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M&A: European Defense Merger Called Off

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt A proposed $45 billion merger of European aerospace group EADS with UK defense operator BAE Systems fell apart last month just ahead of a regulatory deadline to close the deal. ...

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Milestone: Companies Are Cash-Rich, But M&A Is Not In The Cards

MILESTONES: GLOBAL Laurence Neville The global M&A market is moribund: Activity is just a third of the level of five years ago. Skipper, Hogan Lovells: Economic uncertainty is the key barrier to investment Yet, companies are awash with ...

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Milestone: Rial Collapse Could Spell The End Of Irans Government

MILESTONES: IRAN By Michael Shari The collapse of Iran’s currency, the rial, has cut so deeply into the credibility of Iran’s government that it’s inching closer to regime change than it has been since a popular uprising deposed ...

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Milestone: Slovenia: Next In Line For A Bailout?

MILESTONES: SLOVENIA By Valentina Pasquali With all eyes on the much larger Spain and Italy, Slovenia might actually turn out to be the next eurozone country in line for a bailout. Bets are on as to whether ...

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Risk Management: Business Continuity

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED By Paula Green Recent natural disasters in Japan and Thailand highlight the need for companies to insure against business interruption. Photo Credits: RUCHOS / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM About the only sure thing risk managers and their insurers ...

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Treasury And Trade: Cash Forecasting

HIGH TECH MEETS THE LAW OF INERTIA By Paula Green Treasurers wanting to move to high-end forecasting solutions still face an uphill challenge. Even when a treasurer wants to move to a high-end system for forecasting cash, ...

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Treasury And Trade: Convergence

THE STARS ALIGN By Rebecca Brace As treasurers seek to optimize liquidity and working capital, cash and trade solutions are increasingly in sync. Treasury and trade used to be two separate disciplines. But in recent years there ...

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Treasury And Trade: Winners’ Circle Trade Finance

DOMINANT REGIONAL PLAYERS By Kathryn Tully Since 2002, Global Finance has honored the best trade finance banks by region and by country based on a number of criteria, including technological innovation, transaction volumes, global coverage, customer service and ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: European Defense Merger Called Off

Milestone: Companies Are Cash-Rich, But M&A Is Not In The Cards

Milestone: Rial Collapse Could Spell The End Of Irans Government

Milestone: Slovenia: Next In Line For A Bailout?

Risk Management: Business Continuity

Treasury And Trade: Cash Forecasting

Treasury And Trade: Convergence

Treasury And Trade: Winners’ Circle Trade Finance

SIBOS 2012 – BPOs Embraced By BP Chemicals

SIBOS 2012 – Is Trade Becoming An Asset Class?

SIBOS 2012 – Regulatory Arbitrage Ultimately Costs Corporates

SIBOS 2012 – SWIFT Alliance Lite2 Eases Corporate Access