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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Target: New Chief Begins Next Year

Starting as a summer intern while still in business school and rising through the ranks to COO, Michael Fiddelke has spent over two decades working for the US big-box retailer Target.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Uganda: Gold Mine Goes To China

Yoweri Museveni likes to profile himself as Africa’s biggest proponent of value addition.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

IKEA: First Non-Swedish Executive Named To Lead Retailer

Ingka Group, the holding company that operates most IKEA stores globally, has appointed as its next chief executive, Juvencio Maeztu, the first non-Swede to lead the group.

Leading by example – and innovation – in sustainable finance

“Sustainability is in our DNA,” says Hacina Py, who was recently appointed as Societe Generale’s Chief Sustainability Officer. They have been committed as a Group for a long time as they were one of the first banks to join the ...

Banking

Emerging Market Private Credit Steps Up

Expanding economies and bank regulatory hurdles prompt emerging-market companies to tap the private credit market.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

ASEAN: Seeking Capital and Scale

ASEAN looks to international cooperation as China and the Gulf states join its summit for the first time.

Transaction Banking

Treasury’s Strategic Weapon

Trade, tariff, and interest rate uncertainties are making effective cash management critical, rendering treasury’s role more vital than ever.

Transaction Banking

Treasury’s Strategic Role In M&A: From Deal Support To Strategic Integration

Treasury is assuming a larger role in making M&A deals successful, demanding a more proactive and strategically integrated organization.

Transformation for a New Market Reality

Disruptive forces are increasingly defining Russia’s banking landscape. Amid the rapid pace of digitalisation, business models – and customer expectations – are changing. Corporate initiatives to create their own ecosystems have focused on identifying synergies and new niches, developing products ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Eli Lilly Issues Rare 40-Year Bond

Eli Lilly is making waves in the corporate debt market with a $6.75 billion multi-tranche bond sale that includes a rare 40-year note: an unusual move for a pharmaceutical company. Most corporate bonds mature in five to 30 years.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Evergrande Delisted From Hong Kong Bourse

On Aug. 25, China Evergrande Group was delisted from Hong Kong’s stock exchange.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Bullish Surges As Crypto IPO Window Opens

Peter Thiel is doubling down on crypto in public markets.

News

Keurig’s Coffee Union Foams, But A Split Is Already Brewing

One wedding, one divorce. That’s how American group Keurig Dr. Pepper pitched to Wall Street its €15.7 billion (about $18 billion) takeover of Dutch coffee giant JDE Peet’s.

FinTech Growth in MENA Spurred by Qatar, the New Home for FinTech in the Region

Prime markets for FinTech in the Middle East Considered an unsaturated market, the Middle East has become in recent years an attractive destination for FinTechs due to its large unbanked or underbanked young population, high cash usage, and recent regulatory ...

Technology

Deepfakes Put Corporate Finance At Risk

Multifactor verification and other precautions are becoming essential as AI enables more sophisticated scams.