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Emerging Europe: Belarus embarks on a charm offensive

Belarus’s leaders are promising a dramatic package of reforms that could overhaul the country’s sclerotic command economy and reduce its dependence on Russia. The only trouble is, no one believes them. Mixed messages to the bond markets haven’t helped.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, March 10, 2015

BANKING

Emirates NBD: Scale emerges from the culture clash

Much has been said about the unfortunate timing of the Emirates NBD merger just before the global financial crisis, but what is often forgotten is just how challenging that merger would have been in any conditions.

Chris Wright, March 10, 2015

CAPITAL MARKETS

IMF: Can Ghana resist temptation?

The country hopes a deal can revive its stumbling economy, but it will be hard to stick to the IMF’s conditions when the 2016 elections are so close at hand.

Kanika Saigal, March 10, 2015

BANKING

Emirates NBD: Nelson’s milestone moment

If timing is everything, then Emirates NBD should be nothing. The merger that created the bank brought together two wholly dissimilar institutions, just as the global financial crisis brought Dubai to the brink of default. It has suffered ever since. Until now. Have Emirates NBD – and Dubai – really turned the corner?

Chris Wright, March 10, 2015

BANKING

Regulation: Philippines remains a tough nut to crack

The country’s banking industry is growing fast. New laws designed to encourage foreign investment make it easier for offshore firms to wholly purchase local lenders. But there are plenty of barriers to entry aside from regulation.

March 10, 2015

CAPITAL MARKETS

Latin America: The great rotation in M&A

With equity and now debt funding getting scarcer in public markets, Latin American corporates must think of other options. For longer-term investors, and for those with a strong appetite for risk, the region’s troubles are a rare opportunity.

Dominic O’Neill, March 10, 2015

BANKING

Haitong sets out its stall after BESI buy

The investment banking arm of Banco Espírito Santo’s search for an investor had begun long before the shenanigans at its parent bank began to come to the surface in the summer of 2014, according to Francisco Cary, BESI’s deputy CEO and chief financial officer.

March 10, 2015

BANKING

Novo banking comes to Portugal

It took the collapse of Banco Espírito Santo, rather than the eurozone crisis, to redraw the map of Portuguese banking. Will the revised landscape show Iberian consolidation, or a new Chinese foothold on the continent?

Philip Moore, March 10, 2015

BANKING

LatAm bond markets: HSBC – building from debt

HSBC is pushing hard in its drive into Latin America’s markets. From a DCM foundation, it is moving into other areas, though competition will be fierce.

Rob Dwyer, March 10, 2015

BANKING

Fintech: Azimo aims to win in remittances

Money transfers to emerging markets is a huge business. By taking the process digital, the UK fintech start-up aims to slash the cost of remittances.

Peter Lee, March 10, 2015

CAPITAL MARKETS

Emerging Europe: Turkish M&A on the rise

Boosted by a rich run of privatizations, the Turkish M&A market burst into life last year, hitting the highest total value of deals for close to a decade. The hope for 2015 is that the same feat can be repeated. In an election year, anything is possible.

Duncan Kerr, March 09, 2015

Building out Latin America's bond markets

The region’s local debt markets are at a crucial point. International interest is growing. Investment banks are building up. But with one exception, domestic supply and demand remains limited. Can other countries follow Mexico’s lead? Euromoney investigates the dynamics of Latin America’s main bond markets.

March 09, 2015

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