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Corporate finance
Following on from the success of equity-based, exchange-traded funds, treasurers can look forward to the emergence of fixed-interest ETFs that will help hedge their positions.
29 Apr 2003
An inability to integrate is the main reason why banks often fail to merge successfully. For them, it's a case of do or die.
29 Apr 2003
Many financial directors find that much of their company's capital is tied up in commercial property. The implications this has on their corporate balance sheets is not something they can afford to ignore.
29 Apr 2003
President Bush is planning to end the taxation of corporate dividends. Good news for profit-making corporations. Loss-makers - and their investors - won't see any benefit.
30 Jan 2003
The Quoted Companies Alliance is becoming increasingly concerned about the dramatic fall in investment in smaller quoted companies. Small caps are now finding it much harder to raise capital, and there are growing fears that this is harming some of Britain's most innovative small businesses. But, with Gordon Brown unwilling to talk to the QCA it looks like the UK government is reluctant to do anything about it.
03 Jan 2003
The Quoted Companies Alliance is becoming increasingly concerned about the dramatic fall in investment in smaller quoted companies. Small caps are now finding it much harder to raise capital, and there are growing fears that this is harming some of Britain's most innovative small businesses. But, with Gordon Brown unwilling to talk to the QCA it looks like the UK government is reluctant to do anything about it.
03 Jan 2003
Even though UK banks are operating in a difficult environment, they are still out-performing their European counterparts.
03 Jan 2003
With investors nervous and credit ratings falling, companies can't take advantage of low rates - or of desperate investment banks.
02 Dec 2002
Uniquely, in the highly-regulated financial services sector, factoring companies are not regulated by an external agency. Now that they handle books up to #160m, some people are asking why.
02 Dec 2002
Douglas Flint, FD of HSBC, has admitted to worries that the surge of bad debt could bring banking down. But is he crying wolf?
04 Nov 2002
It's tempting to look at the collapse in Swedish-Swiss engineering group ABB and consider what would have happened if GEC had stuck with engineering and ABB had gone into telecoms. Either way, we have another name to add to the list of companies that have taken serious hits below the waterline.
04 Nov 2002
Invoice discounting and securitisation are at opposite ends of the asset-based finance league tables - but they are starting to encroach on each other's territory. Now technology is helping to bridge the receivables financing gap.
07 Oct 2002
Some experts believe the derivatives market is like a long line of dominoes - so that one event could trigger a huge collapse.
30 Aug 2002
For now, banks are confident. Their reserves - and low interest rates - are preventing a credit crunch, despite some defaults.
16 Jul 2002
With income from M&As, lending and share issues low, banks hope a rise in restructuring deals will keep the revenue flowing.
22 Apr 2002
The number of financing transactions in Europe fell by over one-third in 2001 compared to 2000, and the median pre-money valuation of them fell from EUR8.7m to EUR7m.
19 Apr 2002
When the government pulled the plug on Railtrack, PFI contractors up and down the country began wondering if Labour was about to scrap private funding for public projects - and if they'd be hit next. Yet Labour says it's committed to PFI - and the scheme is far too lucrative for companies to back out now.
25 Mar 2002
This may seem like the time to approach desperate investment banks for credit. But there is more to a relationship than cash.
31 Jan 2002
AIM is touted as a stepping stone to a full listing: simpler, and open to a wide range of growing companies. But it also has a reputation for volatility, which can make raising capital rather tricky.
31 Jan 2002
Falls in M&A activity and the reluctance of companies to issue debt are forcing investment banks to look elsewhere for business.
15 Jan 2002
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