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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SOUTH AMERICA’S TOTAL TAX RATE SURPASSES THAT OF AFRICA

Corporate Tax | Trends By replacing cascading sales taxes with a value-added tax (VAT), Africa has succeeded in lowering its total tax rate to 46.6% from a peak of 72.2% in 2005.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SOVEREIGN DEBT: AFRICAN BORROWERS ACTIVE AHEAD OF FED RATE MOVES

Sovereign Debt | Capital Markets Governments in Africa issued a record amount of debt in international markets in 2014, taking advantage of strong investor demand and low borrowing costs ahead of the Federal Reserve’s expected rate increases this year.

Banking

TRANSACTION BANKING 2015: DISMANTLING SILOS

Special Report| Global Transaction Banking 2015 Preview Last year brought a vastly altered landscape for transaction banking—and the same is likely to be true of 2015. Regulatory reform and new developments in data analytics and mobile banking will drive change.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

VANGUARD PUSHES FOR MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHTS

Activist Investing | Trends Vanguard CEO William McNabb is making it plain that he wants the many public companies in which the world’s second-largest fund management firm owns significant minority stakes to take Vanguard as seriously as they take activist investors.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

‘GOOGLE TAX’ ON MULTINATIONALS HEATS UP GLOBAL CORPORATE TAX DEBATE

UK Corporate Tax | Trends Britain likely will succeed in taxing multinational companies at a 25% rate on their UK operations beginning in April, without violating international tax treaties, analysts say, but tensions are rising between countries on suspicions that MNCs are engaging in global tax evasion.

Features

Can Canada Restore Its Dudley Do-Right Reputation?

A major blot on the country’s wholesome image is the questionable behaviour and ethics of some of its mining and energy companies both at home and overseas

Features

Poorest Countries of 2015

2015 Rankings are based on the GDP (PPP) of a country, which compares the generalized differences in the cost of living and standards between countries.

Features

Richest Countries of 2015

2015 Rankings are based on the GDP (PPP) of a country, which compares the generalized differences in the cost of living and standards between countries.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The UK’s Google Tax: Much Ado About Nothing?

George Osborne,Chancellor of the exchequer in the United Kingdom unveils the outline of a “Google tax”.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Cybersecurity – 2015’s Top Priority

Last year ended with a data breach of the US retailer Target, this year "The Sony Hack". What will 2015 hold for cyberattacks and cybersecurity?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ARGENTINA’S TAX DEPARTMENT STRIPS PROCTER & GAMBLE LICENSE

Corporate Tax | Management Approximately 500 American companies operate in Argentina—but on November 3 that number abruptly decreased by one as the country’s tax authority, the Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP) revoked the company’s registration, accusing P&G of tax and accounting fraud.

Banking

ECB STRESS TESTS FAIL THE CREDIBILITY TEST

European Banking | Trends The degree to which the recent stress tests of big European banks by EU regulators lack credibility is becoming clear.