Financing Strategies

CFW View: The announced homebuilding venture between India's Sahara Group, US-based Turner Construction and private equity firm Acropolis is a timely vote of confidence in a sector... 2012-02-10

Batelco's 100%-owned subsidiary BMIC is to sell its 42.7% equity in troubled Indian operations STel for BHD65.8mn (US$174.5mn) to local partner Sky City Foundation Limited. BMIC said... 2012-02-09

CFW View: By relinquishing a 10% stake in its Nigerian subsidiary, Bilfinger Berger (Bilfinger) is slowly, yet determinately, pulling out of Nigeria - where it has been active since... 2012-02-09

South Korean mass grocery retailers Shinsegae, GS Retail and Lotte Group are reportedly contemplating an acquisition of domestic consumer electronics retailer Hi-Mart. While Hi-Mart... 2012-02-06

CFW View: China State Grid International (State Grid) and Oman Oil Co (SAOC)'s purchase of a combined 40% stake in Portuguese power grid operator Redes Energeticas Nacionais (REN) is... 2012-02-03

Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell has made a much-anticipated confirmation regarding its shareholding in Australian independent Woodside Petroleum.

PetroChina's Canadian investment makes sense on two fronts: it increases the state-run company's access to unconventional expertise and it is likely to help pave the way for a large... 2012-02-03

CFW View: Chinese construction machinery maker Sany Heavy Industry's decision to acquire German concrete pump maker Putzmeister is the latest illustration of Sany's willingness and... 2012-02-01

CFW View: ExxonMobil's decision to lessen its exposure to the Japanese downstream represents a strategic retreat. Indeed, despite spiking oil demand in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake,... 2012-01-31

More international consumer-facing players are likely to opt for franchising as a mode of expansion in Pakistan over the coming years. Through such an expansion method, companies will... 2012-01-30