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IIF Dispatch: Update from Turkey

During our recent visit, discussions centered on the likely outcome of the coalition government negotiations, and their implications for Turkey's near

India: Jump-Starting Financial Inclusion

Despite well-meaning initiatives in the past, India has lagged behind in financial inclusion. This time around, the combination of a determined new go

Weekly Insight: View From Frankfurt

Global Growth - A mixed bag Greece -' down to the wire yet again! Japan - Growth Strategy 3.0 TPP - Finding a way forward Enhancing the role of

Comments on 'Building a Capital Markets Union'

The European Commission's initiative to build capital markets union (CMU) is intended to lead to a decisive, long-term deepening and integration of Eu

Bahrain: Tough Fiscal Challenges

With the budget already strained due to rapid growth in government spending in recent years, lower oi

Capital Markets Union

The European Commission's proposed Capital Markets Union (CMU) is an ambitious and broadly welcome initiative. Building the role of financial markets

Weekly Insight: More Questions Than Answers

Lower Fed dots send dovish signal Oil Prices-bearish short term, but tighter market by Q4 Global bond portfolio allocation drop to its lowest level

June 2015 Capital Markets Monitor Chartbook

Fixed-income: While high-yield and EM corporate bonds have outperformed year to date, higher bond market volatility, lack of market liquidity and heig

Trends in Investment Fund Portfolio Allocation

In December 2014, we introduced a new series of allocation indices to track the relative weight of different asset classes and countries in the portfo

Colombia: Fiscal Games

We expect this strategy to have a limited impact due to executi

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