Qatar has spent 12 years and more than $200 billion preparing for the World Cup, which kicks off on November 20. What happens when the games end and the tourists leave?

While the impact on energy is centre stage, the war in Ukraine is also wreaking havoc on soft commodity prices and trade routes. Trade in agricultural commodities is taking a hit. The pool of banks financing these commodities is already dwindling, while the risks for those that remain are growing.

Without Russia, Raiffeisen will be a different entity – one focused on safer countries in the former Habsburg heartlands. The low home-market profitability that Russia once served to mitigate, however, will be more evident than ever.

The fiscal deterioration of Latin America’s former totem has more than just the pandemic behind it.

The hard truth is that in much of the developing world, climate change still ranks well below more immediate concerns such as unemployment, disease, poverty and political unrest for households and businesses.

Policymakers in Moscow are finally promising to tackle climate change. Will the Russian private sector follow suit?

Chilean corporates can now sell through Euroclear, following the sovereign’s successful experience.

Payments company prices above range as it shrugs off regional valuation constraints on Nasdaq debut.

Naysayers were swift to condemn Lithuanian involvement in the German scandal.

Emerging markets have regained some of the buoyancy lost during the early months of the coronavirus crisis, but analyst opinions hint at the difficulty of identifying which EM currencies investors should favour.

The saga of Poland’s Idea Bank has finally been resolved with a forced takeover by number two player Pekao. But questions remain over the role of the state.

A new book concludes that the rules for trading EM FX and fixed income have successfully survived Covid.

In a year of shocks and surprises, it’s hard to say where Mexico’s economic and financial performance ranks – but it’s up there.

The Dominican Republic’s banks, which were supported by a swift series of measures when Covid-19 struck, are now being asked to fund the government until fiscal reform can be enacted.

While the FX non-deliverable forward (NDF) market has demonstrated its resilience in the face of a spike in spreads during the early stages of coronavirus, there are concerns over its capacity to destabilize onshore markets in emerging economies.

Credit Suisse has hired several big guns in the battle for the banking market in Brazil. Chief among them is Ilan Goldfajn, ex president of the central bank of Brazil.

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency had already set itself ambitious goals even before Covid-19 hit the world. Its new head argues that the pandemic makes its mission all the more relevant.

How can quantitative easing best alleviate the financial fallout from Covid-19? Unconventional monetary policies make investors in emerging markets uncomfortable – especially in Latin America. Little wonder that central banks are treading a cautious path.

The markets have been very relaxed about emerging markets adopting quantitative easing – and that, in itself, could become a problem.

Does the investment manager’s decision to shutter its Hong Kong office and relocate to Shanghai matter?

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There is seemingly no easing of risk for the two countries, despite the anticipated third-quarter economic improvement.

Joseph Poon is group head of DBS Private Bank, one of Asia’s leading wealth managers. But the event that drives him today, informing his values and his views on investing and risk management, was stepping aboard a rickety raft in 1976 to flee an impoverished and divided Vietnam.

Euromoney asked its panellists to rescore Lebanon’s risks in the aftermath of the port tragedy on August 4, with investors left pondering what’s next for a country now desperately in need of aid and finance for reconstruction.

The government’s resignation this week could pave the way for reform – and unlock essential IMF funding – but is the will to change there?

As expected, DBS and UOB reported dramatic year-on-year declines in profitability, but both were protected by their range.

Analysts can see through the economic and fiscal shock to observe a country with its underlying strengths intact.

The managing director retires in October. RBI has three names to contemplate as his possible successor.

Najib Razak’s 12-year sentence on corruption charges is a landmark for Malaysia. But he also tried to drag in former Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz and AmBank managing director Cheah Teck Kuang.

Local scepticism over proposed debt offer rises as bid to include GDP warrants rejected.