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Euromoney surveys cash managers, treasurers and financial officers worldwide. The survey is split into a non-financial institutions questionnaire and a financial institutions questionnaire. Respondents are asked to indicate:

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Mexico’s finance minister is the rarest of breeds in the current global economy. He is delivering reform-driven economic growth

Sub-Saharan Africa’s capital markets continue to make up a tiny proportion of overall global investment banking activity. Investment banking fees for the region in the first eight months of the year totalled less than $200 million, a fraction of a global fee pool of close to $60 billion, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

Liquidity is up and leverage is down. Alternative lenders are stepping in where banks can no longer tread. While the period of re-regulation may not yet be over, real estate finance is starting to look in rude health once again.

Retail space developments, rather than housing, offer the best opportunities in the region.

In the real-estate markets of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the effects of the financial crisis have been unusually protracted.

Direct lending for commercial property deals is a niche, but expanding, segment of the alternative financing universe that is plugging the funding void left by a diminished bank lending sector, where deleveraging is far from complete.

The increasing role of Sparkassen – Germany’s ubiquitous savings banks – in real estate lending could boost Pfandbrief issuance, which has been steadily declining despite mortgage volumes surging to a 16-year high, analysts say.

The weakness of the Chinese market has prompted the Asian real estate industry to look elsewhere for returns in 2014.

Real estate in Latin America offers big investment opportunities, but the national landscapes vary widely and local expertise is vital for foreign investors when they explore the sector.

The good times are back in Gulf real estate – to an almost worrying degree. The days when people were abandoning apartments and heading for Dubai airport as they plunged into unserviceable debt seem a long time ago now, as attention has turned instead to more familiar territory: working out how to calm down a vibrant market.

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Euromoney magazine’s 10th annual Real Estate Survey canvassed the opinions of real estate advisors, developers, investment managers, corporate end-users and banks worldwide.

Euromoney's regional 'Best Company' rankings are based on a survey of market analysts at leading banks and research institutes across the globe who give their opinions on which companies they think are best in a region across various categories and sectors.

The survey is a measure of overall service quality for gold investing for individuals in China.

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The latest results from the ECR survey show emerging markets (EMs) becoming riskier during the first half of this year, in contrast to the increasing safety offered by developed countries across the G10 and an improving eurozone.