Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Commodity Prices Deal Mozambique A Blow
Mining and gas reserves made Mozambique a darling among foreign investors—until last year. Now the government needs to diversify.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cuba Learns The Art Of The Deal With Unilever
<strong>Cuba</strong>: News that Anglo-Dutch consumer products company Unilever will return to Cuba to build a $35 million plant in the special development zone at the port of Mariel, about 40 kilometers west of Havana, is one of the clearest signs yet that the communist nation is taking a more pragmatic approach to foreign direct investment.
Banking
Cutting The Cord In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is the Gulf Cooperation Council’s largest economy, but major economic, political and social challenges threaten the kingdom’s immediate economic future. Reducing its dependence on oil and gas is now a case of when, not if.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EC Orders Belgium To Recoup Money Lost In Illegal Tax Breaks
<strong>Trends | Taxation</strong><br />
As part of a crackdown on generous tax incentives across the European Union, in January the European Commission (EC) demanded Belgium claw back €700 million ($762 million) in tax breaks from at least 35 European firms.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Female CEOs Outperform, But Glass Ceiling Remains
<strong>Management | Corporate Governance</strong><br />
Despite various initiatives to get more women into the executive pipeline, the number of US corporations with a female CEO remains stuck in the low double digits.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
High-Grade Corporate Debt Draws Safe-Haven Buyers
<strong>Capital Markets | Corporate Bonds</strong><br />
Demand for investment-grade corporate debt seems insatiable, even as investors shun riskier high-yield bonds.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
High-Yield Bonds Crumbling Not Crashing
The junk market is hurting. Experts predict the pain will continue, with defaults peaking a couple of years from now.
Banking
International Investors Decry Portuguese Bank Bail-In
<strong>Capital Markets | Fixed Income</strong><br />
A bail-in provision, which places the onus on bondholders and other investors to write down their holdings in the event of winding up a troubled financial institution within the European Union, came into effect on January 1, 2016.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
New Accounting Standard Shines Light On Leased Assets
<strong>Trends | Financial Accounting</strong><br />
A new international accounting standard that came into effect at the beginning of 2016 is already transforming how companies around the world think about their balance sheets.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Real Estate: Is The Party Over?
Peter Hayes, global head of invest-ment research for Prudential Real Estate Investors, joined Global Finance editors in New York to talk about which property markets look hot in 2016—and which look too hot.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Risks That Keep CROs Awake At Night
<strong>Management | Risk Management</strong><br />
Cyberattacks, safety concerns, climate change, regulatory demands, declining oil prices, less demand from China, a crumbling and volatile stock market: There is no lack of risks in doing business, and at the start of 2016, they are ever- present for corporations small and large.
Award Winners
ECNs Boost FX Performance: David Newns, State Street
<strong>Q+A</strong><br />
David Newns, global head of State Street’s Currenex, says the diversity and liquidity provided by ECN (electronic communications networks) trading arekeenly important to banks.<br />