Natsuko Waki

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Position: Correspondent

Since joining Reuters as a graduate trainee in 2000, Natsuko has reported on issues surrounding global financial markets, monetary policy and central banking from Tokyo, Singapore, London, Paris, Madrid, Davos, Moscow and Istanbul. She won the Reuters best scoop of the year in 2007 for a story on China's foreign exchange reserves policy and was also given State Street's best journalist of the year award in the same year. Currently based in London, she covers global investment issues on the Investment Strategy Desk.

Articles

GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares tumble, yen surges on Dubai fears November 27, 09:11am GMT

* Dubai fears fuel risk aversion, shares tumble around world Full Article

REFILE-Nakheel bond prices tumble to record lows of 40

Dubai CDS up 30 bps to 470 bps; some quote over 500 bps

Bahrain CDS up almost 40 bps to 231.5 on Dubai-CMA

Nakheel bond prices fall further to 9-mth low of 72

Nakheel bond prices tumble after restructuring news

Blog Posts

Big ambition for Equatorial Guinea

This week has seen a rush of key policymakers and business executives from Africa flocking to London. Apart from Sierra Leone, oil and gas executives have been discussing the outlook for Equatorial Guinea, a small central African state rich in oil. Full Article

Chile, Singapore among most transparent SWFs

Chile, UAE, Singapore, Azerbaijan, Ireland and Norway claim top rankings on the latest transparency index, published by SWF Institute. At the bottom of the ranking is Venezuela, Oman, Nigeria, Mauritania, Kiribati, Iran, Brunei and Algeria. Full Article | Comments [1]

Being socially responsible investor in the Gulf

Socially responsible investing, which takes into account social, environmental and governance risks, is arguably still in its infancy in the Gulf, where the enormous wealth created by hydrocarbons sometimes flows into extravagant projects like an indoor ski resort. Full Article