Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MEGADEALS GAIN MOMENTUM AS CONFIDENCE BUILDS IN US
Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquistions
Analysts expect 2015 to be a great year for mergers and acquisitions, with the US leading the way.
Author: Gordon Platt
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
PHILIPPINES IS BIG WINNER FROM FALLING OIL PRICES
Capital Markets | Sovereign Debt
The Philippines sold $2 billion of 25-year bonds in January, in a highly successful sale that attracted $13.5 billion in orders.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
RUSSIAN CORPORATE BONDS CAST SHADOW ON EMERGING MARKETS DEBT
Capital Markets | Corporate Debt
As Russian companies strive to cope with higher borrowing costs and a shortage of dollars and euros to repay foreign debt, emerging markets bonds are coming under increasing scrutiny by investors.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TAKEOVER TARGET TURNS TABLES IN WALGREEN ACQUISITION
Capital Markets | Pharmaceuticals M&A
Walgreen CEO Greg Wasson grabbed a tiger by the tail with his plan for the biggest US drugstore chain to acquire Alliance Boots, a European multinational drug dispensary.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
VOLATILITY RETURNS TO FX MARKET WITH A VENGEANCE ON SWISS MOVE
Trends | Foreign Exchange
Foreign exchange traders complained that lack of volatility in the market last year was drying up their business. These same traders are now feeling whiplash from the Swiss National Bank’s surprise move on January 15 to de-peg the “Swissie” from the euro.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MEXICAN COMPANIES GAIN ACCESS TO EUROCLEAR FOR PESO DEBT
<strong>Corporate Debt | Capital Markets</strong><br />
Euroclear will extend its cross-border settlement services at the end of January to Mexican corporate debt instruments known as cebures, or “bourse certificates.” This will enable Mexican companies to issue peso-denominated debt specifically targeted to international investors.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SOUTH AMERICA’S TOTAL TAX RATE SURPASSES THAT OF AFRICA
<strong>Corporate Tax | Trends</strong><br />
By replacing cascading sales taxes with a value-added tax (VAT), Africa has succeeded in lowering its total tax rate to 46.6% from a peak of 72.2% in 2005.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SOVEREIGN DEBT: AFRICAN BORROWERS ACTIVE AHEAD OF FED RATE MOVES
<strong>Sovereign Debt | Capital Markets</strong><br />
Governments in Africa issued a record amount of debt in international markets in 2014, taking advantage of strong investor demand and low borrowing costs ahead of the Federal Reserve’s expected rate increases this year.
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THE WORLD’S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2015
Regulatory uncertainty, technological change and traders behaving badly have collided in a perfect storm for banks’ foreign exchange operations
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
‘GOOGLE TAX’ ON MULTINATIONALS HEATS UP GLOBAL CORPORATE TAX DEBATE
<strong>UK Corporate Tax | Trends</strong><br />
Britain likely will succeed in taxing multinational companies at a 25% rate on their UK operations beginning in April, without violating international tax treaties, analysts say, but tensions are rising between countries on suspicions that MNCs are engaging in global tax evasion.
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BEST DERIVATIVES PROVIDERS 2014
The market in over-the-counter derivatives is shrinking, while exchange-listed futures and interest rate swaps traded on new swap execution facilities (SEFs) are setting records. New regulations and capital requirements are squeezing bank trading desks and forcing more derivatives trading onto exchanges and centralized clearing.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET FACES CULTURAL CHANGE IN WAKE OF FIXING SCANDAL
<strong>Foreign Exchange | Capital Markets</strong><br />
How to take the gaming instinct out of foreign exchange traders has become the order of the day, following last month’s imposition of $4.3 billion in fines on six global banks for manipulating currency benchmarks.