Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
LATIN AMERICAN TRADE: A FIESTA WITHOUT A HANGOVER?
Regional Report | Latin America
Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru are handling the drop in commodities prices better than the rest of Latin America.
Author: Tiziana Barghini
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Banking
SANTANDERS CLOUD GAMBIT: WILL MORE BANKS FOLLOW THEIR LEAD?
Trends | Global Banking
On the surface at least, Spain’s Banco Santander and Cloud storage providers do not appear to have much in common.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
VENEZUELA: FREE-FLOATING CURRENCY UNLIKELY TO STAVE OFF DEFAULT
Milestones | Venezuela
Venezuela’s introduction of a marginal free-floating currency system that will freely trade the US dollar and the bolivar seems unlikely to enlarge the country’s foreign exchange reserves or stem its growing external debt.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Brazil: Correcting Its Fiscal Slippage
In a presentation in New York on February 18—his first official visit to the US since his appointment—Brazil’s Finance minister Joaquim Levy said that Brazilians are learning by doing.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
BATTLE ROYAL BETWEEN DUPONT AND ACTIVIST SHAREHOLDER TRIAN
Management | Shareholder Activism
A battle is heating up ahead of the DuPont’s annual shareholders meeting, planned for April.
Banking
SANTANDERS MASSIVE CAPITAL INCREASE: MORE EUROPEAN BANKS TO FOLLOW
Trends | Bank Capitalization
As Spaniards returned from the Los Reyes Magos (Epiphany) holiday, Spain’s Santander, Europe’s biggest bank, sold the equivalent of nearly 10% of its capital in one day, raising €7.5 billion ($8.7 billion) in cash and bringing required ratios in line with those of the banking industry.
Features
Sukuk: Sinking Oil Floats Islamic Bond Issues
Sukuk Outlook 2015
Hit by the double curse of falling oil prices and rising interest rates, global issuance of sukuk— shariah-compliant Islamic bonds—slowed sharply in the final quarter of 2014.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
BRAZILIAN ECONOMY: CAN LEVY HELP IT TURN A CORNER?
<strong>Brazil | Newsmakers</strong><br />
Joaquim Levy, Brazil’s newly appointed minister of Finance, will need to muster all his skills to navigate the rough waters of Brazilian domestic politics and restore the public budget surplus that made the country a darling of Wall Street investors.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FUTURE OF OIL: BUMP IN THE ROAD FOR US SHALE OIL?
A big question mark is pending on how long the US shale production will remain profitable with declining oil prices.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FUTURE OF OIL: THE CORPORATE IMPACT OF DECLINING OIL PRICES
<u><strong>Cover Story</strong></u><br />
The drastic drop in oil prices will clearly have an impact on both individual companies and on overall growth in some countries. But is the shift net positive or negative, cyclical or systemic? The ultimate outcome is yet to be seen.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ABRAAJ GROUP: INVESTING IN CITIES
<strong>Global Finance</strong> sat down with Tom Speechley, a partner in emerging markets private equity investment firm Abraaj Group and CEO of Abraaj North America, to discuss key markets for investment, future EM stars and the lure of cities as investment destinations.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING FIGHTER CHAIRS KEY VATICAN UNIT
<strong>Vatican | Newsmakers</strong><br />
René Brülhart, known as the “James Bond of the financial world” for his high-profile role in cases such as the return of assets from Saddam Hussein to post-war Iraq and the uncovering of the Siemens bribery scandal, has become chairman of the Vatican’s anti-money-laundering unit.<br />
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