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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.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RMB: GETTING READY FOR THE REDBACK

Fast-paced developments in China and overseas are bolstering the renminbi’s international expansion.

Banking

Middle East: Islamic Finance Flourishes

MIDDLE EAST 2014 SUPPLEMENT By Gordon Platt Islamic finance is going mainstream, with Western countries planning to issue their first sovereign sukuk. It still constitutes only a small percentage of total global financial assets, and most activity is ...

Banking

World’s Best Investment Banks 2014

ANNUAL AWARDS: HIGH-OCTANE YEAR Global investment banks will face a tremendous challenge as they strive to continue running their underwriting businesses at the elevated levels they reached in 2013. Many of the largest banks on Wall Street reaped a windfall ...

Features

The United Kingdom

McDonalds CEO: Brit Becomes The New “Big Mac”

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

Corporate Tax Rates by Country

Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) 2015

IRAN: FERTILE LANDSCAPE FOR INVESTMENT?

RMB: GETTING READY FOR THE REDBACK

Middle East: Islamic Finance Flourishes

World’s Best Investment Banks 2014

Mergers & Acquisitions: Cable Tv Industry Consolidates

UK: Britain Is A Tax Haven

Scottish Independence: Debt Downside?

Westerner To Run Japans Takeda?