Big increase in regional private equity activity; particularly attractive metrics in Brazil.

State approves $525 million capital raise; Move to longer-term, majority stakes

The new free-trade zone in Shanghai is much more likely to invigorate Hong Kong as a financial sector than threaten it.

On September 3, Beijing announced a 3% tax on coal imports with low calorific value. Some market analysts are concerned that the tax might have a negative impact on Indonesian exports of thermal coal as the levy could remove any price advantages. Between January and July this year, Indonesia accounted for 97% of China’s lignite imports.

The Greek economy has been more than the sick man of Europe; it has been a standing joke. But the discipline imposed by membership of the EU has forced the necessary adjustment and the future is beginning to look brighter.

As China’s appetite for commodities appears to be fading, demand for Indonesian coal could also fall, putting the export economy under stress. Mining company Adaro explains why the future is still bright.

The debate on how to reform the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that now so dominate US mortgage finance has been raging almost from the minute they were taken into conservatorship by former Federal Housing Finance Authority director James Lockhart on September 6 2008. In recent months, however, there is a growing sense that all those words might eventually translate into action.

Following in the footsteps of India and China, Indonesia’s second-tier cities are becoming attractive investment destinations. What is holding them back from realizing their full potential?

It was second time lucky for the first Brazilian toll-road financing to come to the market without the support of BNDES. The initial attempt ended in confusion. A year later, the revived deal under new leadership faced severe headwinds.

From informal retailers to supermarket chains, Africa’s baby boomers are fuelling a consumer boom that is spilling over to agribusiness.

Focus on sub-€1.5 billion turnover firms; response to change in corporate behaviour.

Frontier markets may not lend themselves to an easy acronym. But they deserve plenty of attention from the world’s emerging market investors.

EC proposals might reduce the influence of credit rating agencies. But are market participants likely to ignore the agencies’ assessments?

Billionaire looks beyond Hong Kong; Legacy planning underway

The future structure of housing finance in the US might well not be decided on Capitol Hill or New York, but in a small, working-class suburb of San Francisco.

Botswana has emerged as Africa’s safest economy as a result of South Africa’s deteriorating economic fundamentals and rising political risk, according to the latest results of Euromoney’s Country Risk survey.

Growing public debt and a low reserves buffer leave the sovereign exposed, according to the latest results of Euromoney’s Country Risk survey.

The managing director of Techstars, a mentorship-driven start-up accelerator backed by more than 75 venture capital firms, explains how Austin, Texas, is re-establishing itself as an alternative destination for venture capital.

Some six million businesses were created in the US in 2012. The country is experiencing a start-up boom. What impact is the wave of entrepreneurs having, and how are the angel investor and venture capital industry adapting?

Iceland and Ireland are on the road to recovery, while Portugal, Italy and Spain plunge further into economic malaise, according to analysts participating in Euromoney’s Country Risk Survey.

In an exclusive interview, Benoît Coeuré, member of the executive board of the European Central Bank, discusses the challenges that Europe faces in stimulating financing to small and medium-sized enterprises, including the creation of a truly pan-European and cross-border capital market in the region and how securitization can be used to re-establish funding to these firms.

How does one explain the Marie Antoinette-style approach of funds that invest in five-star hotels, supposedly with the partial aim of reducing extreme poverty?

Faced with increased capital requirements and regulatory changes, prime brokers are having to think of ways to become more efficient with their balance sheets.

BlackRock’s sovereign risk index aims to provide an alternative credit opinion to the big-three agencies, Fitch, S&P and Moody’s, thanks to market and regulatory demand for alternative assessments of government creditworthiness.

Rising real wages and consumption have boosted German growth without a corresponding increase in productivity, generating headwinds for economic growth and corporate profitability for years to come, argue analysts at Natixis, the French investment bank.

A weakening currency, strong credit growth and inflationary pressure will force the central bank to raise interest rates in the teeth of political pressure, imperiling the government’s growth target, analysts say.

The decision by Fitch to strip France of its AAA rating confirms its fall from sovereign grace but the belated move is unlikely to trigger a rise in borrowing costs.

Declining bank-stability scores across Asia in the second quarter of 2013 highlight rising global macroeconomic risks, as the world’s regional growth engine confronts leverage and financial-imbalance risks, say analysts.

US demand for LatAm investment expected to hold up; also developing vehicles for Brazilians investing abroad.

Al Noor listing shows reality; Morocco suffers on frontier downgrade