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BTG Pactual Empresas Q&A: Leveling The Playing Field

Gabriel Motomura, partner and co-head of BTG Pactual Empresas, and Rogério Stallone, BTG Pactual corporate credit partner and co-head of BTG Empresas, discuss democratizing offerings.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Paramount Pursues WBD While Netflix, Comcast Circle

Warner Bros Discovery, the media conglomerate behind HBO, CNN, and the Warner Bros film studio, is exploring a sale—just three years after WarnerMedia and Discovery combined to form the unified giant.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

LG Electronics India’s IPO Tops Parent In Value

LG Electronics India Limited’s initial public offer sparked frenzied activity, quickly rising to a market capitalization of $13 billion—surpassing its parent, LG Electronics of South Korea, valued at $9.4 billion.

Modernize or Perish Incumbent Banks Must Prepare for the Future of Payments

Millennials expect on-demand banking as well as fast, seamless, contactless, and one-click effortless payment options. Regulatory institutions and payments industry leaders too are driving this change by putting in place measures to streamline payments standards and rein in risk. The ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Swiss-Based Coca-Cola Bottler Expands Footprint

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company plans to acquire a 75% controlling stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) for $2.6 billion from The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments. The transaction is expected to close in early 2026, pending regulatory approvals.

Transaction Banking

Citi: Bringing Blockchain to Tomorrow’s Treasury

Corporate treasurers are looking to do more with less, and in real-time.

Private Credit

What Is Private Credit And Who Uses It?

How has private credit grown in importance since the Great Financial Crisis? What is the current market size in the US and other regions?

Private Credit

How Private Credit Fills The Financing Gap For Corporates?

How does private credit meet various financing needs for companies that often can’t access the syndicated loan market?

Orbian | Innovating and expanding the supply chain finance market

Industry Innovation In 2018 Orbian opened up the supply chain finance industry to more suppliers with the introduction of its eCard, combining a virtual payment card with a supply chain finance program free of any minimum annual procurement volume. “A ...

Private Credit

Who Provides The Capital Behind The Private Credit Boom?

Which investors supply the majority of the capital for private credit?

Private Credit

Why Banks And Private Equity Firms Are Both Competing And Collaborating In Private Credit?

Why are banks both increasingly cooperating and competing with PE firms in providing private credit?

Private Credit

Why Regulators Are Watching Banks’ Growing Exposure To Private Credit?

What is the current state or regulation of the sector worldwide? Why are bank regulators worried about banks’ increasing involvement in private credit?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Developers On AI: Trust But Verify

Despite its broad adoption, AI raises questions amongst the coding community.

Strategic Partner in Tanzania’s Economic Transformation

Global Finance: The World Bank upgraded Tanzania’s economy in 2020 – what is driving the nation’s economic growth? CRDB Bank: Tanzania is among Africa’s fastest-growing economies, with nearly 7% GDP growth in the last decade, driven by agriculture ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Google’s $15 Billion Bet On India’s AI Future

When Google announced its $15 billion investment in India on October 14—the company’s largest commitment to the subcontinent to date—it pointed to more than just a corporate expansion.