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After the storm in Turkey
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The fallout from the controversial referendum in Turkey that granted new powers to President Re- cep Tayyip Erdogan continued this week.
Dozens of members of Turkey’s political opposi- tion were arrested in dawn raids on April 19 as a crackdown began on those questioning the legiti- macy of the referendum narrowly won by Erdogan
US banks led by Goldman Sachs gain in Russian capital markets revival
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Wall Street lenders, led by Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, are among investment banks in Moscow benefitting from a revival in the Russian capital markets, bne IntelliNews can reveal.
Fees from Russian dealmaking in equities, bonds, loans and mergers surged by 32% in the year to April 20 compared to the same period
and his supporters on April 16 to turn the country into an executive presidential system.
However, worries that the slim, disputed victory of 51.4% in favour, 48.6% against would turn into the kind of mass Gezi Park protests that saw mil-
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Wall Street lenders are among investment banks in Moscow benefitting from a revival in the Russian capital markets
a year ago, according to analysis by New York- based Freeman & Co with underlying data pro- vided by Thomson Reuters.
Kremlin-sponsored champion VTB Capital is again the market leader with a fee share of 18%, or
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