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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Aramco IPO May Be For Saudi Nationals Only

<strong>Capital Markets | Equity Offering</strong><br /> A potential partial privatization of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company, Saudi Aramco, would require the company to remove its veil of secrecy.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China’s Economic Reforms Ignite Boom In M&A Deals

<strong>Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions</strong><br /> In an effort to boost the country’s sagging economic growth, China is consolidating key industries, hoping to make them more efficient ahead of eventual partial privatizations.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China’s New FX Regime

Foreign Exchange | Capital Markets The renminbi’s entry into the International Monetary Fund’s basket of currencies, the Special Drawing Rights (SDR), will require China to have a more flexible exchange rate.

Banking

Kuwait Shrugs Off Cheap Oil

Riding a wave of government spending, Kuwait’s financial institutions are thriving despite the drop in petroleum revenues—for now.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Markaz Sees The Silver Lining

Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) has been among the Arab region’s leading asset management and investment banking institutions since 1974. Speaking with Global Finance, CEO Manaf Alhajeri explains that economically challenging times have a bright side: a chance to find value for long-haul investors.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Markets Cheer Fed Rate Liftoff

Monetary Policy | Capital Markets Casting aside concerns about the strong dollar and weakness in economies abroad, the Federal Reserve achieved an historic interest rate liftoff in mid-December.

Banking

NBK-Kuwait Speeds Ahead

The country’s dominant bank sees future growth coming from the small-business market and from regional customers.

Banking

Signs Point To Peak M&A Following 2015 Surge

Capital Markets | Deal Activity This could be a record year for mergers and acquisitions, surpassing the 2007 peak in the US and globally. But optimism is waning regarding the outlook for 2016.

Banking

Bernanke Speaks Out In New Book

United States: Former US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke lashed out at what he described as a do-nothing Congress in his new memoir, Courage to Act.
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