Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Treasurers On A Wild Ride
Foreign exchange volatility is a major headache for corporates, but with strategic planning it’s possible to enjoy the ride.
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World’s Best Investment Banks 2016
The best banks see falling stock prices as an opportunity to finance takeovers with debt and sell bank equity to please regulators.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Activist Investors Target Banks
<strong>Management | Shareholder Activism</strong><br />
Activist investors are knocking more loudly at banks’ doors. According to Thomson Reuters data, in 2015, activists launched 97 campaigns aimed at the US financial sector, 22 of them targeting banks.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Banks Look To Enhance Cross-Border Payments Transparency
<strong>Capital Markets | Cross-Border Payments</strong><br />
Forty-five international banks have teamed up with the financial messaging provider Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to launch an initiative aimed at making cross-border payments faster and more transparent.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China’s Biggest Foreign Buy Could Set Pattern For Future
<strong>Capital Marktes | M&A</strong><br />
State-owned China National Chemical’s record $43 billion bid for Swiss agrochemical company Syngenta will be closely examined by a US government panel and other national regulators.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Boards Strengthen Cyberexpertise
<strong>Management | Cybersecurity</strong><br />
Multinational corporations face rising IT challenges and cyberattacks. Retailer Target, office supply chain store Staples and global banking powerhouse JPMorgan Chase are just a few major companies that have recently been hacked—and that have sustained financial costs and damage to their reputations as a result.
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FED To Examine Negative Rates For Us
<strong>Capital Markets | Fixed Income</strong><br />
Now that Japan has joined Europe in adopting negative interest rates, could below-zero rates become a policy option for the Federal Reserve?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
French Pension Fund Looks To Expand Investment Universe
<strong>Trends | Institutional Investors</strong><br />
In today’s low-yield environment, institutional investors’ quest for higher investment returns has taken on new meaning.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
India Bets Big On Start-Up Companies
<strong>Trends | Startup Investment</strong><br />
India is on the cusp of a “start-up” revolution, with prime minister Narendra Modi unveiling a dedicated $1.5 billion seed fund and tax breaks to help develop technology and other microenterprises.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
New Bill May Be Last Hope For Debt-Ridden Puerto Rico
<strong>Capital Markets | Debt Restructuring</strong><br />
Americans used to like Puerto Rico, a United States territory in the Caribbean, not only for its white, sandy beaches but also because of its high-yield, tax-free bonds.
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Sell-Off No Quick Fix For Russia’s Budget Deficit
<strong>Capital Markets | Privatization</strong><br />
Russian president Vladimir Putin is pinning his hopes on privatization to help ease Russia’s 2016 budget deficit, which, according to some estimates, could reach $38 billion, or 6% of GDP.
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‘SIFI’ Label For Nonfinancial Firms In Jeopardy
<strong>Trends | Financial Regulation</strong><br />
American insurance giant MetLife has doubled down on its efforts to skirt the heavier regulatory burden that comes with being labeled a Systemically Important Financial Institution.