration problems the big challenge

Metalloinvest backs mega merger; Deripaska refuses to sell stake

Over the past year, Euromoney has written often of the generational shifts in the economic and financial balance of power between the old world and the new. Many of the world’s biggest banks are pinning their hopes for growth on such shifts, and express nothing but excitement at their prospect.

Issuers/investors baulk at valuation levels; Russia outperforms on the fund inflow front

In an attempt to establish an equity investment culture in Kazakhstan, the authorities in Astana have announced plans to launch a series of initial public offerings in state-controlled companies, in the hope of attracting widespread interest from ordinary local citizens.

New Eurobond set to test market sentiment; State sales planned to boost local stock market

Which companies in Central and Eastern Europe have excelled in the past year?