Author/Editor: Peter J Kunzel, Phil De Imus, Edward R Gemayel, Risto Herrala, Alexei P Kireyev, Farid Talishli.

Release Date:June, 2018

The Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) countries are at an important juncture in their economic transition. Following significant economic progress during the 2000s, recent external shocks have revealed more...

Author/Editor: Iva Petrova, Jukka Pihlman, Peter Kunzel, Yinqiu Lu.

Release Date:January, 2011

While SWF investment objectives to some extent reflect inherent characteristics, notable differences in strategic asset allocation (SAA) exist even amongst SWFs of similar types. Even so, this paper more...

Author/Editor: Peter Kunzel, Cornelia Hammer, Iva Petrova.

Release Date:November, 2008

While SWFs as a group share broad common institutional and operational practices, these practices also differ considerably reflecting the diversity of these institutions. These differences derive more...

Author/Editor: Amadou N Sy, Peter J Kunzel, Paul S Mills, Andreas Jobst.

Release Date:July, 2008

Recent years have witnessed a surge in the issuance of Islamic capital market securities (sukuk) by corporates and public sector entities amid growing demand for alternative investments. As the sukuk more...

Author/Editor: Christian Keller, Peter Kunzel, Marcos Souto.

Release Date:October, 2007

Improved macroeconomic conditions and changes to the asset-liability structure on Turkish balance sheets since the 2001 crisis have improved Turkey's overall sovereign risk profile. Nonetheless, the more...

Author/Editor: Peter Kunzel, Oleh Havrylyshyn.

Release Date:April, 1997

Recent and ongoing agreements to liberalize trade between the European Union (EU) and Arab countries raises the question as to how the latter will fare in a more competitive environment. This paper more...