This study unites two streams of research by simultaneously focusing on the impact of financial globalisation on financial development and pre- and post-crisis dynamics of the investigated relationship. The empirical evidence is based on 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011 and...

An informative primer on the new landscape of leading prime brokers Before the recent financial crisis, both regulators and market participants disregarded the complex and dangerous nature of the relationship between prime brokers (the banks) and their clients (the funds). In When Prime Brokers...

Frontier markets environment -- Frontier market economy -- Frontier market financial system -- Frontier capital markets -- Investment banking in frontier markets -- Investment banks -- Risk management -- Regulatory framework -- Raising capital in frontier markets -- Equity underwriting -- Debt...