Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
African Infrastructure Projects Spur FDI Investment
As Africa improves transport and telecommunications links, it’s creating countless opportunities for foreign direct investment.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Best-Performing African Public Companies 2015
African Gems | Alexandria Container and Cargo tops Global Finance’s first annual ranking of the 25 Best-Performing Companies in Africa.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China Draws Down Reserves To Keep Renminbi Afloat
FX Reserves | China’s foreign exchange reserves plunged by nearly $94 billion in August, the most ever in a single month, as the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) struggled to support the renminbi after devaluing the currency by 1.9%.
Banking
Chinese Companies Come Up Empty In Bid For Portuguese Bank
Mergers & Acquisitions | Slowing growth and severe stock market falls have raised fears that China is nearing some sort of crossroads. Some economists believe that, owing to tight central controls, Chinese corporations won’t hit their expected growth targets.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Companies Prefer Performance-Based Compensation
Executive Pay | Since the global financial crisis of 2008, corporate boards have been under pressure to tie executive pay to performance.
Banking
Diversifying Africa To Stay Afloat
African nations can no longer get by on mineral wealth and commodities alone—and they know it.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Turmoil: Tempest In A Teapot?
Capital Outflows | The meltdown in China’s stock market this summer and steep falls in many emerging markets currencies led some investors to wonder if another 1997 Asian crisis was brewing.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Eurozone Corporate Bond Market Revives Following Summer Break
Fixed Income | With this summer’s Greek debt crisis having abated somewhat and the European Central Bank (ECB) considering expanding its easy-money policies, US companies are rushing to the eurozone to issue debt at record-low interest rates.
Banking
Full Faith & Credit? Sukuk Market Stumbles
Islamic Finance | Bank Negara’s decision to halt issuing shariah-compliant bonds has left a big hole in the Islamic debt market. Filling the void will take time.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Hope Floats In Jamaica
After years of stagnation, Jamaica’s economy appears to be headed up. Debt reduction is a good start.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Instant Cash In Cross-Border Payments
Real-time payment remains the holy grail of global transaction processing. And like the grail, it remains elusive.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Is EMV In The Cards For The United States?
Card Processing | The United States is slowly catching up to the rest of the world in transaction processing, shifting from mag-stripe to more secure EMV payment cards.