Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Concrete Steps Toward A CMU
Capital Markets | Remedial Measures
The European Commission cites four concrete steps for kick-starting the Capital Market Union
Author: Tiziana Barghini
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Is Fiat A Failed Wooer This Time Around?
Italy: Sergio Marchionne, the 63-year-old CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), is celebrated as the mastermind of one of the few successful mergers in the industry’s history, the marriage of Fiat and Chrysler.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
More Unified Patent Regime For Europe On The Cards
Market Trends | Intellectual Property
A European patent regime with unitary effect and a Unitary Patent Court is set to come into force as early as 2017, making it simpler and cheaper for international corporations to defend their intellectual property rights.
Banking
Staying Safe With The Award Winners
Global Finance interviews senior executives from some of the banks featured in this year’s World’s Safest Banks rankings.
Banking
Turning On The Liquidity Tap For SMEs In Europe
Capital Markets | Business Funding
In 1957, when the Treaty of Rome was signed and the European Economic Community was established, it was the first milestone in the long path toward free circulation of goods, capital, services and people among European countries.
Features
Outstanding OTC Derivatives Volumes
According to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), a derivative is a risk transfer agreement, the value of which is derived from the value of an underlying asset. More simply, a derivative is a contract between two parties where one party agrees to take on the risk of losses associated with a particular asset—such as a physical commodity or an agreed amount of currency.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Brazil and Beyond
Neil Shearing, chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, visited Global Finance on September 10, just as Standard & Poor’s cut Brazil’s public debt to junk level. We asked him about the outlook for that country and other emerging markets.
Banking
Continental Divide In Latin America
Regional Report | Latin America
The large economies on the east coast of Latin America—Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina—are slumping badly. Things are far different out west.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Cuba and the US: Back In Business?
Regional Report | As relations between Cuba and the United States get friendlier, the economic outlook of the island is also improving.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Low Oil Prices Likely To Spark Industry Consolidation
Commodities | Oil prices have only slightly recovered from a new record low set at the end of August. But they are still 60% below their peak of 2014, which is putting pressure on US oil companies, with many pundits predicting a rapid overhaul of the industry.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Trump And Fiorina: Mixing Business With Politics
Newsmakers | US
In the United States, a real estate developer turned politician is stealing the thunder of many more-seasoned statesmen.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Brazil Ratings Downgrade Keeps Coming
Major rating agencies are chasing each other in downgrading Brazil, as the country struggles with recession, a spiraling devaluation of the real and a damaging political crisis.