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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

IPOs Are Making A Comeback In Asia

The IPO market’s much-awaited comeback has finally arrived—just not where it was expected. Buoyed by signs of an uptick in...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has reached an agreement to buy German chemicals maker Covestro in what is...

News

CTBC Financial Holding’s bid to acquire smaller peer Shin Kong, which aimed to create Taiwan’s largest financial conglomerate and a...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

In a global first, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said last month that electric vehicles (EVs) now outnumber gas-powered models...

Data

Global Finance ranks the ten largest companies in the world by market capitalization.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

When Sheikh Hasina secured a fourth consecutive term as head of Bangladesh’s government this past January, her 15-year grip on...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

On July 4, after 14 years of Tory rule, Britons handed the Labour Party a landslide election victory. The new...

Data

Over the past two decades, most indicators of peacefulness have deteriorated, according to the 2024 Global Peace Index. Old and...

Banking

Goldman Sachs became the first Wall Street bank to comply with Saudi Arabia’s Regional Headquarters (RHQ) program and secure a...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

If polls are any indication, French President Emmanuel Macron is on track to be the biggest loser of the upcoming...

Economic Data

The Consumer Price Index only tells part of the story. Two years ago, inflation reached a 40-year high in the...

Economic Data

The world’s poorest countries suffer from civil wars, ethnic and sectarian strife. COVID-19, soaring inflation and the war in Ukraine made their...