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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Dollar Bounces Back As Fed Hits Pause Button

<p>FOREIGN EXCHANGE     The dollar rose to a two-month high against the euro last month after the Federal Reserve signaled a pause in its easing cycle, and European economic data came in weaker than expected. While the greenback is ...</p>

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Tight Lending Standards Could Delay Recovery

CORPORATE DEBT     The latest bank lending surveys by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB) demonstrated that credit standards have tightened further, indicating that the credit crunch hasn’t lost its bite, analysts say. The tightening of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features : Credit Where It’s Due

FOCUS / CREDIT DERIVATIVES As global securitization markets continue to deteriorate, the credit derivatives space is a beacon of light in a relatively dark landscape.   Long: The key is to determine which structures have been hurt which have stability. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones : Anxiety Grows Over Liquidity And Credit

GLOBAL       Stressed out: Concern over financial risks has grown sharply.   One of the most extensive surveys of global banks’ attitudes toward risk has found that liquidity and credit spreads continue to keep bankers awake at night. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones : Tighter Lending Standards Part Of Long-Term Strategy

GLOBAL     Slim pickings: Banks are less keen on lending.   As the fallout from the subprime debacle continues, companies are finding they can no longer rely on their long-standing banking providers for credit. In fact, according to a ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers : US Targets Trade Finance

UNITED STATES/IRAN     Mancuso: Warns banks to be aware of their clients' activities. Mario Mancuso, head of the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), sent global bankers scurrying last month to check that they were doing no trade ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Oracle’s Big Bond Sale Helps To Lift Gloom

CORPORATE DEBT     Oracle, the world’s third-largest software maker, sold $5 billion of bonds in April, and the successful sale helped to dispel some of the gloom in the corporate bond market. Oracle’s offering of three series of investment-grade ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Stock Issues Boom In Oil-rich Gulf

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS   Saudi Arabia’s Inma Bank, a new Islamic financial institution, raised $2.8 billion in its initial public offering of a 70% stake in April, the largest-ever IPO in the kingdom. Samba Capital, a subsidiary of Samba Financial, was ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Strategic Acquisitions Still Getting Done

  MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS     With the credit crunch putting a damper on private equity deals, mergers and acquisitions have declined, but companies are still willing to dip into cash reserves and even borrow significant amounts of money to ...
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