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Executive Interviews

CFO Corner: Rouven Bergmann, Dassault Systèmes

Rouven Bergmann has been CFO of Dassault Systèmes since January 2022. A software company, Dassault Systemes is also active in CAC 40 Index of blue-chip French stocks. It is a unit of the Dassault Group, which has holdings in aeronautics, high tech, digital, and communications.

Technology

The AI Facility Frenzy

AI’s huge appetite for computing power is fueling a global data-center ramp-up. Investors and builders are counting on the boom to continue.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Canal+ Buys African TV Group, As Telecom Deals Heat Up

Canal+ is on an ambitious mission targeting 50 million to 100 million subscribers.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Brazil: JBS Dual Listing Boosts Clout And Concern

The world’s largest meat-processing enterprise in sales volumes, São Paulo, Brazil-based JBS, is expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on June 12.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China: CATL Supercharges Hong Kong’s IPO Market

On May 27, Chinese EV battery giant CATL raised HK$41 billion (about $5.23 billion) in the world’s largest IPO of 2025 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Trump Keeps Nippon Steel Guessing Over U.S. Steel Purchase

President Trump’s mixed signals and political theatrics complicate a landmark cross-border acquisition and raise red flags for foreign firms.

Executive Interviews

McKinsey’s Koller: Valuation Isn’t Broken—Expectations Are

Global Finance: To what extent does geography play a role in affecting a company’s valuation? Koller: It applies to most...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Hong Kong: Pension Authority Warns Of US Debt Selloff

Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) instructed the city’s fund managers last month to prepare for possible fallout from Moody’s recent reduction of its US Treasury debt rating from Aaa to Aa1.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ghana: New Rules Shake Gold Trade

Ghana wants to optimize the benefits from its largely anarchical artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Arnault’s Work Extension

Bernard Arnault, the French billionaire, CEO and chair of LVMH, has just been confirmed at the helm of the world’s...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

US-China Tariff Truce Triggers Transpacific Rush—But Uncertainty Lingers

A brief easing of tariffs between the US and China has set off a burst of transpacific trade activity, but deeper tensions and long-term supply chain disruptions continue to cloud the outlook.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Is Musk Done With DOGE? Tesla Investors Hope So

Tesla just posted its worst quarterly results in years. Net income plunged 71% to $409 million in the first quarter.