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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Japanese Bond Market Rebounds Fueled By Domestic Investors Tolerance Of Greater Risk

Japanese investors are beginning to shake off their notorious aversion to risk and foreign companies and governments are taking advantage.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US-China Trade War Casualties Piling Up

Trade wars may not have winners but they certainly have losers.

Features

Chinese-US M&A Deals Plummet

Trade tensions are just one aspect of deteriorating economic ties between the U.S. and China.

News

Harley-Davidson Crashes Into Trade Policy

Trump's trade war is starting to take an economic toll.

Data

Upstarts Find A Way In

The push into transaction banking by Australia’s growing horde of fintechs and other startups has not been less than the push into personal and small-business lending.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Xiaomi IPO Falls Short Of Hype

Billed as potentially the biggest IPO since Alibaba, Xiaomi's IPO comes up short.

Features

China Report: Belt And Road Initiative

China's ambitious, transnational infrastructure plan involving 68 countries and hundreds of billions of dollars in loans and investments promises to transform the Eurasian landmass.

Features

Deepening China’s Ties To The World

China’s support for trade infrastructure across Asia is definitely winning some friends, but potential for backlash lurks behind opaque management.

Features

Eyes Too Big

China may soon have to tap foreign investors to help fund its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. Can it ease their skepticism about the project?

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Growing Opportunities In Sri Lanka

Attracting foreign direct investment is a top priority for Sri Lanka as it transitions from an inward-facing economy toward a more diverse and export-oriented one.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Japan Post Bank To Establish Hedge Fund In Hunt For Yield

Abenomics has hit the Japanese banking sector hard and now the Post Bank is taking an unprecedented step in the hunt for yields.

Features

One Belt, One Road, Many Impacts

Global Finance'seditor Andrea Fiano explains what is at stake with China's ambitious, transnational infrastructure plan.