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Euromoney Country RiskThere is seemingly no easing of risk for the two countries, despite the anticipated third-quarter economic improvement.
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Euromoney Country RiskInvestors beware – countries in the region have been downgraded in Euromoney’s country risk survey this year.
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Euromoney Country RiskEuromoney 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.
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Euromoney Country RiskAnalysts can see through the economic and fiscal shock to observe a country with its underlying strengths intact.
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Euromoney Country RiskThe country is showing one of the more concerning trends among Asia’s emerging markets as politics and economics combine to increase investor risks.
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Euromoney Country RiskEl Salvador dives, while Panama copes as trade buckles, remittances drop and fiscal pressures intensify.
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Euromoney’s survey shows the pandemic crisis is having both predictable and unexpected effects on economic, political and structural indicators as the world faces the biggest investor shock in living memory.
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The country’s risk scores have lagged its central European neighbours since the financial crisis. Is overspending in the mid 2000s entirely to blame, or should the Fidesz government take some responsibility?
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Singapore’s emergence as a global financial hub is no accident, and has not happened overnight. The key, according to Ravi Menon – the managing director of financial regulator the Monetary Authority of Singapore – is to plan well, act decisively and, above all, listen.
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Systemic, contagious sovereign crises seem to have been consigned to history. Governments can raise funds more cheaply than ever and investor demand seems insatiable. But the banking sector remains a source of instability and new threats are emerging, such as trade wars. Is complacency the biggest threat of all?
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In Africa, the more democratic a country is, the higher its Euromoney Country Risk score, but as the continent’s ECR grade stalls, African countries are diverging – politically and economically.
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Some uncomfortable conclusions arise from a close look at Euromoney’s country risk data for Asia since 1982. India’s opening has been rewarded with a dismal decline in its score, while the overthrow of local dictators doesn’t appear to do much for economies either.
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One country showed the way forward for Latin American sovereigns nearly 35 years ago. Many have tried to follow. Have they succeeded?
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Protectionism is undermining an otherwise moderate global outlook as growth continues, labour markets tighten and geopolitical crises calm.
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Investor safety has come under close scrutiny since June, resulting in a small but discernible decline in the global average risk score, halting a four-quarter improving trend.
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Global risk subsided in the first half of the year, according to Euromoney’s country risk survey, with confidence in Europe maintained and commodity producers benefiting from better terms of trade. Yet with US interest rates rising, and Brexit, Russia and protectionism risks prevailing, investor prospects have more recently become uncertain for the remainder of 2018.
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The risks of investing in developed countries eased in Q3 2017 due to strong economic growth, according to economists and other experts. Several large emerging markets (EMs) also became safer as volatility eased worldwide.
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What next for the FX market?
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Lending to small firms in Europe has traditionally been the preserve of the banks; they have the networks and relationships to originate deals for these types of clients, but non-banks now have this business firmly in their sights. And as more banks and funds start to cooperate in this space, the latter can expect to appear more frequently in transactions for Europe’s small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Continental Europe’s top corporate and investment banks showed just how far they continue to trail their US peers as they reported annual results in February.
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Italy could be clawing itself out of a pit of worry about its banks, according to the latest Euromoney Bank Risk results.
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Last year was far from a vintage year for the big five US corporate and investment banking franchises, with almost no business lines seeing an overall increase in revenues in 2016, but the gains in fixed income sales and trading were enough to inch CIB division revenues up by 1.4% to $142 billion.
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For many European bank stocks, 2016 was an unrelentingly awful year.
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For the first nine months of 2016, JPMorgan, the market share leader, reported a decent 14% return on equity for its corporate and investment banking division, based on after-tax net income of $7.384 billion.
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Are we past the peak for fintech?
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Remember the days when it was investment bank divisions that were the drag on banks’ group cost-to-income ratios?
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The increasing dominance of global investment banking by US firms is hard to ignore.
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It is no secret that China is the biggest game in town in Asia-Pacific investment banking. But it is striking, even alarming, to learn just how utterly dominant it has become.
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By: Mark Baker, Louise Bowman, Peter Lee, Dominic O'Neill and Chris Wright
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Here you will find more detailed results and analysis of Euromoney's Cash Management Survey 2016.
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While the focus has been on how Italy must resolve its banking sector problems, investors should also be keeping an eye on the risks lurking elsewhere in Europe.
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We invited all private banks and wealth managers to participate in the survey by completing our online questionnaire.
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Euromoney Country RiskThe swift formation of a new government and the opportunities created by the pound’s fall have quietened the doomsayers. But risk experts have downgraded their views on the economic outlook and government stability after the referendum, with so much that is still unknown.
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“Your reputation is what your competitors say about you when you leave the room”
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Euromoney’s FX Survey uncovered sweeping changes in market structure and client behaviour during the past year.
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Euromoney Country RiskEuromoney’s risk survey successfully predicted the move to investment grade for the Philippines in 2013, and it is once again highlighting other sovereign borrowers – in particular Hungary and Paraguay – with prospects for a similar upgrade.
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A global survey of 424 senior executives from financial institutions and fintech companies, and interviews with leading experts in the field, reveal tension as artificial intelligence (AI) is pioneered across financial markets.
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Euromoney Country RiskA plunging country risk score illustrates how the problems are still mounting for Africa’s largest economy.
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Euromoney Country RiskThey’re cheering in Bratislava as changing country-risk perceptions make Slovakia the safer option.
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Country risk scores for many of the large emerging markets (EMs) continued to fall in the first months of the year. Risk scores have now reached levels that do not preclude another global shock if China hits the skids.
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Euromoney Country RiskMalaysia has been hit by political scandal and economic woes, but ECR experts believe it should begin to recover this year.
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Euromoney Country RiskThe sovereign is still high risk, but is improving in Euromoney’s country risk survey, underpinned by the recent election results.
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Euromoney Country RiskThe sovereign improved last year, but experts have doubts over its economic prospects, and there are political risks from possible snap elections in the summer.
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Euromoney Country RiskLjubljana is a happier place these days, overcoming the banking and political crisis weighing on its prospects. Investors should take note: Slovenia is one of several smaller European countries making a comeback.
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Euromoney Country RiskPolitical tension and violence have marred Côte d'Ivoire for decades, but peaceful elections and an improving economy have raised expectations.
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Euromoney Country RiskMoody’s has followed S&P’s lead by downgrading the borrower to junk status in line with its Euromoney country risk score. Other oil producers are at risk, the survey predicts.
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Euromoney Country RiskUkraine finished 2015 with a slightly improved score year-on-year, despite seeing turbulence on all fronts in the ECR scoring categories throughout the year. Its score dipped in the fourth quarter of 2015, but ECR experts see some reasons for hope amid the gloom.
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Euromoney Country RiskAgainst the backdrop of China’s economic troubles, US Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes, depressed commodity prices and the refugee crisis affecting Europe, political risks increased for numerous sovereign borrowers in 2015.
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Euromoney Country RiskThe Baltic state leapfrogged both sovereigns in the global ratings last year, making its credit ratings outdated.
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What are the biggest risks facing Latin American sovereign credit in 2016, and which markets will post the best and worst returns? Share your thoughts on investing in the region in our Euromoney poll.
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Euromoney Country RiskPoland’s sovereign bond spreads are in turmoil, after a shock downgrade by Standard & Poor’s (S&P). The move follows a sharp drop in its political risk score in the latest Euromoney Country Risk (ECR) survey.
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Investors are clear: liquidity concerns are not overblown.
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Euromoney Country RiskDepressed oil prices are sending shockwaves through the Kingdom as it looks at ways to mitigate the macro-fiscal implications.
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In the second half of 2015 hype around the potential for shared ledger technology to transform banking rose to a peak. Now comes the hard work as banks and fintech companies seek to put test cases into actual use. As the first practical applications begin to emerge, Euromoney surveys the banking market to ask what’s next for the blockchain.
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Look closely at figures from Dealogic for the first six months of 2015 and there’s a story to be found as to why Goldman Sachs bankers still like to lord it over their counterparts at Morgan Stanley.