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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

‘SIFI’ Label For Nonfinancial Firms In Jeopardy

Trends | Financial Regulation American insurance giant MetLife has doubled down on its efforts to skirt the heavier regulatory burden that comes with being labeled a Systemically Important Financial Institution.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

High-Yield Bonds Crumbiling Not Crashing

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

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Money Laundering: How Banks & Governments Can Defend Themselves

A Conversation with Dan Wachtler, President and CEO of IPSA International on the challenges of Anti-Money Laundering for Banks & Corporates and the growing role of foreign governments.

Banking

Global Finance Names The Best Derivatives Providers 2016

NEW YORK, February 15, 2016 – Global Finance magazine has named its 17th annual World’s Best Investment Banks and Derivatives Providers in an exclusive survey to be published in the April 2016 issue.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Aramco IPO May Be For Saudi Nationals Only

Capital Markets | Equity Offering A potential partial privatization of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company, Saudi Aramco, would require the company to remove its veil of secrecy.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Can Colombia Count On A Peace Dividend?

Trends | Peace Deals Low oil prices are widening Colombia’s current-account deficit, dampening the confidence of foreign investors and dragging down the economy.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Can The Renminbi Save Zimbabwe From Hyperinflation?

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange Locals as well as visitors to Zimbabwe will soon be able to walk into shops and pay for purchases in renminbi.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

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

Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions 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

Trends | Taxation 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

Features

‘SIFI’ Label For Nonfinancial Firms In Jeopardy

High-Yield Bonds Crumbiling Not Crashing

Money Laundering: How Banks & Governments Can Defend Themselves

Global Finance Names The Best Derivatives Providers 2016

Aramco IPO May Be For Saudi Nationals Only

Can Colombia Count On A Peace Dividend?

Can The Renminbi Save Zimbabwe From Hyperinflation?

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

EC Orders Belgium To Recoup Money Lost In Illegal Tax Breaks

Female CEOs Outperform, But Glass Ceiling Remains

High-Grade Corporate Debt Draws Safe-Haven Buyers

High-Yield Bonds Crumbling Not Crashing