Central & Eastern Europe

NEWSMAKERS: RUSSIA   By Kim Iskyan   Khodorkovsky: Sentence likely to be extended After months of wrangling, the verdict on the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of Russia's Yukos Oil Company, is due in mid-December. The ex-tycoon ...

WINNERS: EUROPE   Best Commodity Derivatives Provider Morgan Stanley Despite attempts by competitors to nibble at its market share when commodities prices were soaring in 2009, Morgan Stanley has maintained its dominant position in commodities derivatives in Europe thanks to ...

INTERVIEW — DURMUS YILMAZ   Turkey's central bank governor talks to Anita Hawser about inflation, Europe and how his country managed to weather the recent global crisis so well.   The Central Bank of Turkey has a long history of ...

ROUNDUP   By  Kim Iskyan   Hard line: Russian president Medvedev asserts his power Following an exceptionally bitter and increasingly dirty public struggle with the Kremlin, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov was fired in late September, after 18 years in office. ...

  EMERGING MARKET INVESTORS: DR NEWS   By Gordon Platt Rusal, the world's largest producer of aluminum, plans to create a Russian depositary receipt (RDR) program on the Micex Stock Exchange and the Russian Trading System by the end of ...

NEWSMAKERS: COSTA RICA   By Dan Keeler   With the ink still wet on a Moody's rating upgrade from Ba1 to Baa3 investment grade, Costa Rica has revealed it is considering a bond issue in the near future. José Rossi, ...

Roundup   By Kim Iskyan   Friendly neighbor: Russia’s influence in Ukraine will grow after Viktor Yanukovych won the recent presidential election Russia's finance ministry hired a team of investment banks to help it prepare for the country's first eurobond ...

STAYING THE COURSE   By Gordon Platt   Turkey has bounced back from a sharp economic contraction to become one of the region’s best performers. Its prospects are brighter than ever.   Turkey's constitutional referendum last month gave a boost ...

EM REGIONAL BANKING FOCUS: CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE   By Jonathan Gregson   Hit hard during the financial crisis, Central and Eastern Europe's banking sector is still fragile and vulnerable to external shocks.     During the boom times of ...

POST-CRISIS MANAGEMENT   The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has found new relevance—and a key role—in the aftermath of the financial crisis.   By Justin Keay   Aside maybe from Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, few banks have emerged ...

ROUNDUP   By Kim Iskyan   Inflation has in recent weeks climbed rapidly up the macroeconomic agenda in Russia, as the summer's wildfires and drought throughout the country decimated grain crops and triggered sharp price hikes. Inflation has long been ...

ROUNDUP   By Kim Iskyan   Smoke signal: Moscow suffers as wildfires rage In response to a severe drought that could destroy as much as a third of Russia’s grain harvest, and following a spike in grain prices in July, ...

Global Finance names the World's Safest Banks 2010 in Central & Eastern Europe   NEW YORK, August 30, 2010 — Global Finance magazine (www.gfmag.com) has named the top 5 "Safest Banks in Central & Eastern Europe" in an exclusive survey ...

Global Finance names the World's Best Internet Banks in Central & Eastern Europe 2010 NEW YORK, July 26, 2010 – Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the "World's Best Internet Banks" competition in Central & Eastern Europe. ...

ROUNDUP   By Kim Iskyan   Lighting up: Russia launches bid to become financial center In mid-June at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russia’s answer to Davos, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev continued to pitch his modernization campaign, which is ...

Country Report: Poland   By Justin Keay   Having weathered the recent global crisis better than almost any other European country, Poland is laying the foundation for a sustainable long-term recovery.     Poland's tumultuous history has made it no ...

COVER STORY: AFTER THE BAILOUT   The turmoil in Greece and the subsequent rout of the euro have rattled global markets and caused a renewed bout of hand-wringing over the stability of the global economy. Some believe the developed markets ...

MILESTONES: RUSSIA Russia Taps Global Markets For First Time in 12 Years   By Kim Iskyan   Moscow calling: Russia tests investor sentiment Russia tapped global fixed-income markets in late April in a highly anticipated issue divided into a $2 billion ...

NEWSMAKERS: MONTENEGRO   Montenegro Aims To Be The Next Mediterranean Tiger   By Justin Keay   Luksic: Reforms should help attract investors Most small European countries are still suffering in the wake of the recent downturn, with foreign direct investment (FDI) ...

Roundup   By Kim Iskyan   Shuvalov: Russia is revising its plan to join WTO During a late April trip to Washington, DC, first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov said that Russia would abandon its plan to try to join ...