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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.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET FACES CULTURAL CHANGE IN WAKE OF FIXING SCANDAL

Foreign Exchange | Capital Markets How to take the gaming instinct out of foreign exchange traders has become the order of the day, following last month’s imposition of $4.3 billion in fines on six global banks for manipulating currency benchmarks.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ISRAELI VENTURE CAPITALISTS FINANCE ARAB START-UPS

Venture Capital | Trends Start-up companies and innovators in the Arab World have suffered from underinvestment and lack of technology infrastructure in recent years.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MASALA BOND PROMOTES INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE RUPEE

India | Capital Markets The rupee realizes international ambitions. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) sold its first rupee-denominated bonds in London in November to attract international investment in India’s infrastructure.