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.
North America
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CROSS-BORDER M&A DOUBLES AS COMPANIES ENTER NEW MARKETS
Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions<br />
Global cross-border mergers and acquisitions totaled $1.1trillion during the first nine months of 2014, more than double the level of the same period a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
IS WHITMAN DRIVEN SOLELY BY PRAGMATISM IN HP SPLIT?
Newsmakers | United States<br />
HP CEO Meg Whitman’s volte-face announcement to split the company in two has drawn a lot of speculation about, and criticism of, the motives behind the decision.
Banking
M&A INTERVIEW: TIM GEE, BAKER & MCKENZIE
Capital Markets | Q&A<br />
Tim Gee is a partner in the London office and global head of mergers and acquisitions at Baker & McKenzie.
Banking
RATING AGENCIES – U.S. UNDER PRESSURE
Pressure from Congress in the wake of the global financial crisis led the SEC to expedite its lethargic and opaque process of registering rating agencies. As a result there are now 10 Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations (NRSROs).
Banking
SEISMIC SHIFTS UPEND THE FX BUSINESS
FX Supplement 2014 | Overview<br />
Will regulation repair forex’s damaged reputation—and are banks ready for the culture change?
News
GOOGLE INNOVATOR TAKES SKILLS TO WASHINGTON
NEWSMAKERS | UNITED STATES<br />
The technology community has warmly welcomed the appointment of Megan Smith as the next chief technology officer of the US.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
LAME DUCK CONGRESS TO TACKLE INVERSIONS
MANAGEMENT | TAX PLANNING<br />
When Congress returns following the November elections, the issue of what to do about US companies making foreign acquisitions to relocate overseas and save on taxes will be high on the agenda.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
NO COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO HEDGES AFTER ALL
MANAGEMENT | DERIVATIVES REGULATION<br />
Nonfinancial corporations that hedge risk by using derivatives not traded on exchanges won an important victory in early September, when US bank regulators agreed to exempt such companies from rules that would have required them to post collateral against their positions.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TORONTO, VANCOUVER PARTNER TO FORM RENMINBI TRADING HUB
TRENDS | RENMINBI TRADING<br />
Even though Toronto is the center of Canada’s financial industry, much of the country’s trade with China passes through Vancouver. Groups in both cities have decided to work together to promote Canada as a trading hub for the renminbi.
Award Winners
BEST INTERNET BANKS 2014 ROUND 1
In this first installment of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and then by region, according to product or service category.