Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EGYPT SEES FDI AS KEY TO GROWTH
FDI Update
After four years of challenges in the social, economic and political space, Egypt rolls out the welcome mat for foreign direct investors.
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EU TAX REFORM: VAT REGULATION HITS SMES
Milestones | European Union
Regulators had Web giants like Google and Apple in their sites when they framed a new value-added tax (VAT) regulation for businesses selling digital products into the European Union
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EXPERTISE AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE: TOM HRON, UNICREDIT
Q&A | Supply Chain Finance
Tomáš Hron, head of global transaction banking, UniCredit Bank, Czech Republic and Slovakia, on the limits of digitization in trade and the supply chain.
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INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE: BRIDGING THE GLOBAL GAP
Cover Story
As economic growth languishes and worries about the specter of deflation mount, much-needed infrastructure development and new sources of project financing could provide a panacea to global growth.
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KEEPING IT LOCAL: NADYA TALHOUNI, ARAB BANK
Q&A | Supply Chain Finance
Nadya Talhouni, senior vice president and head of trade finance and cash management at Arab Bank, says MENA banks are well placed to handle business needs previously covered by European banks.
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MEGADEALS GAIN MOMENTUM AS CONFIDENCE BUILDS IN US
Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquistions
Analysts expect 2015 to be a great year for mergers and acquisitions, with the US leading the way.
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MOZAMBIQUE COMING INTO ITS OWN
Country Report | Mozambique
Mozambique is the current star in Africa’s rising inward-investment constellation. For much of the last quarter of the 20th century, Mozambique was a war zone. Today the only war on its horizon is a bidders war, as investors salivate over the opportunities this Southern African country offers.
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NEW INVESTORS DRIVE PROJECT FINANCING
The largest fully nonrecourse project finance deal of 2014, in fact the largest ever, was the expansion of a liquefied nitrogen gas (LNG) facility near Freeport in Texas.
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NEW LIFE IN EQUITY DERIVATIVES
Market Report | Equity Derivatives
With volatility rising from historic lows on the equity derivatives market, investment banks are finding renewed interest from clients among nonfinancial corporations.
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NORTH AMERICA FACES CHALLENGES TO TRADE GROWTH
Market Analysis | Trade Finance
The outlook for trade finance in North America appears modestly positive. “Growth will be more in line with global GDP,” says Chris Lewis, executive vice president and group head, international trade services, Wells Fargo.
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OIL PRICE SLUMP PROMPTS NORWAY TO ACTION
Milestones | Norway
With prices less than half the level of a year ago, Norway has been hit hard by the slump in crude revenues.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
PARTIAL COMEBACK SEEN IN CORPORATE CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Management | Corporate Cash
The partial revival seen recently in capital investment by companies reflects the mixed performance of the global economy and the outlook for it.