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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Debt: Europe’s Debt Hits US High-Yield
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt US government bond yields hit record lows in September, yet investors passed up big yields on corporate HY. Even as yields on US government bonds fell to record lows ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity/DRs: Record Global IPO Pipeline
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The global pipeline of planned initial public offerings has grown to record proportions, with 332 companies waiting to issue IPOs valued at a total of $183 billion, according to Renaissance ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Dollar Bulls Continue To Rampage
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The dollar rose to an eight-month high against the euro in early October, as a further delay of Greek aid and concerns about the health of Europe’s banks gave the ...
Banking
Global Finance Salon
POLITICAL STALEMATE CRIPPLES BOTH US AND EUROPE By Vanessa Drucker In the first of a new ongoing series, Global Finance sits down with Jason Trennert, managing partner and chief investment strategist at Strategas Research Partners. Trennert, Strategas ...
Banking
Islamic Finance Goes Global
NEW HORIZONS By Anita Hawser Islamic Finance is growing beyond traditional borders to encompass new markets worldwide. The Islamic finance industry emerged relatively unscathed from the 2008 financial crisis —touting itself as an alternative to the leverage ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: Japanese Steelmakers Merge
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Nippon Steel, Japan’s largest steelmaker, is acquiring rival Sumitomo Metal Industries to create the world’s second largest steel producer, at a time when global competition in the steel industry ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Sector Report: Mining
GO WITH GOLD By Michael Shari Runaway gold prices are empowering mining companies to finance themselves—and forcing banks to innovate, providing opportunities for investors that are willing to take on more complex risk. Kinross Gold has sworn off ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Special Report: Sepa
THE JOURNEY BEGINS By Denise Bedell Upcoming end-dates for Sepa migration prompt companies to begin planning projects. Corporates in Europe are facing the inevitability of Sepa compliance in or around 2014—when end-dates for migration from domestic legacy ...
Award Winners
The Stars Of China: Companies
By Thomas Clouse COMPANIES AUTOMOBILES Chery International After years of torrid growth, China’s automobile market slowed significantly this year, with light vehicle sales up only 5% year-on-year in the first eight months, according to figures from J.D. Power. Chery International, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011
WEATHERING THE STORM Following the 2008 financial crisis, trade finance was a term often uttered in the upper echelons...
Banking
Bank/Insurer Relationship Called Into Question
MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula L. Green Financial industry regulators better have their feet on the ground—and a sound understanding of the links between the banking and insurance sectors—when they lay down new rules meant to bolster the troubled global financial ...