Europe

Ukraine’s Bashed Union Label

Ukraine’s stock exchange was down 50 percent in 2012 as the worst MSCI performer, as the reinstated Prime Minister Azarov ...

Russia’s Family Neglect Nods

Russian shares were largely unmoved by a child adoption ban imposed against the US in response to asset and visa ...

Europe’s Full Circle Fund Fealty

As the IMF hailed Greece’s private debt buyback result to reactivate its program contribution and prepared an outline Cyprus deal ...

Iceland’s Jagged Control Cliffs

Iceland, the original developed country applicant for post-crisis bilateral and multilateral aid, has begun repaying the IMF and Nordic partners ...

Slovenia’s Listing Lake Lurches

Slovenian shares extended a 10 percent loss as banks NLB and NKBM prepared rights issues to meet European regulatory requirements, ...

The EBRD’s Deconstructed Deleveraging Design

Along with its annual Transition Report, the EBRD with a new president drawn from the British civil service circulated a ...

Turkey’s Hyped Hub and Spoke Peddling

After presenting an ambitious pre-presidential election bid to transform Istanbul into a regional financial services hub despite the darkening shadow ...

Ukraine’s Packed Winter Wallop

Ukrainian shares continued a 50 percent loss in the cellar of European frontier markets as the ruling party kept its ...

Greek Debt Restructuring’s Retrospective Remorse

A special public-private sector group convened by the IIF to adapt emerging market sovereign debt workout principles to advanced countries ...

Central Europe’s Easy Ride Riddle

Stock markets in Hungary and Poland were up 20 percent through Q3 on the MSCI index on anticipated easing of ...

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