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UPDATE 1-Saudi-backed GIB pulls bond sale on Dubai debt move
LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A dollar bond sale by Saudi-backed Gulf International Bank (GIB) was pulled after Dubai's move to delay repayment on billions of dollars of debt owed by its two flagship firms, sources said on Thursday. Full Article
Saudi-backed GIB pulls bond sale on Dubai debt move-sources
LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A dollar bond sale by Saudi-backed Gulf International Bank (GIB) was pulled after Dubai said it was seeking to delay repayment on billions of debt owed by its two flagship firms, sources said on Thursday. Full Article
FACTBOX: Capital controls on the rise around the world
LONDON (Reuters) - Authorities from Brasilia to Moscow to Jakarta are moving to curb what they say are 'hot money' speculative flows fuelling rapid currency appreciation and destabilizing their recovering economies. Full Article
FACTBOX-Capital controls on the rise around the world
LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Authorities from Brasilia to Moscow to Jakarta are moving to curb what they say are 'hot money' speculative flows fuelling rapid currency appreciation and destabilising their recovering economies. Full Article
UPDATE 1-Brazil to use capital flows for FX reserves-cenbanker
* G20 to discuss FX regimes, exit strategies (Adds details, background) Full Article
EMERGING MARKETS-Shares hit new year high, currencies off peaks
* Hungary's forint backs off after hitting nine-month highs Full Article
EMERGING MARKETS-Up on commodities; Turkey recovers
* Weaker dollar, stronger commodities spur emrg market gains Full Article
UPDATE 1-Money market fund exodus hits 94 pct of '08 inflow-EPFR
LONDON/NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - About 94 percent of the cash that sought safety from the global financial crisis last year has returned to equity and bond markets in 2009, according to data compiled by fund tracker EPFR. Full Article
Rexiter sees gains in Hungary, Polish local debt
LONDON (Reuters) - Hungarian and Polish local debt offers investors potential gains, a fixed income fund manager with emerging-markets specialist Rexiter said on Wednesday. Full Article
E.Europe bad debt underestimated -EBRD
LONDON (Reuters) - Eastern Europe's banks have underestimated the value of bad loans they hold in the aftermath of the financial crisis and their impact will be felt across the region next year, the chief economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction ... Full Article
