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Vietnam's new war front

By Rodney Diola

The last ten years have been a rollercoaster ride for Vietnam in its quest to embrace the capitalist market. Its baptism by fire continues, with the government now engaged in a struggle to contain an inflation spiral that threatens to get out of hand and has precipitated a crisis of confidence in its once promising markets
Issuers

Days of cheap cash gone ... for now

By Chito Santiago

The loan syndication market used to be a borrowers' market where banks were willing to lend even at rock bottom pricing levels. In a reversal of role, as the cost of funding has shot up, borrower.....

Investors

In search of harmonization, Asia falls for SWIFT

By Mridula Sudharsan

SWIFT has grown into a secure, standardized messaging services and interface software provider to over 8,100 financial institutions in 208 countries. Greater cross-border trade and more financial .....

Treasury

Malaysia approves three new Islamic fund operations

By Chito Santiago

The Securities Commission (SC) of Malaysia in July approved the application of three leading financial institutions to establish Islamic fund management companies (IFMCs) in the country. The three.....

Investor Services

Regional banks zoom in on India

By Rodney Diola

It has been a wild ride for India so far this year. The country's formidable growth engine remains in place but there is considerable apprehension on how it will fare onwards given the spectre of .....

 Views from the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank
 Madrid, Spain. May 3 - 6 2008

Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Asian Development Bank, calls on Asian countries to raise productivity in agriculture in the medium to long term
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