Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Oil Industry Faces Decimation As Prices Turn Negative
With most countries entering recession, booming oil prices are not on the immediate horizon.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Record Bond Issuance Bolsters Cash Reserves
In addition to tapping the bond market and holding proceeds in cash, companies took other actions, including suspending dividends and ending share-repurchase programs, to conserve cash to get through the crisis.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Softbank Shocks With $13 Billion Loss
In an announcement on April 13, SoftBank cited a “deteriorating market environment” as the explanation for the abysmal results at its $100 billion Vision Fund.
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Swift GPI Is Growing Up
Banks and payment processors are learning how to use the secure messaging system to facilitate and manage all cross-border payments transactions.
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Tech Tie-Up To Tackle Covid-19 Contact Tracing
Epidemiologists say this type of contact tracing promises to contain flare-ups of the virus, but to be part of an effective lockdown-exit strategy, contact tracing will need to be used in conjunction with rapid virus testing and mass adoption.
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Private Banking: A Crisis Foretold
How private banking endured the last global crisis shows how it might come through this one.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Survival Preppers
Whether a business comes out of the pandemic stronger or not depends on savvy planning—plus a good bit of luck.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Turning The Liquidity Tap Back On
Banks are stepping up to provide loans and capital to beleaguered businesses. The challenge is making sure SMEs get more than just a trickle.
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Nordic Companies Hurting Despite Aid
Despite the $30 billion in crisis support packages being provided by governments to help keep businesses viable and protect manufacturing output, COVID-19 has left leading top Nordic corporations hurting.
Banking
Islamic Finance Confronts Global Pandemic
How are Islamic banks affected by the pandemic? What are the specific challenges and opportunities they face? Here are a few takeaways from an online panel discussion organised on April 21 by UK based financial data firm Refinitiv.