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Greek recovery will attract institutional investors

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GREECE

The new issue’s main purpose was to build up a benchmark yield curve to facilitate the sovereign’s future access to capital markets and, ultimately, pave the way for the broader…

Turkish state banks’ use for policy may harm stability

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TURKEY

State banks’ increased use as policy instruments.

Growth of AI faces stiff challenges in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

As AI systems become increasingly central to the global economy, this poor performance risks further damaging the economic prospects of a region that has long struggled to achieve…

Football will face long-term decline in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

Compared with clubs in Brazil and Europe, Argentine ones are heavily reliant on income from gate receipts. Argentine football was already suffering from outdated structures, lack…

Private credit will grow as an alternative asset class

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INTERNATIONAL

In the current low-interest-rate environment, private debt and other alternative assets have become a key part of investors’ portfolios given their attractive risk-adjusted…

Cheap oil will test Nigerian banks' resilience

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NIGERIA

The first policy loosening in more than six years highlights government concerns about the challenging outlook for bank lending. The plunge in global oil prices and sharp…

India will be pragmatic over shadow banking crisis

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INDIA

It last month allowed banks to lend more to NBFCs that do not finance infrastructure, with the raised limit effective to year-end. This came after the government took control of…

Somalia faces long road to economic reconstruction

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SOMALIA

Despite the government’s genuine efforts to implement policy reforms, low to non-existent institutional capacity will continue to impede the emergence of a more formalised…

Coking coal producers will face extended strain

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INTERNATIONAL

Market beset by multiple headwinds.

Kuwait may finally make progress on PPPs in 2018

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KUWAIT

PPPs in Kuwait.