Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
44 African Nations Sign On To Single African Market
The creation of an African free-trade area is the first step towards a pan-African single market of1.2 billion people.
Author: Gordon Platt
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Brexit Breakthrough Eases Business Uncertainty
Thanks to a new agreement, businesses can assume that the UK will be fully out of the EU by January 2021. The UK will remain in the single market and customs union until the end of 2020.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Hostile U.S. Targets Have A New Defender
The Trump administration's economic policy decisions are being shaped by national security concerns.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A | Deals Surpass $1 Trillion As Companies Spend Cash
M&A activity is heating up as companies take advantage of low-cost debt and large cash reserves.
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'.
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.
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Trade Finance: Delving Deep Into Data
Chris Laws, global head of product development, compliance and supply solutions for Dun & Bradstreet, explains how new technologies are providing ever deeper analysis to deliver reputational and financial risk mitigation
Country Report
Saudi Arabia’s Half-Court Press
The Saudi kingdom seems to be on a path of radical change, broadening options for women and opening to new sectors, but a ruling-family schism could derail the effort.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cash Repatriation | US Tech Giants Absorb Impact Of Tax Reforms
Apple says it will make a “direct contribution” to the US economy of $350 billion in the next five years, creating more than 20,000 new jobs. The iPhone maker did not say, however, how much of that spending would ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Foreign Exchange | Euro Batters Dollar
The dollar tumbled to a three-year, trade-weighted low in January, even as the 10-year US Treasury note yield rose above 2.6% for the first time since 2014. This drop confounded analysts, who forecasted a stronger dollar based on expectations ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
World’s Best Trade Finance Providers 2018
From Bigger Yields To Better Yields:<span style="font-size: 14px;">Lively competition from strong and agile smaller banks is driving big trade-finance providers to focus on profitability rather than market share.</span>
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Protestors Demand Change In Iran’s Economic Priorities
The situation came to a head late last year when the Iran government proposed an austere budget for 2018. Subsidies on basic goods and services for the poor were subject to proposed cuts, as fuel prices were set to rise by as much as 50%.