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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PHILIPPINES IS BIG WINNER FROM FALLING OIL PRICES

Capital Markets | Sovereign Debt The Philippines sold $2 billion of 25-year bonds in January, in a highly successful sale that attracted $13.5 billion in orders.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RUSSIAN CORPORATE BONDS CAST SHADOW ON EMERGING MARKETS DEBT

Capital Markets | Corporate Debt As Russian companies strive to cope with higher borrowing costs and a shortage of dollars and euros to repay foreign debt, emerging markets bonds are coming under increasing scrutiny by investors.

Banking

SANTANDERS MASSIVE CAPITAL INCREASE: MORE EUROPEAN BANKS TO FOLLOW

Trends | Bank Capitalization As Spaniards returned from the Los Reyes Magos (Epiphany) holiday, Spain’s Santander, Europe’s biggest bank, sold the equivalent of nearly 10% of its capital in one day, raising €7.5 billion ($8.7 billion) in cash and bringing required ratios in line with those of the banking industry.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SEPA: A SPRINGBOARD TO REAL-TIME PAYMENTS

Special Report | SEPA With SEPA migration projects mostly completed, it is time for treasurers to start thinking about the next steps in regulatory compliance and process automation.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TAKEOVER TARGET TURNS TABLES IN WALGREEN ACQUISITION

Capital Markets | Pharmaceuticals M&A Walgreen CEO Greg Wasson grabbed a tiger by the tail with his plan for the biggest US drugstore chain to acquire Alliance Boots, a European multinational drug dispensary.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

VOLATILITY RETURNS TO FX MARKET WITH A VENGEANCE ON SWISS MOVE

Trends | Foreign Exchange Foreign exchange traders complained that lack of volatility in the market last year was drying up their business. These same traders are now feeling whiplash from the Swiss National Bank’s surprise move on January 15 to de-peg the “Swissie” from the euro.

Features

Cryptocurrency Explained And Why Its Here To Stay

Book Review Without the need for being either a skilled mathematician or uber-geek. The Age of Cryptocurrency includes everything you could possibly want to know about cryptocurrencies.

Features

Sukuk: Sinking Oil Floats Islamic Bond Issues

Sukuk Outlook 2015 Hit by the double curse of falling oil prices and rising interest rates, global issuance of sukuk— shariah-compliant Islamic bonds—slowed sharply in the final quarter of 2014.

Features

Indian Insurance Reforms To Open Market

India’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party government, led by prime minister Narendra Modi, seems set to give a new lease on life to insurance sector reforms.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CFO INTERVIEW: MURAT ERDEN, TURKCELL

Global Finance sat down with Murat Doan Erden, Turkcell Group’s chief financial officer, to discuss the economic and business outlook for Turkey and the challenges confronting Turkish corporates.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FDI NORTH AMERICA: CHASING THE DIXIE DOLLAR

North America | FDI & Economic Development Update Knowing their target markets helps northern US states and Canadian provinces compete with the southern US for foreign direct investment.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT: GEORGIA

The global financial crisis and several factors peculiar to Georgia have affected foreign direct investment inflows, but investors willing to deal with tensions and risks will find opportunities.