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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CROSS-BORDER M&A DOUBLES AS COMPANIES ENTER NEW MARKETS

Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions Global cross-border mergers and acquisitions totaled $1.1trillion during the first nine months of 2014, more than double the level of the same period a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

CYPRUS BEGINS LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY

COUNTRY REPORT | CYPRUS Amid continuing harsh austerity measures, things are—very slowly—starting to recover, alongside restructuring that will change the focus of the economy. GDP in 2014 should contract by 3.5% before flattening out next year, with 0.2% growth forecast.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FOCUS ON M&A DUE DILIGENCE

Management | Compliance Risk Corporations are stepping up their efforts to mitigate execution risk in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as growing numbers of regulators worldwide are becoming more stringent about enforcing antitrust and anticorruption laws.

Banking

FOREIGN BANKS SECURE FOOTHOLD IN MYANMAR

Milestones | Myanmar After five decades of economic isolation, on October 1, Myanmar took its first big step into the global financial system, granting nine foreign lenders preliminary approval to operate in the country.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

GLUT OF EUROS COULD KEEP SINGLE CURRENCY WEAK

Trends | Foreign Exchange The global imbalance created by Europe’s huge current-account surplus and excess savings has created a glut of euros that could condemn the single currency to broad-based weakening.

Banking

HILL TO PUSH SECURITIZATION AS FINANCIAL STABILITY HEAD

Newsmakers | United Kingdom After a bumpy ride, the UK’s candidate, lord Jonathan Hill, has been confirmed by the European Parliament as commissioner for financial stability, capital markets and financial services.

Banking

INDIA: MILLIONS ACCESS BASIC FINANCIAL SERVICES

Milestones | India In partnership with more than 50 state-run, cooperative and private banks, India’s National Democratic Alliance government has launched the world’s largest financial inclusion project to bring 75 million households into the banking fold by the end of January 2015.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

News & Features Archive

CROSS-BORDER M&A DOUBLES AS COMPANIES ENTER NEW MARKETS

CYPRUS BEGINS LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY

FOCUS ON M&A DUE DILIGENCE

FOREIGN BANKS SECURE FOOTHOLD IN MYANMAR

GLUT OF EUROS COULD KEEP SINGLE CURRENCY WEAK

HILL TO PUSH SECURITIZATION AS FINANCIAL STABILITY HEAD

INDIA: MILLIONS ACCESS BASIC FINANCIAL SERVICES

INTERVIEW: IS THE ASIAN GROWTH MIRACLE OVER?

INTERVIEWS WITH THE AWARD WINNERS

IS WHITMAN DRIVEN SOLELY BY PRAGMATISM IN HP SPLIT?

LEVANT: LONG-TERM PROSPECTS OUTWEIGH INSTABILITIES

M&A INTERVIEW: TIM GEE, BAKER & MCKENZIE