Studies

Asia: Growth forecasts revised downwards for emerging Asia countries was due to the slowdown of advanced economies.
Iran: In 2010 the international community adopted important measures aimed at persuading Iran to abandon its nuclear programme

This paper analyses the impacts of political events in terms of loss, compensation, recovery, risk assessment and pricing both from an equity and credit coverage perspective

The current crisis is one of the most profound in living memory, yet it can be explained by four simple factors.

Russian economy has contracted significantly during 1H 2009 and forecast for the full year are rather negative. Oil prices dynamics and capital outflows play a key role but it is the credit crunch that has strongly affected Russian economy.

The ANC comfortably won the 2009 elections, attracting 65,9% of the vote, a result fairly consistent with prior years. As a result, Jacob Zuma will be appointed as the next President of South Africa. However the ANC failed to secure a two thirds majority, percentage required to change the constitution.