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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Activist Investors Target Banks

Management | Shareholder Activism Activist investors are knocking more loudly at banks’ doors. According to Thomson Reuters data, in 2015, activists launched 97 campaigns aimed at the US financial sector, 22 of them targeting banks.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ASEAN Midwifes A Regional Trade Powerhouse

A new era kicked off on December 31, 2015, for the 10 countries that are part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: The alliance launched the Asean Economic Community (AEC), a trade bloc aimed at creating a unified, cross-border market where labor, services and capital can flow without restrictions.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Can The Renminbi Save Zimbabwe From Hyperinflation?

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange Locals as well as visitors to Zimbabwe will soon be able to walk into shops and pay for purchases in renminbi.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Burkina Faso’s New President Has An Edge

Burkina Faso There’s been big change in the small country of Burkina Faso. On November 29, the West African nation of 17 million held its first free elections in almost three decades.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Will Historic Elections Pull Myanmar Into Modernity?

History was made in Myanmar, the country formerly called Burma, on November 8, when the National League for Democracy (NLD), headed by Noble Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, won a near-total sweep in the first democratic election in 25 years.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

High Cost Of Failure For Shells Arctic Oil Quest

Big oil companies waited for years to see if anyone could successfully tap into Arctic oil reserves.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Irans Peace Dividend

“An economic windfall.” That’s how the World Bank’s chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa, Shantayanan Devarajan, characterized the boost to the Iranian economy from the lifting of sanctions in the wake of the nuclear deal struck with the permanent members of the UN Security Council.