Ronald Fink, Author at Global Finance Magazine

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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Breaking China’s Grip On Rare-Earth Elements

Can the rest of the world challenge Beijing’s dominance of high-performance magnets, used in everything from consumer electronics to weapon systems, by developing new mining, processing, and synthetic projects?

Private Credit

Private Credit: 5 Key FAQs

Private credit has grown into a major force in corporate finance, serving as an alternative to traditional banks.

Private Credit

The Next Wave Of Private Credit

The collapse of First Brands demonstrates some of the challenges of private credit, while its use continues to expand.

How Europe’s Stablecoins Could Redefine Digital Money

Once viewed as peripheral to traditional banking, stablecoins are now entering the mainstream of European financial strategy, as regulation matures and institutions explore new ways to modernise payments without sacrificing trust or stability.

Private Credit

What Is Private Credit And Who Uses It?

How has private credit grown in importance since the Great Financial Crisis? What is the current market size in the US and other regions?

Private Credit

How Private Credit Fills The Financing Gap For Corporates?

How does private credit meet various financing needs for companies that often can’t access the syndicated loan market?

Private Credit

Who Provides The Capital Behind The Private Credit Boom?

Which investors supply the majority of the capital for private credit?

Private Credit

Why Banks And Private Equity Firms Are Both Competing And Collaborating In Private Credit?

Why are banks both increasingly cooperating and competing with PE firms in providing private credit?

Transaction Banking in Transition: Societe Generale’s Blueprint For Integrated Global Solutions

As global trade undergoes one of its biggest transformations in decades, transaction banking has become a strategic priority rather than a back-office function.

Private Credit

Why Regulators Are Watching Banks’ Growing Exposure To Private Credit?

What is the current state or regulation of the sector worldwide? Why are bank regulators worried about banks’ increasing involvement in private credit?

Banking

Banks And Private Credit: Familiar Bedfellows

Banks are joining private equity funds in issuing private credit to corporate borrowers—despite regulators’ concerns about unseen risks.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Intel CEO Sells Stake to US

Talk about a reversal of fortunes. Barely two weeks after US President Donald Trump called for the resignation of Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan on account of his alleged conflicts of interest, Tan sold a 10% stake in the chipmaker to the US government.