Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Decentralizing finance can unlock capital in cryptocurrencies, but will it last?

Six-month lockup periods used to be the strong recommendation from banks that underwrote traditional IPOs; no longer.

New technologies demand new kinds of talent and make addressing labor shortages easier.

Spare a thought for corporate treasurers as they mull where to invest their excess cash. 

If you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it. 

Sustainable finance makes inroads in Africa.

Increasing competition, consumerization and the quest for a bigger wallet share have transaction banks eyeing retail divisions for inspiration.

Amit Thakur, a managing director at Amax Capital and CFO of Augie, is a financial advisor in M&A, debt and equity raising, and strategic finance deals totaling $35 billion. A cross-border pro, Thakur launched Standard Chartered's U.S. M&A business, and led Morgan Stanley's Indian FIG group. He mentors startups as well as multinational companies, globally. As worldwide M&A activity reached $2.8 trillion in the first half of 2021, Thakur says there are plenty of factors that can affect deal pace, including heightened regulatory scrutiny, debt issuance and a tempering SPAC boom.

Alberto Calderón brings with him experience in government and Colombia's mining sector.

One trend driving the recent rise in fairness advisories is the SPAC wave.

Corporate borrowing continues to reach new highs.

Blackrock is incentivizing the hiring and promotion of minorities and women.

Any project for introducing a worldwide global minimum tax is likely to meet opposition from countries, like Ireland, that used low corporate tax rates to attract business.

The Grab IPO will mark a milestone for the Southeast Asian tech sector, which is forecast by one research group to triple in size by 2025, to $300 billion. 

Coinbase’s valuation has grown exponentially in recent years—more than tenfold since late 2018, when the firm was valued at $8 billion in a private financing round. 

Capital expenditure continues to see an acceleration from 2020 into 2021, thanks to consumer spending.

The central banks will deploy distributed ledger technology to develop a proof-of-concept prototype with the aim of making regulation-heavy foreign exchange payments cheaper and more efficient.

The explosion of small investors moving unpopular stocks like Gamestop has bigger companies looking for ways to connect with them via social media.

Pandemics and lockdowns stimulate India's start-ups.

Crisis? What crisis? Swiss corporate finance has prospered through the pandemic.