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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Tory Hints At Pivot To Exports

Although Liam Fox made headlines for sayingBritish businessmen are too lazy to boost exports, less extensively reported remarks by the UK’s international trade secretaryhint at a significant change in policy.

Features

Can Spain Hold Steady?

Spain | Solid fundamentals and steady structural reform could be undercut by political chaos and global market turbulence.

News

Eurozone Attracts Record Foreign Investment

Europe | Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Europe hit a record high in 2015 with 5,083 new cross-border projects, an increase of 14% from 2014, creating approximately 218,000 new jobs

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Nearshoring Tide Rises In Europe

LOCATION TRENDS | Technology allows all sorts of work to be done anywhere.Many companies are taking advantage of this power to "nearshore" European operations from pricey major capitals to lower-cost locales.

News

Pots Of Gold, Leprechauns Or No

Ireland | Ireland has been a eurozonegrowth powerhousein recent years, and remains strong, despite Brexit.

Award Winners

Q&A: Bank Of Ireland Puts Advice On Tap 24/7

Garvan Callan, director of customer, digital and innovation at Bank of Ireland, talks with Global Finance about the bank’s digital offerings.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Brexit: After The Shock

The United Kingdom | Individuals and corporate teams alike are struggling through the implications of Brexit, looking for opportunities, and stillhoping the whole thing will go away.

Country Report

Hanging On, Portugal Staves Off Downgrade

PORTUGAL | With a hefty debt overhang, Portugal can’t quit now on structural reform.

Banking

Scandal And Risk Drive Private Banks Out Of Russia

Facing reputational risk and poor prospects, private banking operations are bailing on Russia and encouraging its wealthy to park their assets offshore.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

UK Could Exit Brexit

Britain might not leave the European Union after all. A lot of things have to happen to agree on a divorce that many seem to have changed their minds about.

News

Can Khan Deliver On Affordable Housing Pledge?

UK The promise of London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan, to build 50,000 homes (half of them affordable) with a reasonable commute is being heralded but also questioned.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ECB Corporate Bond Buying Lures US Issuers

Capital Markets | Fixed Income US companies are rushing to borrow in European bond markets. They’re taking advantage of low interest rates on euro-denominated issues after the European Central Bank’s decision to start buying investment-grade corporate bonds in June—part of its economic stimulus program. Last year already set a record for corporate borrowing in Europe’s bond markets, where rates are significantly lower than in the US.