Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
McKinsey Says Multiple, Smaller Deals Work Best
'Programmatic M&A'is the path that holds the most promise, according to the consultancy, as opposed to infrequent large deals which 'hurt value creation'.
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Oil-Rich Region Takes Up Green Finance
UAE and Jordan lead the Middle East's drive for post-hydrocarbon, environmentally sound projects.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SEC Kills Chinese Deal To Buy Chicago Exchange
Lack of transparency, including an inability to identify who would control the exchange, sink economically modest but politically heated transaction.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Taxing Questions
Will the latest US tax reform increase the attractiveness of the United States for foreign companies? Will companies line up to establish or increase operations in the US? And, if so, will this force other developed economies to follow suit ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Telecom, Tech Deals Fuel Merger Boom In India
Political stability, a fast-growing economy and a sustained program of economic reformsare among the reasons for the feverish pace of takeover activity in the south Asian republic.
Banking
Toward Standards In Islamic Finance
Banks' internal Shariah boards engender 'conflicting rulings,' so investors look to homogenize industry practices.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Venezuela Skirts US Sanctions By Issuing The Petro
To get around sanctions, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is issuing an oil-and-reserves-backedcryptocurrency. If it succeeds, the ICO should provide the government with access to $6 billion. But cryptos are dicey.
News
World Awaits Beijing’s New Central Banker
Beijing's top central banker is retiring. With no successor named yet, the rumor mill starts churning.
News
New German Finance Minister Might End Euro-Austerity
Olaf Scholz’s spending policies and his Social Democratic Party'scriticism of Angela Merkel's ‘forced austerity’could lead to higher spending, a reduction of Germany’s historical surplus and the risk of inflation.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Restructuring Pro Takes Over At Toshiba
Nobuaki Kurumatani, a former banker experienced in restructuring distressed companies,will be the first outsider to run the electronics giant in more than 50 years.
Data
Stormy Recovery Path for the Caribbean
Despite hurricane damage, average economic growth in the Caribbean is expected to top the Latin American average according to the IMF. However, Dominica's GDP is expected to decline and weak growth is likely in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands where pre-existing macroeconomic weaknesses were compounded by storm damage.
Banking
Humanistic Finance
At Global Finance’s annual private-bank awards dinner in Manhattan, talk revolved around how wealth can best serve people and create value worldwide.