The world is seeing a new share‐out of the wealth of nations that benefits emerging markets. The shock waves that have hit the world's financial markets over the last decade are fostering this transition. This article looks at how the new power brokers are establishing new world financial...

Are the financial markets politically correct? In other words, do they have preferences when it comes to political regimes or partisans? This issue has often been explored with regard to foreign direct investment (FDI) or public development aid, but rarely in relation to portfolio flows in...

Bond financing has replaced bank loans and other sources of capital flows as a major source of funding for emerging markets. This shift has been particularly impressive in Latin America. Disentangling the dynamics of emerging bond markets and the information flow about them has attracted the...

Between November 2009 and December 2012, no fewer than 16 presidential elections will be held in the region. The series will begin with Chile in December of this year, and will end with elections in Mexico and Venezuela between August and December 2012. This column explores the changing dynamics...

We explore whether elections have an effect on portfolio flows only when they create political uncertainty. Such findings give policymakers some room of maneuver. Political uncertainty can be quickly resolved and portfolio flows return to previous levels within an average of eight months after...