Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EDITOR’S LETTER: GOOD AND BAD DEFLATION
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Deflation is one of the worst fears of central bankers and economists worldwide, but the risk it engenders isn’t always clearly defined.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FDI: OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS PUT THE BRAKES ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Management | Foreign Direct Investment
FDI volumes are declining globally, as some national governments take a stronger stance against foreign ownership of their companies and land.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FOREIGN EXCHANGE: CURRENCY PEGS THREATENED AS POLICY GOALS DIVERGE
Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange
Currency pegs around the world are threatening to come unglued following the Swiss National Bank’s surprise move to drop the exchange rate floor of the euro versus the Swiss franc.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
GREECE: VAROUFAKIS SEEKS OUT A WINNING STRATEGY
Newsmakers | Greece
Following political party Syriza’s triumph in the recent Greek elections, Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, faces the most critical match of his career.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: DEAL KILLERS OF 2014
Mergers & Acquisitions | Management
Amid the merger frenzy of 2014, a startling number of bids were killed. 2014 may have seen heady times for corporate acquirers, but it was also the year of the rebuffed suitor.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
RATING AGENCIES: S&P SETTLEMENT UNLIKELY TO BRING ANY CHANGE FOR CORPORATE ISSUERS
Trends | Credit Ratings
More than six years after the housing market crashed—dragging the world economy and stock markets down with it—Standard & Poor’s settled in early February with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its alleged part in triggering the meltdown. The price was relatively cheap, as these things go: $1.4 billion with no admission of wrongdoing.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Brazil: Correcting Its Fiscal Slippage
In a presentation in New York on February 18—his first official visit to the US since his appointment—Brazil’s Finance minister Joaquim Levy said that Brazilians are learning by doing.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
BATTLE ROYAL BETWEEN DUPONT AND ACTIVIST SHAREHOLDER TRIAN
Management | Shareholder Activism
A battle is heating up ahead of the DuPont’s annual shareholders meeting, planned for April.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CHINA, THE RENMINBI AND THE WORLD
Market Report | China
The globalization of China’s currency continues at a rapid pace, as regulations ease cash pooling, renminbi trade finance accelerates, and the dim sum bond market goes gangbusters.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EU TAX REFORM: VAT REGULATION HITS SMES
Milestones | European Union
Regulators had Web giants like Google and Apple in their sites when they framed a new value-added tax (VAT) regulation for businesses selling digital products into the European Union
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE: BRIDGING THE GLOBAL GAP
Cover Story
As economic growth languishes and worries about the specter of deflation mount, much-needed infrastructure development and new sources of project financing could provide a panacea to global growth.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SEPA: A SPRINGBOARD TO REAL-TIME PAYMENTS
Special Report | SEPA
With SEPA migration projects mostly completed, it is time for treasurers to start thinking about the next steps in regulatory compliance and process automation.