Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
More Rules, More Fines, More On Balance
Lenders have paid more than $300 billion in fines since the 2008 financial crisis; the growing regulations are slowly forcing stronger balance sheets.
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GM Sells Europe Ops Back to Europeans
GM sloughs off its European brands to focus on Asia and US markets, boosting PSA Group to second-largest automaker in Europe
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China Retailers Bet Big On Online Banking Service
Chinese Web giant Baidu has obtained regulatory approval to establish, in collaboration with China Citic Bank, a direct-banking firm named Baixin Bank that will operate online rather than through brick-and-mortar outlets.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Jack Ma Pledges US Jobs. Sort Of
Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma stood side by side with president-elect Donald Trumpon January 9 to tout Alibaba plans that would “create one million [US] jobs.” Turns out, the plans are to support exporters, which may or may not create jobs in the US.
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Kiwi Prime Minister Inherits Strong Economy
The new prime minister of New Zealand has his work cut out for him, despite a relatively strong economy.
Features
Western Private Banks Bail on Asias Wealth
"There are three principal ways to lose money: wine, women and engineers. While the first two are more pleasant, the third is by far the more certain", famously said baron Edmond James de Rothschild.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Developing Countries Ease Doing Business
According the World Bank Group’s Ease of Doing Business Index for 2017, a record-breaking 137 nations out of 190 have implemented key reforms to deregulate their economies.
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Samsung’s Heir Apparent Faces Heated Challenges
Samsung’s soon-to-be vice chairman and heir apparent, Lee Jae-yong,rises to face the challenge of leading the multinational tech giant ata difficult time.
Banking
Keeping The Wealth In The Wealthy
With great wealth comes a burden of keeping it. Last year, the net worth of 1,400 billionaires worldwide that are being tracked in a study declined for the first time in a decade—to $5.1 trillion. And while 210 people rose ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Monsanto Deal In Hand, Bayer Faces Regulators
In potentially the biggest foreign corporate takeover ever by a German company, Bayer seeks to buyMonsanto for 62 billion. Werner Bauman gets into agribusiness.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Regulatory Scrutiny Scotches M&A Deals
The year 2016 is set to break a record for withdrawn global M&A deals, with regulators scotching several high-profile mergers.
News
Eurozone Attracts Record Foreign Investment
<strong>Europe</strong> | Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Europe hit a record high in 2015 with 5,083 new cross-border projects, an increase of 14% from 2014, creating approximately 218,000 new jobs