Publications

Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets: What should we be worried about?

China, Turkey and Brazil have seen the largest increases in non-financial corporate indebtedness. Robust bond issuan

Capital Markets Monitor: Monetary Uncertainty and Emerging Markets

Uncertainty about how and when the Fed will engineer an increase in the Fed funds rate has led to a notable rise in volatility in the U.S. rate m

Joint Associations' Response to the Proposed Revisions to the BCBS Standardized Approach for Capital Floors

The IIF, GFMA,' the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), and The Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC) provide comment to

Joint Associations' Response to the Proposed Revisions to the BCBS Standardized Approach for Credit Risk

The IIF, GFMA and IACPM responded to the proposed revisions to the credit risk standardized approach (SA) issued by the BCBS on December 2014.' In th

IIF Response on Financial Oversight Council's Notice: Asset Management Products and Activities

On March 25, 2015 the IIF submitted a response letter to the "Notice Seeking Comment on Asset Management Products and Activities" by the Financial Sta

South Africa: Walking a Fiscal Tightrope

The 2015 budget stepped away from the previous countercyclical fiscal approach and introduced measures to address the structural deficit and stabilize

Weekly Insight: Hesitant Fed, Hopeful Markets

Fed drops "patience" but projects less tightening UK budget-frontloading the pain IIF Spring Meeting in Doha-the quick read 1. Markets price

Latin America: The Year of Reckoning

The regional economy is set to contract marginally in 2015, reflecting more difficult external conditions, but most of all policy shortcomings in key

MENA: Lower Oil Prices Present Challenges and Opportunities

We expect average growth in the MENA region to pick up slightly from 2.8% in 2014 to 3.2% this year, driven by the recoveries in Egypt, Morocco, and I

Qatar: The Boom Goes On

As the top LNG exporter and the eighth largest exporter of petroleum related liquids in the world, the collapse in oil and gas prices will have a mate

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