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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

UK: London Guilty Verdict Sends Shockwaves Through System

When former UBS and Citigroup derivatives trader Thomas Hayes was found guilty last month on all eight charges of conspiracy to manipulate Libor, it was the verdict heard around the world.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Scottish Skills Continue To Attract FDI

Scotland still brings in more foreign direct investment than many larger countries. Last year it again headed the list of top UK destinations outside London.

Award Winners

Islamic Finance 2015 | Major Markets, Real Reform

Best Islamic Financial Institutions | Introduction Islamic finance is breaking out, as long-awaited regulatory reform takes hold in key nations, boosting transparency and driving new business.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Nicola Sturgeon, A Scottish Thorn In David Cameron’s Side

United Kingdom | Many questions are still being asked about David Cameron’s dramatic win on May 7. How did opinion polls, which predicted a tight race between Conservatives and Labour and even a Labour win, get it so wrong?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CROWDFUNDING | EUREECA FINDS APPROVAL IN BRITAIN

Capital Markets | Equity Capital Raising Eureeca, the first global equity crowdfunding company, with offices in London and Dubai, received regulatory approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to operate in Britain.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

UK ELECTION | UNCERTAIN RESULT LIKELY TO IMPACT ECONOMY

Milestones | United Kingdom As Britons prepare for elections on May 7, the only certainty appears to be uncertainty, which looks set to continue until polling day—and maybe for some time after.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Beijing & Washington Heat Up Over New Development Bank

It's not often that the UK finds itself in Washington's bad books—this is, after all, a country that supports the US in even its most ill-advised foreign adventures and is often described as America's closest ally.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

McDonalds CEO: Brit Becomes The New “Big Mac”

McDonalds appointment of British-born Steve Easterbrook as its new CEO has both surprised and delighted analysts—concerned by the burger behemoth’s first annual decline in 30 years.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The UK’s Google Tax: Much Ado About Nothing?

George Osborne,Chancellor of the exchequer in the United Kingdom unveils the outline of a “Google tax”.

Data

Corporate Tax Rates by Country

Taxes paid by corporations can be measured in a number of ways, including the marginal corporate tax rate and the total taxes paid as a percentage of profits.

Features

Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) 2015

A Sovereign Wealth Fund is a state-owned investment fund comprising financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate or other instruments and funded by foreign exchange assets.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

IRAN: FERTILE LANDSCAPE FOR INVESTMENT?

With good demographics and potential opportunities for FDI in a range of sectors, Iran is poised to make the most of further relaxing of economic sanctions.