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While risk aversion continues to take precedence among investors across the globe, the same can certainly not be said for UK-based insurer Prudential . In a record call to investors,... 2010-05-19

While one could have expected Greece's financial woes to result in worse prospects for European leveraged buyouts (LBOs), this scenario has not prevailed in 2010. After all, LBOs... 2010-04-29

Will 2010 see a continuation of 2009's global dominance of Chinese IPOs? Upon first inspection, it would seem so: in Q110, China led all markets in terms of deal flow, with 39 companies... 2010-04-15

We all knew that the 21st century would see the rise of Asia, but its latest manifestation in the form of Asia's corporate financing clout is a feat worth celebrating. Indeed, in... 2010-04-01

CFW has long signalled the increasing demand for emerging market corporate bonds (see The Emerging Market Corporate Bond Boom, CFW, 9 November 2009). Emerging market corporate bond... 2010-03-26

Google's recent decision to leave behind China's internet market of 400mn users due to censorship rules is a powerful reminder of the dangers of doing business in China. Yet Google... 2010-03-19

The decision by Liberty International, the UK's largest shopping mall owner, to demerge its GBP6.1bn assets into two separate companies defies widespread expectations of a consolidation... 2010-03-11

When Blackstone pulled two of its investments out of planned listings last week due to a frozen IPO market, it was a potent symbol of the difficulties which private equity (PE) has... 2010-02-18

Who would have thought that President Obama would become the most protectionist US President since Herbert Hoover? Nevermind the mounting US protectionism which is visible through... 2010-02-10

If you have a read through the newspapers at the moment, you could be excused for believing that we have gone back in time to the post-war era. All the concepts that are presented... 2010-02-01