Interesting story here by DanFonds on frontier markets; 'Ecobank's USD 2.5bn capital raising begins today.'

And here by Seth Berlin; 'Does Mimicking behavior lead to market crashes?'

Finaly, Avalon Capital Holdings Corporation has initiated alpha testing of its proprietary ECN system for the Forex market.

The system will be ideal, Avalon says, for traders seeking to execute large orders of a billion or more across many banks and hedge funds simultaneously.