As emerging economies expand, governments and companies alike are looking to domestic and international capital markets to finance growth. This buoyant market segment presents skilled fixed income managers with plentiful opportunities to identify and benefit from improving companies and countries.

The positive structural and fundamental features of emerging market economies, especially relative to many debt-ridden, low-yielding developed markets, is drawing an increasing number of investors to emerging markets debt. This white paper discusses the benefits of taking a blended approach to

Over the last decade investors globally have become more and more comfortable with the structural improvement in Emerging Markets, which now have a stronger growth outlook and often much better public balance sheets. Equity markets and external bond markets have historically been the investment

Ask any professional football manager which national team will win Euro 2012 and he is unlikely to give you a definite answer. He would no doubt comment that while every country has one or two world class individuals, any national team is constrained by the overall quality of those eligible to play.

More than $550bn of European leveraged buy-out loans are due to mature between now and 2016. This report from Linklaters' banking team provides in-depth analysis on measuring the wall of debt; how refinancing faces harsh headwinds; and the options and opportunities presented to businesses.

In the current economic climate, it is important that lenders understand how they can enforce security and debt claims. This thorough guide from Eversheds provides an overview of the steps that need to be taken to enforce both secured and unsecured claims in a range of key European jurisdictions.

The monthly newsletter from Collas Crill collates the latest stories from the Channel Islands' funds sector. Amongst the featured items this month are proposed legislation in relation to Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, the success of Channel Islands Shariah funds and Social Investment Funds.

On 9 July 2011, the Republic of South Sudan became the world’s newest nation. In this briefing, A&O looks at the legal consequences; specifically, what will be the status of Sudan’s national debt and existing contracts entered into with the Republic of Sudan in respect of the resources of the South?

A new law in Spain aims to support mortgagors and control public spending as well as creating new financing mechanisms at central government level to enable local authorities to cancel the debts they owe to companies and independent contractors.

In a retail market dominated by foreign currency loans, Hungarian customers were hit especially hard by the financial crisis.