Opinion
Putting concerns about Georgian FDI in context
When a major infrastructure project ends, aggregate foreign investment can drop. That doesn’t mean the economy is heading south. Flows of foreign direct investment into Georgia have fallen 54% but that's ok
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MACRO ADVISER: Winter debates that will shape the Russian economy and (maybe) politics
Against the backdrop of still weak economic indicators and deteriorating public confidence, the debates amongst senior officials over how to boost activity are intensifying.
COMMENT: Moldovan president’s determination to stop an airport deal appears increasingly misleading
As a president with questionable allies and commercial partners renews his attacks on the foreign owner of the country’s only international airport, foreign capital takes flight for good.
NEWSBASE: The attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure are the oil industry's 9/11
The attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure could turn out to be the oil industry’s 9/11. Reacting to the news, JP Morgan said: “Clearly oil assets have been massively mispriced. The assumption that production facilities are secure is wrong."
The Mitteleuropean view: Putin’s Belarusian ace stays in the hole?
Negotiations between Belarus and Russia on deeper economic integration are nearing completion, and the potential for surprises – such as a political or currency union – is expected to diminish.
Stagnation in Russia: how many opportunities are there for international (investment) banks in the rest of the CIS region?
Russia is not a growing market for international banking and capital market business at present. That's why people like to look for business and deal opportunities in smaller regional markets in the CIS region.
Who’s behind the proposed Turkish buyer of British Steel?
GPW Political Risk on how the move by a military pension fund unit to acquire the unloved, neglected UK company may have been motivated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s personal agenda—and he may require a political quid pro quo.