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Companies that undertake an IPO grow faster and outperform their already listed rivals, according to a recent study, which is good news for stressed ECM bankers trying to ...
By Nick Lord | 21 May 2012
Steve Hall, head of Europe and Asia at Tradeweb, talks about the expansion of multi-dealer electronic trading platforms and their implementation within Asia.
By Nick Lord | 18 May 2012
Standard & Poor’s head of corporate research for Asia-Pacific, Terry Chan, discusses how the global economic landscape may raise the downside risk of a perfect storm for ...
By Standard & Poor's | 17 May 2012
The trading debacle at J.P Morgan raises issues about accountability as well the opacity of hedging activities.
By Rupert Walker | 16 May 2012
In last week’s web poll, we asked our readers to say which IPO markets would be busiest during 2012. With Facebook’s megadeal coming next week, can Hong Kong or ...
By Nick Ferguson | 15 May 2012
M&A
Rick Leaman, managing partner of Moelis & Company, says the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation tie-up is going well and the firm is planning to add platforms to its asset ...
By Nick Lord | 10 May 2012
M&A
British breakfast cereal Weetabix is valued at £1.2 billion as Bright Food buys a 60% stake from London-based private equity firm Lion Capital.
By Nick Ferguson | 4 May 2012
Soofian Zuberi, who is currently head of global market sales for Asia-Pacific, will relocate to New York for his new job.
By Anette Jönsson | 4 May 2012
M&A
Tom Michaud, chief executive of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, says that more Asian banks will look to buy US bank assets, aided by a swath of motivated sellers. But Asian banks ...
By Nick Lord | 2 May 2012
Alex Wilmot-Sitwell will join Bank of America Merrill Lynch as president for Europe and emerging markets (ex-Asia) less than a month after he was appointed to a new role as ...
By Anette Jönsson | 26 April 2012
Standard Chartered CEO Peter Sands discusses the risks in the bank's consumer book, the possibility of re-domiciling, the fragmenting global financial architecture and his own ...
By Nick Lord | 20 April 2012
Standard Chartered's CEO Peter Sands discusses the bank's recent performance in this exclusive interview and addresses the sceptics who claim it is too good to be true.
By Nick Lord | 19 April 2012
M&A
China’s biggest steelmaker, Hebei Iron & Steel, has agreed to invest in Canada’s Alderon Iron Ore and secures a 15-year off-take agreement.
By Nick Ferguson | 16 April 2012
Flockhart retires as an executive director after 37 years with HSBC, but will stay on as a non-executive director and chairman of a couple of subsidiaries.
By Lara Wozniak | 10 April 2012
RWE’s Asia-focused hybrid could herald a new wave of European corporate names looking to tap the deep pockets of Asia's private banking market.
By Nick Lord | 10 April 2012
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