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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ailing Lending Club Shakes Up Shadow Banking Boardroom

<strong>Trends | Shadow Banking</strong><br /> Renaud Laplanche, Lending Club’s founder, chief executive and public face, resigned abruptly in mid-May. His resignation casts a pall over not only the peer-to-peer lender that claims to be the world’s largest online marketplace connecting borrowers and investors, but also the shadow banking industry as a whole.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corruption: Offer Jokes Instead Of Bribes

<strong>Management | Corruption</strong><br /> At the anticorruption summit held in London last month, world leaders pledged to fight tax dodging, boost transparency and redouble efforts to confiscate and repatriate stolen assets to many of the world’s poorest countries.

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ECB Corporate Bond Buying Lures US Issuers

<strong>Capital Markets | Fixed Income</strong><br /> US companies are rushing to borrow in European bond markets. They’re taking advantage of low interest rates on euro-denominated issues after the European Central Bank’s decision to start buying investment-grade corporate bonds in June—part of its economic stimulus program. Last year already set a record for corporate borrowing in Europe’s bond markets, where rates are significantly lower than in the US.

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From Azerbaijan To Zambia, Country Ratings Slide

<strong>Capital Markets | Sovereign Risk</strong><br /> Low energy and commodity prices and a global economy stuck in low gear have provoked a surge in sovereign ratings downgrades in the first three months of this year. And rating agencies anticipate another wave of downgrades if a wider global economic slowdown materializes.

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Innovators Q+A | Coke’s New Tech Formula

Coca-Cola’s director of international treasury services, Jim Aschmeyer, explains how a strong relationship with Citi aids innovation and cash management.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Innovators Q+A | Volvo’s Treasury Upgrade

Elisabeth Mosseen, group treasurer, and Eva Christianson, head of risk analysis and control at group treasury, both at Volvo Car Group, chart their treasury’s transformation from a division of Ford to a stand-alone outfit.

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Market Braces For $2 Trillion In EM Debt

<strong>Trends | Emerging Markets</strong><br /> Emerging markets sovereigns and corporates will need to refinance up to $2 trillion of debt coming due in the next five years, as a result of extravagant borrowing earlier this decade when commodity prices were soaring and cheap financing was readily available.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Multinationals Need A Culture Shock

<strong>Management | Corporate Culture</strong><br /> Several recent financial and corruption scandals have forced multinationals to develop comprehensive corporate conduct and compliance programs.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Top Innovators In Corporate Finance 2016

Corporates today need more agility to meet regulatory requirements and manage volatility, hence technology plays a growing role in treasury departments.

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Top Innovators In Foreign Exchange | 2016

Intense competition is driving rapid digitization as financial institutions seek an edge over rivals in the nonstop foreign exchange sector.
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