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Micro-finance, macro gains
Micro-finance lending has been touted as the great hope for introducing enterprise and sustainable wealth creation to those parts of the world seemingly trapped in poverty. The securitisation of micro-finance...
The Latin American region has suffered its fair share of financial difficulties - most of them self-inflicted - but a period of economic stability and rebuilding has left many LatAm countries well equipped...
India's Reddy calls attention to risks in emerging markets
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Knight outlines new risks in globalised economy
Deutsche Bank hires Miranda to push into EM prime broking
Deutsche Bank Securities has appointed Luciana Miranda as a managing director in the fixed-income prime brokerage group, within the bank's global markets division.
Emerging markets open up to hybrids
Borrowers from markets such as Russia, Hungary and Mexico have finally cottoned on to the benefits of issuing hybrid debt - and the trend is not just limited to financial institutions. Laurence Neville reports
A two-pronged approach
GAM Global Emerging Markets Hedge investment director Sean Taylor believes the trick to emerging markets investment is to focus on long-term trends and undervalued stocks, while managing short-term movements in volatility. Mark Pengelly reports
Introduction
Investors have done very nicely from emerging market exposures over the past year or two. So-called Bric baskets - Brazil, Russia, India and China - have proved popular with institutional, high-net-worth and even retail investors keen to take exposure...
Joining the party
Latin America's inflation markets are becoming more liquid, with some countries relaxing regulations to spur growth. This has prompted a number of overseas dealers and investors to enter the arena, with most predicting further growth in the coming year....
Reining in India
The Reserve Bank of India released its long-awaited draft derivatives regulations in early December. But far from opening the market up to a wider universe of products, dealers complain the derivatives market has been reined back in. Duncan Wood reports...
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