Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Private Equity’s Dry Powder
PE firms are attempting to navigate a barren M&A landscape, with trillions in capital ready to deploy. But where?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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Features
Softbank Continues Arm Wrestle
To help beef up Arm’s potential earnings ahead of anIPO, Softbank appears to be tinkering with Arm’s unique selling point.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFOs Wanted: Startups Lack Strong Financial Hands
Many startups were unableto access their funds during SVB's demise in part because they lacked CFOs.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China: IPOs Surge Under New Listing Rules
The new rules—which debuted in Shanghai and Shenzhen last month—are aimed at speeding up listings and boosting corporate fund-raising.
Banking
Credit Suisse Battles $160 Million Fraud Trial
This credit-crisis legacy issue sits among the raft of allegations of fraud and other misconduct surrounding Credit Suisse’s descent into cultural failure, which UBS management claims it will now be rooting out.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Nigerian Banks Adopt Holding Company Structures
Shifting to a holding company allows the parent company to coordinate and manage all the units.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Norway’s SWF Nixes All-Male Boards In Japan
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is pushing to increase gender diversity among Japan's corporate executives.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
New Cash Challenge
High interest rates are forcing CFOs to leave no stone unturned in the search for working capital.
Features
Venture Capital After SVB: Q&A With Kearney’s Ben T. Smith IV
Ben T. Smith IV, a longtime Silicon Valley executive and currently head of the Communications, Media and Technology practice atKearney,speaks toGlobal Financeabout the post-SVB venture capital industry and the pace of innovation.
Data
The World’s Biggest Bankruptcies 2023
The global pandemic pushed many shaky companies to the edge of bankruptcy, the energy crisis and steep rate hikes sealed their fate. But some of them will emerge stronger and more profitable as a result.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
African Bonds Oversubscribed
The African bond market is heating up again after years of sovereign defaults and Covid-related headwinds.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Aramco Breaks Profit Record
Aramco’s impressiveperformance underscores Saudi Arabia’s continued overwhelming reliance on oil and gas revenue to fund its carbon-neutral ambitions.