After Moody’s downgraded Slovenia immediately before the new government’s first international bond issue a few weeks ago, causing government revolt and subsequent threats of a law suit against the rating agency, Fitch followed suit. As Budapest-based colleague from FT, Kester Eddy, writes for FT beyondbrics: The latest turn of the screw has come from credit […]
My quotes in new Financial Times piece on Slovenia: Cleaning up the bank sector, and quickly, is crucial to kick-starting the economy, says Luka Orešković, head of research at Provectus Capital, a Zagreb-based corporate advisory. “Slovenia is an industrial country with strong exporting companies that were driving growth. These companies have to start borrowing again, […]
My new op-ed for the Huffington Post on the underlying issues of the Slovenian economy. As with much of Europe, it’s a primarily political (leadership) crisis. Take a look: HuffPost Business – Unlucky Number 13, Slovenia Co-authored with Daniel Wagner, a colleague from Connecticut.
My new oped for the Financial Times: Last week, political change captured headlines globally. Pope Francis took over leadership of 1.2bn Catholics globally, matched by Xi Jinping, with his official ascendance to the presidency over 1.3bn in the People’s Republic of China. In between Beijing and the Vatican (if rather closer to the latter), and […]
My comment for FT’s Beyondbrics on Slovenia’s political leadership shuffle: Luka Oreskovic, an independent political risk advisor, says Slovenia is “at a tipping point,” and the new government must move quickly, and without any mistakes. “Either Alenka Bratusek takes things straightforward and does it right, from reforms to privatisation to the [necessary fiscal] cuts, or […]
A piece I wrote for LSE’s European Policy and Politics: Slovenia’s membership of the euro is only partly to blame for the country’s economic problems, however it could prove a decisive obstacle to carrying out necessary reforms. “Slovenia became the thirteenth member of the eurozone when it adopted the single currency in 2007. As Luka Oreskovic writes, the […]
A piece I wrote for the Financial Times (Emerging Markets Section – beyondbrics) on Slovenia’s laggard privatization program and how the upcoming presidential elections will affect it. Take a look: Guest post: Slovenia must stop dragging its feet on privatisation By Luka Oreskovic and Sašo Stanovnik On Sunday, Slovenians vote for a new head of […]
