Middle East and Africa

Private banking 2012: Middle East – Collateral damage

February 2012

Local private banks in the Middle East are losing out as the region’s wealthy react to the Arab Spring.

Private banking 2012: Lebanon’s private banks prove their resilience

February 2012

Euromoney Deals of the Year 2011

February 2012

For many in the capital markets, 2011 was a year to forget. But it’s in times of crisis that the best advisers come to the fore. Which deals hit the sweet spots over the past 12 months, when markets were like a box of chocolates – you never knew what you were going to get?

Deals of the Year 2011: Middle East & Africa – Gulf diversifies funding as Africa brings new issuers

February 2012

In the Middle East last year, borrowers sought to diversify sources of fi nancing , while in Africa new issuers added to the continent’s growing recognition on global markets

Deals of the Year 2011: Barzan Gas Company financing

February 2012

Deals of the Year 2011: Aabar Investments PJS unsecured exchangeable bond

February 2012

Deals of the Year 2011: Republic of Namibia debut Eurobond

February 2012

Deals of the Year 2011: Afren senior secured bond

February 2012

Nigeria: Dual crises cause alarm in Abuja

February 2012

Government pursues key reforms; Strikes spur energy-sector shake-up

Private banking heads still eye US, UK and other developed markets for growth

February 2012

Despite emerging markets being heralded as the beacon for growth, CEOs and global heads of private banking at the world’s largest firms tell Euromoney they are still expanding and seeking growth in the US and other developed markets

The banking model is broken and needs to change now

January 2012

Euromoney takes a look at how banks need to fundamentally change the way they do business

FX survey 2012 is now open - vote now

January 2012

Please help make Euromoney's 34th annual survey of the world's foreign exchange markets the most authoritative and comprehensive ranking possible.

Investment banking league tables - Year End 2011

January 2012

Includes Bonds, Equities, Loans, M&A, MTN, Project Finance

Bermuda looks to pioneer Western Shariah-compliant hub

January 2012

The favourable tax haven is actively seeking to become the first Western centre to provide a Shariah-compliant platform by reviewing its existing legislation

Africa’s new frontiers

January 2012

Country risk scores for Nigeria, Ghana, Gabon and Tanzania rose last year, with higher average-economic-outlook scores across the continent and a willingness in the international capital markets to finance African borrowers.

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