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Chip Off The Old Blockchain
The technology behind cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, has come a long way fast, and its potential to change the financial services landscape is only just beginning to be explored.
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Banking
Correspondent Banking Lives To See Another SIBOS
Regulators are starting to ask more questions about cross-border payment flows, which is forcing banks to have more nuanced conversations with their networks of correspondent banks.
Features
Largest M&A Deals 2013
The term Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) refers to the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities by corporations, with the goal of growing more rapidly and efficiently.
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Value and Number of Cross-border M&A by Sector/Industry 2011-2013
A culmination of macro, competitive and regulatory pressures spurred M&A activity in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Car Consortium Hopes To Drive Digital Mapping Future
Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions
German auto manufacturers Audi, BMW and Daimler have acquired the Finnish company Nokia’s high-precision digital mapping service Here for €2.8 billion ($3.1 billion).
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China’s Consumers Could Boost GDP Growth Rate
Capital Markets | Economic Transition
As China makes the transition to a consumer-led economy, it has the potential to generate an incremental $15 trillion in consumer spending over the next decade, according to a report by think tank The Demand Institute.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global Enforcement Wave Hits Private Firms Hardest
Trends | Bribery & Corruption
Anti-bribery and corruption enforcement efforts are picking up worldwide, with private firms more likely to be targeted, while large, state-owned enterprises are getting off easier, according to a report by Moody’s Investors Service.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Moving From CFO To CEO Hard Work, Study Finds
Management | Leadership Challenge
Nearly two out of three chief financial officers worldwide aspire to become chief executives of their company, but relatively few succeed in occupying the corner office.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Saudi Arabia Taps Bond Market As Low Oil Prices Create Deficit
Capital Markets | Fixed Income
Saudi Arabia has issued its first sovereign bonds since 2007 to help fund a widening budget deficit caused by continued spending amid low oil prices.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SEC Issues Pay-Ratio Disclosure Rule
Management | Compensation
Gap Accounting: Some five years and 287,000 comments after the pay-ratio disclosure rule was included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued the final regulation in August.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
State-Owned Companies, Financial Markets & The New Trade Deals
Trends | Sovereign Funds & Trade
This summer US Congress passed a law giving president Barack Obama the authority to “fast-track” free-trade pacts such as the multinational Trans-Pacific Partnership (or TPP), which covers around 40% of trade in American goods and 60% of trade in Asian goods.