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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Goldman Sachs Embraces Online Consumer Lending

Ever since it became a bank holding company in 2008 to stay afloat in the financial crisis, the bank was urged by US Federal Reserve to rely more on ‘sticky’ consumer deposits to lower its risk profile.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A | DowDuPont Bows To Pressure From Activist Investors

The company haschanged plans to split into three separate companies following the merger between Dow Chemicals and DuPont.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A | Trump Blocks China Semiconductor Deal

The US administration cited national security concerns in following the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS), which could get new powers to increase scrutiny of deals by foreign buyers.

Banking

Annual Survey | Monetary Policy Strives For Normalcy

Global Finance grades the world’s central bank governors on how well they have performed in the past year.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Iraq Welcomed Back To Global Debt Market

With an enticing yield of 6.75%, Iraq attracted $6.6 billion in orders for its $1 billion issue of five-and-a-half-year bonds in early August, its first independent bond sale in more than a decade.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Central Banker Report Cards 2017

In our October issue, Global Financepresents its latest annual grading of the world's central bank governors. Here, we present the nine who received an "A" grade in 2017: thosefrom Australia, Honduras, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Paraguay, Russia, Taiwan and the United States.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Renminbis International Use Falls Following Intervention

The Chinese central bank’s heavy-handed intervention in the currency markets earlier this year has triggered a decline in trading of the renminbi and a reversal in the rise of the Rmb in international payments.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Saudi Arabia Issuses First Domestic Sukuk

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Finance raised 17 billion riyals ($4.5 billion) in its first domestic sukuk issuance in late July.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Euro’s Strength Threatens EU Economic Growth

European exporters are beginning to worry about the impact of a strong euro on their competitiveness in global markets.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

UAE Companies Rush To List Ahead Of Saudi Aramco IPO

The UAE has lined upnearlyhalf a dozen billion dollar IPOs, mainly from state-owned companies, before the record breakingSaudi Aramco listing in 2018 drains liquidity from the market

Data

GCC Mall Culture Meets The Future

With high per-capita incomes and strong mobile use, the GCC is poised for a surge in online shopping. Still, air-conditioned malls retain their allure.

Data

GCC Unity Cracks

The longer Qatar’sstandoff fromits Arab neighbors drags on, the worse the damage will be.