Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

Resilience, coupled with some slightly sunnier macroeconomic conditions, suggests that M&As and initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2025 could maintain momentumdespite certain aspects of corporate finance currently being on the downtrend. At last check, global M&A is down 7% in 2025 compared to 2024; in the US, its down 32%.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

How Corporate Finance Helps Businesses Make Smart Decisions Every business, no matter how big or small, needs to make good financial decisions to grow and stay successful. Making the Right Investment Decisions One of the biggest challenges a business faces is deciding where to invest its money. Open another branch?

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Accountancy Today

MARCH 26, 2025

James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance team has provided financial and tax due diligence and tax structuring advice to Queens Park Equity on its investment in Wordwall, an educational technology platform. The platform also offers access to approximately 88 million resources created by a global community of teachers.

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

The set-up process was seamless and ADGMs legal and regulatory framework offers transparency and predictability, which appeals to global asset managers, says Zia Uddin, president of Monroe Capital, a US-based investment manager that is in the process of establishing a presence in ADGM. The emirate manages some $1.7

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

I spend most of my time in the far less rarefied air of corporate finance and valuation, where businesses try to decide what projects to invest in, and investors attempt to estimate business value. In this role, the cost of capital is an opportunity cost, measuring returns you can earn on investments on equivalent risk.

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Global Finance

JANUARY 31, 2025

Saudi Arabia is experiencing a boom in IPO activity, signaling the liberalization of its economy and a shift away from government-led privatizations that once dominated its investment market. The final offer price is set to be announced on February 19, 2025, with listing expected soon after.

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CFO Thought Leader

JANUARY 5, 2025

Cyrus Lam, CFO of Orion Innovation, draws from an impressive career spanning decades in investment banking and corporate finance to shed light on the transformative role of finance in business strategy.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2025

The investments in that AI architecture were being made, with the expectation that companies that invested in the architecture would be able to eventually profit from developing and selling AI products and services. This story leaves me with a judgment call to make about the relative sizes of the markets for the two pathways.

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Global Finance

JANUARY 2, 2025

There was a large, continuous increase in write-offs of goodwill in investment in acquisitions. But overconfidence means that they believe their abilities to acquire, to invest, are substantially above their real abilities, and studies have shown that something like 30%, 40% of CEOs are overconfident.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The move is a cornerstone of an International Monetary Fund (IMF)-backed privatization program aimed at attracting private-sector investment and bolstering economic resilience. It aligns with our broader commitment to fostering sustainable growth and attracting diverse investments, he said. each, valuing the bank at EGP15.24

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Global Finance

JUNE 6, 2025

It is a speculative investment. And the nature of these speculative investments is unlike a stock or a bond. It’s like investing in vintage automobiles or fine art. We call it a cryptocurrency, but it’s not a currency. There’s no inherent valuation. We won’t know what the answer is eventually.

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CFA Institute

MAY 22, 2025

Kanan Mammadov is a Master of Science in Finance candidate at the George Washington University School of Business, with a strong academic and professional foundation in investment analysis, risk management, and corporate finance. He holds a bachelor of science in finance and economics from the same institution.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The sale is part of an ongoing initiative to stabilize finances and protect Boeing’s investment-grade credit rating while minimizing shareholder dilution. The financing structure lets the company count bonds as equity, hopefully eschewing concerns about its debt load, a critical factor in maintaining its credit rating.

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The CFI Group

JANUARY 10, 2025

CFI is proud to announce the integration of Anteos SpA, the independent corporate finance firm focused on Italian SMEs, into the Group as CFI Italy – Anteos.

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Global Finance

MARCH 26, 2025

Mike Hayes, KPMGs Global Climate Change and Decarbonization Leader, adds: It should be noted that while the bulk of global investment will be directed toward sustainable energy and infrastructure, many of these projects involve a critical social dimensionreferred to as the Just Transition.

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CFA Institute

MARCH 7, 2025

Investment professionals must carefully consider how shareholder loans and intangible assets influence financial ratios, as these factors materially shape the post-buyout financial landscape.

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Accountancy Today

APRIL 22, 2025

James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance team recently provided financial due diligence services to LDC-backed RDi on their acquisition of Inicio Health, a leading provider of healthcare interoperability, automation and AI-driven solutions.

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CFO Thought Leader

JULY 23, 2025

The contrast deepened his appreciation for digital business models—and sparked the idea that would eventually become the Corporate Finance Institute (CFI). The topics are wide-ranging but still focused within corporate finance as the core skill set. Read More Vipond didn’t plan to launch a training platform. “I

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CFA Institute

APRIL 30, 2024

Before this, he worked at a number of asset management firms including Schroders and Insight Investment. Anderson was a member of the UK Accounting Standards Board from 2007 to 2013 and a founding member of the Corporate Reporting Users’ Forum (CRUF). He has a degree in economics, University College, Durham, UK.

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Global Finance

MARCH 1, 2025

They also stressed the SARs role as a bridge between mainland Chinese and global markets, while promising to create more cross-border investment mechanisms to facilitate increased capital flows. In recent years, Hong Kong regulators have emphasized the importance of closer links between capital markets to uplift the mainland economy.

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Global Finance

JUNE 4, 2025

The territorys mandatory provident funds (MPFs)Hong Kongs compulsory retirement savings schemesare val- ued at approximately $167 billion, of which about 37% were invested in bonds and balanced funds as of the close of last year.

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CFO Talks

JULY 16, 2025

Strategic Thinking Begins at Ground Level CFOs are expected to contribute to strategic decisions, from capital investment and resource planning to risk management and growth strategy. Operational finance roles develop these abilities. They stretch professionals in ways that corporate finance roles often do not.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Niall Byrne, chief financial officer of QIA (Qatar Investment Authority), the country’s wealth fund, discussed from Doha his two-year tenure and his focus on transforming the QIA’s finance function to support growth. It doesn’t just impact the finance function, it impacts all of the investment teams across the whole organization.

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Global Finance

JUNE 13, 2025

Global Finance : Since you joined Dasault Systemes, what has been the most challenging period, and why? You have to create the capacity to invest in the long term, but you also have to manage performance quarter to quarter. Now they need to invest and adapt to the new world. GF: What’s the impact of the new US tariff policy?

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Students opt out of accounting majors in favor of investment banking or management consulting. Older baby boomers are preparing for retirement, and younger generations are reluctant to replace them. Only 67,000 candidates sat for the CPA exam in 2022, 5,000 fewer than the year before.

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Global Finance

MARCH 27, 2025

The Lion City has also emerged as a leader in sustainable finance, promoting green banking practices and investments that support environmental and social goals. The Development Bank of Singapore has won numerous Global Finance awards, including in the Best Private Banks and Best Corporate/Institutional Banks categories.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

To avoid trade barriers, Chinese companies are investing in Europe. The threatened increase in tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles that could reach as much as 45% boosted the search for joint ventures and direct investments in Europe. billion investment should land near Zaragoza in the Aragon region.

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Accountancy Today

MAY 14, 2025

FRP Corporate Finance has revealed it has advised GEV Wind Power, a global specialist services provider to the wind energy industry, on its sale to Certek. Certeks investment will enable GEV to grow across its core markets, continuing to support the transition to a clean energy economy.

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has tripled, and the number of investors has increased tenfold. Investment-Friendly Rules To strengthen the business climate, Saudi Arabia has enacted a number of regulatory reforms, including a new investment law that came into effect in February.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 26, 2024

In addition, the acquisition complements Nippon Lifes other recent investments, including a $3.8 Post-acquisition, this share is projected to surge to 20 percent, diversifying revenue streams and reducing dependency on the domestic market. billion stake in Houston-based Corebridge Financial.

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

On the Invest Like the Best podcast, Andreessen condemned the traditional venture capital partnership model, which he sees as flawed as it relies on a small group of founding fathers expertise and holds little lasting value once they retire.

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CFA Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

She has been involved in the investment industry for over 30 years. Before joining Amundi US in 2007, Birdsall was a fixed-income product engineer and portfolio manager at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) specializing in credit products, including high yield and investment grade debt. Jonathan M.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Niall Byrne, chief financial officer of QIA (Qatar Investment Authority), the country’s wealth fund, discussed from Doha his two-year tenure and his focus on transforming the QIA’s finance function to support growth. It doesn’t just impact the finance function, it impacts all of the investment teams across the whole organization.

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Banco Santander Corporate Investment Bank launched its turnkey service, which incorporates the payment platform from net-terms infrastructure provider Two and the services of insurance broker Marsh Spain and credit-insurance provider Allianz Trade.

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CFO News

JUNE 20, 2025

There has been a noticeable rotation from investment-led themes to consumption-led themes. This shift has been supported by a softer monetary policy environment, which has benefited consumer finance stocks. The report also highlighted a shift in market focus since the Union Budget announcement on February 1.

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CFA Institute

JUNE 12, 2023

Gaurang Trivedi, CFA, is an independent investment and management professional providing advisory services in forensic analysis, equity research, private capital, corporate finance, and business development.

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Global Finance

MAY 1, 2025

I have been hearing similar comments from my peerssenior investment partners with investment committee responsibilities. For the numbers to be where they are, investment banks dont have many mega deals to boast about. billion investment from Chinas Ministry of Finance into four state-owned banks.

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