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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

HUNGARY | BANKS HOWL OVER DECISION IN BROKERAGE SCAM

Capital Markets | Fixed Income Hungary’s biggest financial scandal, which broke earlier this year, involved the alleged issuance of more than $500 million of phony bonds by Quaestor Financial Hrurira. The brokerage was one of three firms charged with fraud.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A | BOUTIQUES TRUMP LARGE INVESTMENT BANKS IN KRAFT-HEINZ DEAL

Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquistions Boutique investment banks are eating the lunch of Wall Street’s bulge-bracket firms.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A | IS BIG PHARMAS BIOTECH BINGE ILL-ADVISED?

Capital Markets | Merger & Acquisitions: Biotech The slew of M&A deals in the pharmaceutical industry could leave some firms with a bad hangover. Fitch Ratings warns that the race to find the next blockbuster drug could hurt overall credit rankings for the sector.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PRIVATE EQUITY FLYERS: DUBAI FAST-TRACKS PE FUNDS

Capital Markets | Private Equity TVM Capital Healthcare Partners in late March became the first company to register a private equity fund under simplified rules implemented by the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC).

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

WORLDS BEST BANKS 2015

Global Finance presents the winners of its 22nd annual awards for the World’s Best Banks.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CURRENCY TURMOIL COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED CRISES

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange The strong dollar has beaten down emerging markets currencies ahead of prospective Federal Reserve rate increases, but the fallout for developing economies will vary widely.

Banking

Who’s Who In The Middle East 2016

Global Finance’s first annual list of Who’s Who in The Middle East.

Banking

DEBT: LEARNING TO LIVE WITH NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES

Capital Markets | Fixed-Income Strategy Investors lined up recently to pay for the privilege of lending money to Finland.

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.

Banking

MIDDLE EAST INVESTMENT BANKERS FIND SILVER LININGS

Market Focus | Middle East Investment Banking Although investment bankers remain cautious about Middle Eastern prospects in the wake of falling oil prices, M&A activity and debt issuance remain bright spots.