Public Finance Agencies & Treasuries

Qatar's bourse has done all it needs to secure an upgrade to emerging market status from index compiler MSCI and the onus is now on individual companies to address the main foreign ownership...

Muscat projects the port of Sohar, 220 km north of Muscat, as the first anchor for a journey to make Oman a key maritime centre between three continents. Industries built there feature a...

The US Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 2 unanimously approved a new regimen of anti-Iran sanctions which will for the first time threaten to punish the global financial telecommunications network - nearly all...

Byline: Trip Jennings A bill that supporters say would force some out-of-state corporations to pay more in state taxes cleared an important Senate committee for the first time in eight years Wednesday night....

Following the adoption of a regulation by the Central Bank Board, the HSBC bank is the first authorized to offer currency derivatives, reports Nacion.com (Jan. 9, 2012). Currency derivatives ensure the value of...

The Treasury Ministry on Jan. 12 announced a $45 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to improve public transport of passengers and general traffic in the metropolitan area of San Salvador.The loan...

Nicaragua received $900 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2011, reports Agencia EFE (Dec. 19, 2011). The projected figure is 80% more than 2010. Javier Chamorro, Exec. Dir. of the State Agency...

The Finance Ministry of Guatemala on Dec. 15 said two important agreements on financial cooperation in support of the Justice and Environmental sectors for $52 million were signed between the Inter-American Development Bank...

Construction on several projects, including a private jet terminal, a mega-yacht marina and a resort, is to begin and continue in 2012, said Prime Minister & Minister of Finance, Dr Denzil Douglas, reports...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recently, there has been substantial growth in mutual funds utilizing managed-futures-based strategies. The number of distinct managed futures mutual funds doubled to 24 in 2011, according to Morningstar Inc. The funds...

2011 was the year of people power; whether it was the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, recall elections or MF Global customers fighting against the big banks, people demanded to be heard and...

HEADNOTE On November 15, 2011, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held a conference to explore what has been driving the large and rapid increases in Midwest farmland values. Academics, industry representatives, and...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

HEADNOTE The seventh annual Community Bankers Symposium, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held...

Byline: Samuel S. Spencer Jr. As a community banker in New Mexico for more than three decades, I am compelled to respond to recent news articles and opinion pieces that overstate the level...

Byline: Trip Jennings Gov. Susana Martinez on Monday withdrew four State Fair Commission appointees from consideration by a legislative committee that is also looking into a controversial 25-year lease recently awarded at the...

By IsraelNationalNews.com Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz and Minister of Science and Technology Prof. Daniel Hershkovitz have agreed on a huge rise in Israel's investment in space technologies. The Jewish state will invest...

2 hours ago NETHERLANDS - Two former directors at PREIM - the erstwhile property manager of the EUR14bn Dutch pension fund for Philips - have been found guilty of fraud....

In his third State of the Union address to the US Congress, President Barack Obama on Jan. 24 said he was "determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon", stressing: "I will...