beyondbrics

This week on beyondbrics:

Dissecting EM oil needs as the price of crude hits records; foreign investors flock towards South Korean bonds; EM’s unexcited by Greek bail-out; should China be investing more, not less?; the Egyptian stock market paradox; Dubai’s financial centre thriving amid Arab Spring; as is London’s new-build residential property market; no limit to Apple knock-offs in China; and fancy a flutter on the next World Bank president?

Meanwhile, Jeremy Lin and Michael Jordan face trademark worries in China; oil and gas multinational bets big in Mozambique; does organising a grand carnival prepare Brazil for the 2014 World Cup?; and a former deputy governor of Poland’s central bank reckons there’s money to made from the eurozone’s woes.

Among our guest posts this week, Victor Shih of Northwestern University asks whether it really has been return to business as usual for Chinese FX and Kevin Gallagher of Boston University debunks some myths around Chinese loans in LatAm.