Markets The Impact Of Fed Rate Hikes On Gulf Economies As the global economy hits pause on growing concerns about reduced trade activity in the coming year and weak macro… 10.24.2018 Brai Odion-Esene
Nigeria Nigeria Fiscal Situation Signaling A Debt Crisis Nigeria’s plan to raise a $2.86 billion Eurobond and simultaneously raise minimum wage could lead to a significant deterioration in… 10.21.2018 Lolade Akinmurele
Markets Emerging Markets Equities: How Low Will They Go? Emerging-market (EM) stocks fell in the third quarter and continued to diverge sharply from developed-market equities. While it may be… 10.18.2018 Sharon E. Fay
Markets Downgrades Mount For Nigeria As IMF Cuts Forecast Global growth forecast lowered for the first time since July 2016 In the same week, the World Bank downgraded its… 10.10.2018 Lolade Akinmurele
Markets Islamic Finance A Potential Boost For Gold’s ‘Safe Haven’ Status Gold has long been viewed as a safe-haven play, but despite recent geopolitical turmoil and market fluctuations, the precious metal… 10.08.2018 Leslie Shaffer
Trade Views NAFTA 2.0: A Rewrite That Doesn’t Ease Tensions The revised NAFTA deal relieves uncertainty for Canada and avoids a possible Mexican barrier to ratification. But what does it… 10.04.2018 Eric Winograd
Markets ESG Investing Enters Portfolio Mainstream Sustainable investing — or investing in pursuit of environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals — isn’t a sideshow anymore, with… 09.30.2018 Leslie Shaffer
Mexico Mexico’s Energy Reform: Some Clues On Obrador When soon-to-be former President Enrique Peña Nieto announced his government’s energy reform before Mexico’s congress in December 2013 he proclaimed,… 09.26.2018 Indranil Ghosh
Markets Sustainable Investing: Asia’s Gen X Is Joining In Altruism Meets Value Sustainable investing – the investment approach of ’doing well by doing good’ – is gaining ground in… 09.25.2018 Emerging Market Views
Africa Nigeria’s MTN Group: Troubled, Yet Successful The MTN Group came into Nigeria in 2001 at a time many foreign investors felt the country was too poor… 09.21.2018 Anthony Osae-Brown
India India’s Currency Decline Prompts Government Intervention Indian authorities have officially stepped in to to contain the rupee’s slide against the US dollar. Having announced new measures… 09.19.2018 Emerging Market Views
Nigeria Politics, Infrastructure, Hindering Nigeria’s FDI In One Of Africa’s Largest Economies, Foreign Investment Is Lagging To be at par with African peers, Nigeria needs $14… 09.16.2018 Lolade Akinmurele