Features
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.
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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.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
New Bill May Be Last Hope For Debt-Ridden Puerto Rico
<strong>Capital Markets | Debt Restructuring</strong><br />
Americans used to like Puerto Rico, a United States territory in the Caribbean, not only for its white, sandy beaches but also because of its high-yield, tax-free bonds.
Features
Saudi Arabia Dominates Project Finance
Project financing is booming in Saudi Arabia, which leads the Middle East in deals, with a total of eight in 2015, worth more than $13 billion.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Sell-Off No Quick Fix For Russia’s Budget Deficit
<strong>Capital Markets | Privatization</strong><br />
Russian president Vladimir Putin is pinning his hopes on privatization to help ease Russia’s 2016 budget deficit, which, according to some estimates, could reach $38 billion, or 6% of GDP.
Features
Slow-Growth Mode In Latin America
Several of the region’s economies are gasping for breath or treading water—but not going under. Investors have simply discounted the bad news.
Features
Warm FDI Welcome In Ghana
With oil revenues plunging, Ghana seeks to boost the inflow of foreign direct investment.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
‘SIFI’ Label For Nonfinancial Firms In Jeopardy
<strong>Trends | Financial Regulation</strong><br />
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.