With more investors looking past the BRIC countries for the next big emerging market opportunities, Africa is ready for an investment boom. There are several challenges when it comes to investing in Africa, including unemployment, poverty, corruption and conflict. All of these are genuine obstacles to the business…
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Russian firms face funding crisis
Usually regular borrowers on global markets, Russian companies are finding their funding lifeblood cut off by banks and asset managers who worry their investments will get caught up in the stand-off between Moscow and the West. According to Bloomberg data, corporate offerings of foreign-currency bonds since the Crimea…
Foreign Investment in Africa Hits Fresh High
A survey has found that foreign investment in African economies is set to reach a record $80 billion in 2014 as business leaders in developed economies shrug off the recession and emerging markets continue to show a strong interest in African assets. The comprehensive survey was compiled by…
Banks to Reform FX Trading Following Rigging Scandal
The world’s largest banks are introducing reform to their currency trading divisions in an effort to regain the trust of customers and pre-empt regulators’ efforts to impose changes on an industry damaged by allegations of manipulation. The banks are taking action in the wake of several authorities…
Africa’s Lions Set to Roar
A 20-year surge in growth in Africa indicating that the world’s poorest continent is coming to terms with its challenges has raised the prospect of the African lion economies emulating the Asian tiger economies in the 21st century. Africa’s advantages include enormous untapped resources, a youthful population and…
Africa’s Lions Set to Roar
A 20-year surge in growth in Africa indicating that the world’s poorest continent is coming to terms with its challenges has raised the prospect of the African lion economies emulating the Asian tiger economies in the 21st century. Africa’s advantages include enormous untapped resources, a youthful population and…