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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DELOITTE: BIG 4 ACCOUNTING FIRM APPOINTS 1ST US FEMALE CEO

Newsmakers | United States A new crack appeared in the corporate glass ceiling in February, when Cathy Engelbert was appointed CEO of Deloitte US, becoming the first woman to lead one of the Big Four audit and consulting firms in the United States.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EDITOR’S LETTER: GOOD AND BAD DEFLATION

Dear Reader Deflation is one of the worst fears of central bankers and economists worldwide, but the risk it engenders isn’t always clearly defined.

Banking

EGYPT: AN INTERVIEW WITH CIB’S CHAIRMAN

Global Finance sat down with Egyptian bank CIB’s chairman and MD, Hisham Ezz Al-Arab, to discuss its strategy during the Arab Spring and how it plans to attract a younger clientele.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FDI: OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS PUT THE BRAKES ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Management | Foreign Direct Investment FDI volumes are declining globally, as some national governments take a stronger stance against foreign ownership of their companies and land.

Banking

FINTECH: BANKS NEED TO PLAY CATCH-UP

Special Report | Banking Systems & Technology Keeping up with corporates’ increasingly sophisticated demands for more streamlined and well-integrated solutions is proving challenging.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FIVE MINUTES WITHAXEL MERK, MERK INVESTMENTS

Capital Markets | Q&A Axel Merk is president and chief investment officer of Merk Investments, manager of the Merk Funds.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FOREIGN EXCHANGE: CURRENCY PEGS THREATENED AS POLICY GOALS DIVERGE

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange Currency pegs around the world are threatening to come unglued following the Swiss National Bank’s surprise move to drop the exchange rate floor of the euro versus the Swiss franc.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FRANCE: WINEMAKER PLANS IPO USING CROWDFUNDING

Capital Markets | Equity Capital Raising Burgundy vineyard Domaine Chanzy expects to be the first company to conduct an initial public offering using crowdfunding, which enables companies to raise money from members of the public, typically via the Internet.