Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

<strong>Capital Markets | Cross-Border Payments</strong><br /> Forty-five international banks have teamed up with the financial messaging provider Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to launch an initiative aimed at making cross-border payments faster and more transparent.

<strong>Capital Marktes | M&A</strong><br /> State-owned China National Chemical’s record $43 billion bid for Swiss agrochemical company Syngenta will be closely examined by a US government panel and other national regulators.

<strong>Management | Cybersecurity</strong><br /> Multinational corporations face rising IT challenges and cyberattacks. Retailer Target, office supply chain store Staples and global banking powerhouse JPMorgan Chase are just a few major companies that have recently been hacked—and that have sustained financial costs and damage to their reputations as a result.

The junk market is hurting. Experts predict the pain will continue, with defaults peaking a couple of years from now.