Economics, Policy & Regulation
A Non-Economist To Lead The US Central Bank
Jerome Powellis President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Janet Yellen as chair of the US central bank. He willstart his tenure inFebruary 2018.
North America
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFIUS Reform Shakes Foreign Buyers in America
The proposal includes review of additional categories of transactions, such as nonpassive investments in critical technologies or infrastructure companies.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Fixed Income: Supply Shock Could Rattle Treasury Market
US treasury bond yields could rise sharply in 2018, as central-bank liquidity begins to recede and heavy new supply hits the market.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
European M&A Hunters Take Aim At US
European companies have spent almost $176 billionon US takeovers during 2017.
News
Nobel Winner’s Work Can Improve CFO Decisions
A professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Richard Thaler’s advances in behavioral economics merited a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in October.
Features
Central Bankers Report Card 2017 | Ratings For Americas
These are the ratings for central bank governors for the Americas region in 2017.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Goldman Sachs Embraces Online Consumer Lending
Ever since it became a bank holding company in 2008 to stay afloat in the financial crisis, the bank was urged by US Federal Reserve to rely more on ‘sticky’ consumer deposits to lower its risk profile.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A | DowDuPont Bows To Pressure From Activist Investors
The company haschanged plans to split into three separate companies following the merger between Dow Chemicals and DuPont.
News
Amazon Incites HQ2 Bidding War
The firm saysthe newheadquarter would beas big as the existingoffices inSeattle and will come with$5 billion in investment promisingjobs for 50,000 employees.
News
Kraft Heinz Picks Up A Millenial CFO
David Knopf, 29 years old,represents a new breed of millennial executives who have risen up the ranks at global companies.
News
Unprofitable Tesla Achieves Record Market Cap
Elon Musk, profitless billionaire first it surpassed Ford, then GM, then went head to head with Honda and flew past it.
News
US-China Deal Counters Campaign Rhetoric
Following the April summit the US and China achieved a 100-day joint action plan, a significant departure from Trump’s campaign rhetoric