Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

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.

As the Russian economy continues to emerge from the coronavirus, and as long as investors are hungry for new issues from Russia, it’s likely there will be more IPOs by Russian companies: but likely more in London than New York.

The tech and medical sectors are leading the way on M&A.

M&A transactions globally increased 25% in the second half of 2020 from the first half and were up 14% year over year.

Big businesses are getting serious about creating diverse boardrooms.

Banks reward corporations that are serious about ESG.

Citibank's new CEO has a lot on her plate.

The country is home to major blockchain companies including the Ethereum Foundation, Polkadot, Cardano and Libra.

Cash-burning industries are using their most valuable assets to secure liquidity during the pandemic. Yield-hungry investors are happy to oblige.

The number of SPAC IPOs broke records during the pandemic.