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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US: M&A Has Strongest Start Since 2000

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt US companies announced $336 billion of mergers and acquisitions in the first two months of 2014, up 31% from the same period a year earlier, and the strongest January and February combined ...

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Middle East 2014

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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Tax: The Cost Of Evasion

Corporate tax evasion is like the weather: Everyone complains about it, but what is being done and what does it mean for corporations?

Banking

Unicredits Recent Write-Offs Unlikely To Satisfy ECB

UniCredit Holding, Milan The write-offs taken in early March by UniCredit may fall well short of what Italys largest bank...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Food Producers Take A Bite Out Of Supply Chain Costs

Earning a profit making food has become harder thanks to the sluggish global economy and unpredictable raw material costs. A...

Banking

The 411 on Anti-Money-Laundering

Given the spate of recent fines by UK and US regulators against banks for failure to comply with anti-money laundering...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BAFT Annual Global Meeting

STAR PERFORMERS By Anita Hawser Over the past six years transaction banking has been one of the best performers in an otherwise lackluster banking sector. Even in the midst of a global financial crisis, suppliers and salaries still need to ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Brazil: Fx Outflows Debunk Currency War

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Antonio Guerrero Brazil posted a net foreign exchange outflow of $12.3 billion for 2013, marking the...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Debt: Fed Tapering To Stay On Track

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Neither the consequent volatility in emerging markets nor weak US employment data will deter...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Country Report: Angola

MOVING FORWARD IN FITS AND STARTS By Valentina Pasquali Angola is making all the right moves when it comes to...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Country Report: China

OUT OF THE SHADOWS By Arthur Clennam The instability of Chinas banking system is underscored by its structured-trust-product nightmare. Since...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Divergent Destinies In The Caucasus

REGIONAL FOCUS<br /> The countries of the Caucasus region (Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia) continue to march down very different economic paths, despite their proximity and sociocultural connections.