Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Features: Cash Is King Again
The credit crunch made life more difficult for corporate treasurers in many waysnot least in managing their relationships with their...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Regulars : Mergers & Acquisitions
PEPSI PUTS SOME FIZZ BACK IN M&A; MARKET Merger and acquisition activity is returning to a semblance of normality, with a series of significant deals in industries other than financial services. While financing remains constrained, stock-swap transactions and cash deals ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Regulars : Milestones : Global
Before the credit crunch took a massive bite out of global economic activity, oil prices were heading skyward, and fears that supplies might actually run out were rampant. By Anita Hawser Although the subsequent economic malaise sent energy ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Regulars: Corporate Debt
BIG SUPPLY OF DEBT FINDS EAGER BUYERS Companies in the US and Europe are bypassing bank loans and issuing large amounts of debt, which is being readily purchased by investors seeking higher returns than are available on government securities. ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Regulars: Foreign exchange
Good Newsforthe Global EconomyTranslates Into Bad News For Dollar Improvement in the global economic outlook spells trouble for the dollar, which is losing its allure as a safe haven amid growing concern about ballooning US government debt. BY ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Chinese online gaming firm raises cash in real world
Changyou.com is an online game developer and operator based in China that says it is committed to providing high-quality entertainment and virtual communities, and investors clearly want to play along. The company raised $128 million of real money last month ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets : EM ROUNDUP Middle East
The real liquidity crisis in the Middle East, as well as in parts of Asia and Africa, is the shortage of water, according to a report by Standard Chartered Bank. Consumption of fresh water must be strictly limited to the ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestones : Countries count cost of credit crisis
It’s not just companies that are caught in the fallout from the credit crunch; countries are suffering, too. In the latest assessment from risk analysis firm Coface, 47 countries—including the US, the UK, Japan and Germany—have seen their financial-strength rating ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestones : Low inflation sees FED print more money
Consumer prices in the United States fell unexpectedly in March, posting their first 12-month decline since 1955. It is clear that the recession is keeping a tight lid on prices and is providing cover for the Federal Reserve to ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Newsmakers : Risk management remains undervalued
Risk management is still not considered a core strategic function at some of the world’s biggest investment houses, according to a survey by research group SimCorp StrategyLab. Despite all the talk given to the importance of risk management ...
Banking
Features : Europe in Crisis
EUROPE IN CRISIS Many of Europe’s former star economies are still struggling to find their feet after falling prey to the credit crunch. By Laurence Neville Emerging Europe is on the edge of a precipice. Already ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Corporate debt
CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS HAVE QUIET BIG BANG The “Big Bang” in the credit default swaps market on April 8 wasn’t exactly the shot heard round the world. While the CDS market underwent major infrastructure changes to standardize the ...