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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China’s Consumers Could Boost GDP Growth Rate

Capital Markets | Economic Transition As China makes the transition to a consumer-led economy, it has the potential to generate an incremental $15 trillion in consumer spending over the next decade, according to a report by think tank The Demand Institute.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Global Enforcement Wave Hits Private Firms Hardest

Trends | Bribery & Corruption Anti-bribery and corruption enforcement efforts are picking up worldwide, with private firms more likely to be targeted, while large, state-owned enterprises are getting off easier, according to a report by Moody’s Investors Service.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Moving From CFO To CEO Hard Work, Study Finds

Management | Leadership Challenge Nearly two out of three chief financial officers worldwide aspire to become chief executives of their company, but relatively few succeed in occupying the corner office.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Saudi Arabia Taps Bond Market As Low Oil Prices Create Deficit

Capital Markets | Fixed Income Saudi Arabia has issued its first sovereign bonds since 2007 to help fund a widening budget deficit caused by continued spending amid low oil prices.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

The Renminbi Inches Toward Reserve Currency Status

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange The executive board of the International Monetary Fund recently held an informal meeting to discuss a staff report that found some deficiencies in the renminbi as a potential reserve currency.

Award Winners

World’s Best Asset Managers For Corporates 2015

Flush with cash, treasurers are turning to outside firms to oversee some of the money.

Award Winners

Best Global Corporate And Consumer Banks 2015

Global Finance Honors a Japanese powerhouse and a Spanish superstar as Top Of Class for 2015.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Companies Lock In Low Rates For 100 Year Bonds And Longer

Capital Markets | Debt Jaws dropped in June, when scandal-plagued Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company, announced plans to come to market with a 100-year bond. Who in their right mind would lend $2.5 billion for a century to an emerging markets company that in April wrote off $17 billion in overvalued assets and billions more in bribes?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Currency Swings Squash Quarterly Earnings

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange The surging dollar, falling euro and plunging emerging-markets currencies had a record $32 billion negative impact on the earnings of companies in North America and Europe in the first quarter, according to Scottsdale, Arizonabased FiREapps, which helps corporations measure and manage foreign exchange exposure.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Author: Gordon Platt

China’s Consumers Could Boost GDP Growth Rate

Global Enforcement Wave Hits Private Firms Hardest

Moving From CFO To CEO Hard Work, Study Finds

Saudi Arabia Taps Bond Market As Low Oil Prices Create Deficit

The Renminbi Inches Toward Reserve Currency Status

World’s Best Asset Managers For Corporates 2015

Best Global Corporate And Consumer Banks 2015

Companies Lock In Low Rates For 100 Year Bonds And Longer

Currency Swings Squash Quarterly Earnings

First Digital Corporate Bond Uses Blockchain Technology

Forging New Economies

GCC Regional Report 2015