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Eurozone contagion fears hit eastern Europe as investors seek safe havens...
Bond investors are looking to the relative safety of Poland and the Czech Republic as the Eurozone debt crisis takes toll on eastern Europe’s smaller economies.
The Markit iTraxx SovX CEEMEA (Central and East European, Middle East and Africa) index will start trading on January 20. The index is part of the Markit iTraxx SovX family of sovereign credit default...
Investors in the Middle East were given a nasty scare on November 25 when Dubai World, a government-owned holding company, announced it would request a standstill on billions of dollars of debt. An intervention...
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Bargain basement in the Baltic states
Scandinavian banks are set to become huge owners of Baltic real estate. A large proportion of home loans in the region come from Nordic lenders and repossessions are rising. Some banks are already making preparations to take over and service large numbers...
Regional Focus Central & Eastern Europe
In this month's Energy Risk we focus on the Central & Eastern European power markets, looking in particular at Poland and the Czech Republic. In the first article Rachel Morison talks with GDF Suez's Frank Brannvoll about market making in Central...
Frank Brannvoll of GDF Suez on CEE power markets
Rachel Morison talks with Frank Branvoll, head of European border power markets at GDF Suez, about opportunities he sees in the Central and Eastern European power markets.
E.ON begins trading on SouthPool
E.ON Energy Trading (EET) announced on September 4 that it had completed its first spot power trade at the SouthPool regional energy exchange. E.ON said joining the Ljubljana-based exchange, which offers products for the Slovenian and the Serbian markets,...
Ukraine's next generation
DTEK, Ukraine's only privately owned power utility, wants to become a leading energy player linking Ukraine, Russia and Europe. Roderick Bruce meets Vitaly Butenko, DTEK's chief strategy officer, to discuss the company's progress and plans for expansion...
History repeating
The spreading of the crisis to central and eastern Europe has caused local currencies to plunge. With financial institutions and corporates struggling to service foreign currency debt, the situation bears similarities to the Asian financial crisis. Christopher...
€24.5 billion international bailout for eastern Europe
The largest multilateral lenders in eastern Europe today pledged €24.5 billion over the next two years to support the region's banking sectors affected by "global financial retrenchment".
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