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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SHADOWS OF THE PAST

COUNTRY REPORT: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES<br /> Despite a fast-growing economy and plans to boost growth via infrastructure investments, debts are mounting again at Dubai’s government-related entities. Is the day when Dubai World almost collapsed coming back to haunt investors?

Banking

TAX RELIEF DRIVES CROSS-BORDER DEALS

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014

In our 21st annual survey, Global Finance identifies the best banks in 150 countries and eight regions. The winners are not always the biggest banks, but rather, the best—those with the qualities that corporations should look for when choosing a bank.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EUROPEAN CORPORATE CREDIT QUALITY IS ON THE RISE

Corporate credit-rating upgrades in the first quarter of 2014 outnumbered downgrades in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the first time since 2008, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The rating agency says positive credit trends in the EMEA region are likely to continue through 2014, despite potential negative events in Russia and Ukraine.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EUROZONE EYES QUANTITATIVE EASING

Inflation in the eurozone slipped to 0.5% at an annual rate in March, its lowest level since 2009. The persistence of low inflation prompted policymakers to discuss quantitative easing (QE) and a negative deposit rate, putting some downward pressure on the euro.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

GLOBAL IPO PROCEEDS RISE, BUT WILL IT LAST?

Led by the Asia-Pacific region, global proceeds from initial public offerings totaled more than $34 billion in the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 77% from the same period a year earlier, according to Renaissance Capital

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SANCTIONS THREATEN RUSSIAN DEALS

Mergers and acquisitions involving Russian companies, including Morgan Stanley’s planned sale of its global oil-trading unit to Rosneft, are threatened by Western sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.

Banking

SAUDI INVESTMENT BANK NAMES FEMALE CEO

NCB Capital, a major Saudi Arabian investment bank, named Sarah Al-Suhaimi, an accomplished asset manager, as its new CEO. She is the first woman to head an investment bank in the kingdom. The Saudi government owns part of National Commercial Bank, which controls NCB Capital.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Author: Gordon Platt

SHADOWS OF THE PAST

TAX RELIEF DRIVES CROSS-BORDER DEALS

ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014

EUROPEAN CORPORATE CREDIT QUALITY IS ON THE RISE

EUROZONE EYES QUANTITATIVE EASING

GLOBAL IPO PROCEEDS RISE, BUT WILL IT LAST?

SANCTIONS THREATEN RUSSIAN DEALS

SAUDI INVESTMENT BANK NAMES FEMALE CEO

Corporate Debt: Verizons Refi Redux

Dubai: Builders Paradise, Redux

Foreign Exchange: Euro Rises

Global Equity: Biotech Drives Us Ipo Boom