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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China’s Economic Reforms Ignite Boom In M&A Deals

<strong>Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions</strong><br /> In an effort to boost the country’s sagging economic growth, China is consolidating key industries, hoping to make them more efficient ahead of eventual partial privatizations.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EC Orders Belgium To Recoup Money Lost In Illegal Tax Breaks

<strong>Trends | Taxation</strong><br /> As part of a crackdown on generous tax incentives across the European Union, in January the European Commission (EC) demanded Belgium claw back €700 million ($762 million) in tax breaks from at least 35 European firms.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Female CEOs Outperform, But Glass Ceiling Remains

<strong>Management | Corporate Governance</strong><br /> Despite various initiatives to get more women into the executive pipeline, the number of US corporations with a female CEO remains stuck in the low double digits.

Banking

International Investors Decry Portuguese Bank Bail-In

<strong>Capital Markets | Fixed Income</strong><br /> A bail-in provision, which places the onus on bondholders and other investors to write down their holdings in the event of winding up a troubled financial institution within the European Union, came into effect on January 1, 2016.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

New Accounting Standard Shines Light On Leased Assets

<strong>Trends | Financial Accounting</strong><br /> A new international accounting standard that came into effect at the beginning of 2016 is already transforming how companies around the world think about their balance sheets.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Risks That Keep CROs Awake At Night

<strong>Management | Risk Management</strong><br /> Cyberattacks, safety concerns, climate change, regulatory demands, declining oil prices, less demand from China, a crumbling and volatile stock market: There is no lack of risks in doing business, and at the start of 2016, they are ever- present for corporations small and large.
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