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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FDI NORTH AMERICA: CHASING THE DIXIE DOLLAR

<strong>North America | FDI & Economic Development Update</strong><br /> Knowing their target markets helps northern US states and Canadian provinces compete with the southern US for foreign direct investment.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PROXY VOTING: CHANGES TO ISS EQUITY PLAN GUIDELINES

<strong>Proxy Voting | Management</strong><br /> Proxy advisory firm ISS updated its proxy voting guidelines last fall to introduce a more detailed approach to the recommendations it makes on companies’ equity plans and shareholder proposals for an independent chairman. The changes could create uncertainty for companies during this year’s proxy season.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SOVEREIGN DEBT: AFRICAN BORROWERS ACTIVE AHEAD OF FED RATE MOVES

<strong>Sovereign Debt | Capital Markets</strong><br /> Governments in Africa issued a record amount of debt in international markets in 2014, taking advantage of strong investor demand and low borrowing costs ahead of the Federal Reserve’s expected rate increases this year.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

US: SHELBY TO HEAD SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE

United States | Newsmakers<br /> After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight-year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ARGENTINA’S TAX DEPARTMENT STRIPS PROCTER & GAMBLE LICENSE

<strong>Corporate Tax | Management</strong><br /> 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.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISTS JOIN FORCES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

<strong>Shareholder Activism | Management</strong><br /> Shareholder activism—when investors in a company use their equity as a lever to pressure management—is booming and will grow dramatically on both sides of the Atlantic through mid-2016

Banking

CFTC CONSIDERS REGULATING BITCOIN DERIVATIVES

Trends | CryptoCurrencies<br /> There are potential benefits that bitcoin or bitcoin-like technology­—as opposed to the cryptocurrency itself—could bring to the derivatives marketplace.
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