Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Hong Kong: Capitalizing On Dim Sum Bonds
So-called “dim sum” bonds and loans—offshore debt denominated in mainland China’s currency—rose 65% year-over-year in 2023 to 550 billion yuan...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Reddit Goes Public
Social media platform Reddit is set to debut this month on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)—the first major initial...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tsunami Coming?
Nippon Steel’s United States Seal deal suggests the new wave of Japanese acquisitions is more than a blip. Japanese giant...
Technology
Changing The Tune On Tokenization
Businesses are finding value in putting real-world assets on blockchains. For years, tokenization—creating a digital representation of a tangible asset...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
VC Funds Drop, Hedge Funds Rise
Venture capital (VC) funding plummeted across the US and Europe in 2023. According to data analytics company GlobalData, the VC...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ExxonMobil Targeted By Agitators For Change
ExxonMobil Corporation has sued two climate activist investors to prevent them from presenting an “extreme” climate proposal at its annual...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Daimler Names CFO With Sustainability Focus
As a financial executive at Siemens, Eva Scherer has long had sustainability in her sights. As regional CFO, Middle East/Asia-Pacific,...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
New Woman Piloting Jetblue Faces Headwinds
In January, a federal judge halted Jet Blue’s $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines, citing the likelihood that the merger...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Felton Named Amazon Web Services CFO
As head of worldwide operations at Amazon, John Felton presided over a multiyear improvement in delivery speeds for the global...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO Corner: Paul Harrison Of Autostore
Last September, Paul Harrison took over as CFO of AutoStore, a cutting-edge technology company founded in Norway that develops order-fulfillment...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Changing Of The Guard In The Permian
As the shale industry matures, the biggest oil and gas producers, with their efficiencies and lower cost of capital, are...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Dealmakers Crave A Comeback
Few sectors saw steady M&A and IPO action last year. Some hopefuls are looking to change that in 2024. Takashi...