China’s Yuan Entry Yawn
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Chinese stocks were stuck at a double-digit loss as the currency barely budged on officially joining the IMF’s SDR basket ...
Good Corporate Governance’s Praise Premium
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The IMF’s October Global Financial Stability Report lauded stronger emerging economy corporate governance and investor protection practices in recent decades, ...
Risk Diet’s Controlled Calorie Counting
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The main emerging market asset classes had double-digit gains through August, with the MSCI stock and GBI dollar-denominated indices up ...
The Middle East’s Blowout Bellicosity Bill
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On the eve of the UN General Assembly’s special session on large refugee movements, the IMF updated its tally of ...
Central Asia’s Doubtful Dictated Outcomes
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The undisclosed death and power vacuum left by Uzbekistan’s post-independence strongman Karimov upset sub-regional investors already wary about succession planning ...
The Basel Committee’s Bruising Balance Sheet Shaft
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Banking industry associations representing and working in emerging economies have intensified criticism of Basel Committee credit, trading and operating risk ...
The BIS’ Overturned Currency Turnover
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The Bank for International Settlements’ triennial foreign exchange and interest rate derivative surveys underscored increased emerging market trading shares largely ...
Colombia’s Rebellious Referendum Rumblings
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Colombian shares stayed ahead double-digits on the MSCI Index despite stagflation signs as the 4-year negotiation slog with FARC rebels ...
Portugal’s Corked Post-Crisis Intentions
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Portuguese bond yields topped 3 percent, as Canadian ratings firm DBRS cited “mounting pressures” for joining its three peers in ...
Africa’s Capped Goodwill Deposits
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As the US research group Freedom House reported that Africa’s number of democratic leaning countries was down to 60 percent, ...