LONDON: Egypt must reopen its stock exchange by next Thursday to avoid the risk of exclusion from MSCI's emerging markets index, but any change to the closely followed benchmark would not be immediate, an executive from the index provider said on (...)
LONDON: Unnerving as it is, the tide of political change sweeping the Arab world may also end up drawing in a fresh wave of foreign capital for the region
As entrenched monopolies and patronage give way in the Middle East and North Africa, (...)
LONDON: With no end in sight to political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, borrowers from the region will find it costlier to roll over maturing debt this year but are unlikely to default.
Hundreds of people have been killed in Bahrain (...)
LONDON: The cost of insuring Moroccan and Egyptian sovereign debt against default or restructuring for five years slipped 17 basis points from Friday's close, debt monitor Markit said on Monday.
Five-year credit default swaps (CDS) for Egypt were (...)
