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Is Brazil heading for a credit bubble?
March 24, 2011The spike in loans to individuals over the past year has led some analysts to suggest there is a credit bubble in Brazil. Click here to find out more.
Top 10 Chinese regions by ROA
March 16, 2011Which Chinese regions have the most potential for investors? Click here to find out.
The rise of emerging market banks
March 9, 2011
Emerging market banks have steadily been gaining ground on their western counterparts. Click here to see how US and European banks' profits are lagging behind them.
Will UAE banks be able to comply with Basel III capital rules?
February 25, 2011A surge in issuance of subordinated debt by banks in the UAE may make it more difficult for them to comply with Basel III capital requirements. Click here to see which banks.
Singapore’s challenge as a financial centre
February 18, 2011Singapore is the world’s third highest ranked International Finance Centre, according to The Banker’s 2010 ranking. But in these days of volatile capital flows and worries about bank safety, how should a small country manage itself as an IFC so as to maximise the benefits and minimise the risk?
New financial centres find asset management biggest challenge
December 23, 2010Despite continued economic uncertainty in developed markets, emerging-market financial centres are growing in strength, with expanding foreign exchange markets and inward portfolio investment. However, when it comes to asset management, it could take generations for even the largest ascendant financial centres to catch up with their more established rivals. Writer Charles Piggott
Under fire but fighting back
December 8, 2010Investment into Caribbean offshore financial centres has fallen in recent years but is now picking up. However, these centres are also under international pressure over their tax and transparency arrangements, a criticism many of them view as unfair. Writer Silvia Pavoni
A tale of two centres
November 24, 2010From Hong Kong to London, established global financial centres are looking to reinvent themselves as Islamic finance hubs and capture a slice of a fast-growing and still largely untapped market.
France and Canada target Islamic markets
November 24, 2010Many countries are bidding to build Islamic finance hubs; France and Canada are no exception, but each is taking a very different course.
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