Banking
CFTC CONSIDERS REGULATING BITCOIN DERIVATIVES
Trends | CryptoCurrencies<br />
There are potential benefits that bitcoin or bitcoin-like technology—as opposed to the cryptocurrency itself—could bring to the derivatives marketplace.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CROSS-BORDER M&A DOUBLES AS COMPANIES ENTER NEW MARKETS
Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions<br />
Global cross-border mergers and acquisitions totaled $1.1trillion during the first nine months of 2014, more than double the level of the same period a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FOCUS ON M&A DUE DILIGENCE
Management | Compliance Risk<br />
Corporations are stepping up their efforts to mitigate execution risk in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as growing numbers of regulators worldwide are becoming more stringent about enforcing antitrust and anticorruption laws.
Banking
FOREIGN BANKS SECURE FOOTHOLD IN MYANMAR
Milestones | Myanmar<br />
After five decades of economic isolation, on October 1, Myanmar took its first big step into the global financial system, granting nine foreign lenders preliminary approval to operate in the country.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
GLUT OF EUROS COULD KEEP SINGLE CURRENCY WEAK
Trends | Foreign Exchange<br />
The global imbalance created by Europe’s huge current-account surplus and excess savings has created a glut of euros that could condemn the single currency to broad-based weakening.
Banking
HILL TO PUSH SECURITIZATION AS FINANCIAL STABILITY HEAD
Newsmakers | United Kingdom<br />
After a bumpy ride, the UK’s candidate, lord Jonathan Hill, has been confirmed by the European Parliament as commissioner for financial stability, capital markets and financial services.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
INTERVIEW: IS THE ASIAN GROWTH MIRACLE OVER?
Global Salon<br />
Global Finance sat down with John Jullens, partner of consulting firm Strategy&, to discuss the sustainability of growth in Asian economies.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
IS WHITMAN DRIVEN SOLELY BY PRAGMATISM IN HP SPLIT?
Newsmakers | United States<br />
HP CEO Meg Whitman’s volte-face announcement to split the company in two has drawn a lot of speculation about, and criticism of, the motives behind the decision.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
LEVANT: LONG-TERM PROSPECTS OUTWEIGH INSTABILITIES
Regional Focus | The Levant<br />
Offshore energy reserves, a stable banking sector and infrastructure gaps all present opportunities for foreign investment in the Levant region.
Banking
M&A INTERVIEW: TIM GEE, BAKER & MCKENZIE
Capital Markets | Q&A<br />
Tim Gee is a partner in the London office and global head of mergers and acquisitions at Baker & McKenzie.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MYANMAR’S FIRST CROSS-BORDER, NONRECOURSE PROJECT FINANCING
Capital Markets | Myanmar<br />
The frontier market with a population of 60 million is seeking to rejoin the global economy following nearly 50 years of isolation under military rule.<br />
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
PLAYING BY THE RULES
FX Supplement 2014 | Introduction<br />
Many dyed-in-the-wool foreign exchange traders lament the regulatory changes sweeping the industry more than six years after the global financial crisis.