Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Shareholder Activists Circle Macy’s
A nasty spat between premier US retailer Macy’s Inc. and some of its shareholders got a little hotter last month,...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Hong Kong: Capitalizing On Dim Sum Bonds
So-called “dim sum” bonds and loans—offshore debt denominated in mainland China’s currency—rose 65% year-over-year in 2023 to 550 billion yuan...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Reddit Goes Public
Social media platform Reddit is set to debut this month on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)—the first major initial...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tsunami Coming?
Nippon Steel’s United States Seal deal suggests the new wave of Japanese acquisitions is more than a blip. Japanese giant...
Technology
Changing The Tune On Tokenization
Businesses are finding value in putting real-world assets on blockchains. For years, tokenization—creating a digital representation of a tangible asset...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
VC Funds Drop, Hedge Funds Rise
Venture capital (VC) funding plummeted across the US and Europe in 2023. According to data analytics company GlobalData, the VC...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ExxonMobil Targeted By Agitators For Change
ExxonMobil Corporation has sued two climate activist investors to prevent them from presenting an “extreme” climate proposal at its annual...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Daimler Names CFO With Sustainability Focus
As a financial executive at Siemens, Eva Scherer has long had sustainability in her sights. As regional CFO, Middle East/Asia-Pacific,...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
New Woman Piloting Jetblue Faces Headwinds
In January, a federal judge halted Jet Blue’s $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines, citing the likelihood that the merger...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Felton Named Amazon Web Services CFO
As head of worldwide operations at Amazon, John Felton presided over a multiyear improvement in delivery speeds for the global...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO Corner: Paul Harrison Of Autostore
Last September, Paul Harrison took over as CFO of AutoStore, a cutting-edge technology company founded in Norway that develops order-fulfillment...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Changing Of The Guard In The Permian
As the shale industry matures, the biggest oil and gas producers, with their efficiencies and lower cost of capital, are...