Emerging markets

Protected from the subprime chaos

The Latin American region has suffered its fair share of financial difficulties - most of them self-inflicted - but a period of economic stability and rebuilding has left many LatAm countries well equipped to withstand the fallout from the recent…

Emerging markets open up to hybrids

Borrowers from markets such as Russia, Hungary and Mexico have finally cottoned on to the benefits of issuing hybrid debt - and the trend is not just limited to financial institutions. Laurence Neville reports

Ramon Maronilla

Asian local currency bond markets have tripled in size since 1997. Ramon Maronilla, product engineer at State Street Global Advisors in Hong Kong, outlines the steps being taken by Asian governments to promote further growth

Mardig Haladjian

With more Islamic institutions looking for ratings, the general manager of the financial institutions group at Moody's in Cyprus explains how the agency rates these names versus conventional credits

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