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P2P Scam Heightens Scrutiny Of Sector
Chinese authorities arrested executives from online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending company eZubao in early February after the company stole an estimated $7.6 billion from 900,000 investors.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Activist Investors Target Banks
<strong>Management | Shareholder Activism</strong><br />
Activist investors are knocking more loudly at banks’ doors. According to Thomson Reuters data, in 2015, activists launched 97 campaigns aimed at the US financial sector, 22 of them targeting banks.
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Banks Face Us-Style Damages In Landmark Dubai Ruling
The Court of the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) awarded more than $70 million in damages last November to a wealthy Kuwaiti family to cover losses resulting from the sale of $200 million of structured investment products.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Banks Look To Enhance Cross-Border Payments Transparency
<strong>Capital Markets | Cross-Border Payments</strong><br />
Forty-five international banks have teamed up with the financial messaging provider Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to launch an initiative aimed at making cross-border payments faster and more transparent.
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Caucasus Squeezed By The Bear
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia are not masters of their own economic destinies, with events in Russia and the rest of the region casting a shadow over these countries’ efforts to boost economic and investor confidence.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China’s Biggest Foreign Buy Could Set Pattern For Future
<strong>Capital Marktes | M&A</strong><br />
State-owned China National Chemical’s record $43 billion bid for Swiss agrochemical company Syngenta will be closely examined by a US government panel and other national regulators.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Boards Strengthen Cyberexpertise
<strong>Management | Cybersecurity</strong><br />
Multinational corporations face rising IT challenges and cyberattacks. Retailer Target, office supply chain store Staples and global banking powerhouse JPMorgan Chase are just a few major companies that have recently been hacked—and that have sustained financial costs and damage to their reputations as a result.
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Corporate Finance In Retreat
Global banks may be de-risking, but what are the implications for their corporate customers in those markets deemed undesirable as a result of the growing regulatory burden?
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Deals Abound Despite Oil Plunge
<strong>Middle East Investment Banking</strong><br />
M&A tops charts as transaction prices moderate across the region, industries consolidate, and key nations pursue privatization.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FED To Examine Negative Rates For Us
<strong>Capital Markets | Fixed Income</strong><br />
Now that Japan has joined Europe in adopting negative interest rates, could below-zero rates become a policy option for the Federal Reserve?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
French Pension Fund Looks To Expand Investment Universe
<strong>Trends | Institutional Investors</strong><br />
In today’s low-yield environment, institutional investors’ quest for higher investment returns has taken on new meaning.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
India Bets Big On Start-Up Companies
<strong>Trends | Startup Investment</strong><br />
India is on the cusp of a “start-up” revolution, with prime minister Narendra Modi unveiling a dedicated $1.5 billion seed fund and tax breaks to help develop technology and other microenterprises.