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Corporate Treasurers Proceeding With Caution

Global Finance

Access to finance was a huge concern at the start of the pandemic [in 2020] as thoughts turned to the global financial crisis and a potential repeat of bank insolvency,” notes Kristen Roberts, partner and head of the London corporate debt practice at HSF. “So How they access the market has also changed.

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Convertible Arbitrage Hedge Funds: The Perfect Combination of Investment Banking and Sales & Trading?

Brian DeChesare

Traditionally, if someone asked the “ sales & trading vs. investment banking ” question, the response was easy: “Do banking unless you really, really like trading and could not imagine doing anything else.”. but it’s still valuable for its hedging properties and low correlation with the rest of the market.

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Davis Polk Discusses Key Takeaways for Banks of Basel Climate Report

Reynolds Holding

The Basel Principles 1 align closely with the climate-related risk management principles proposed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC Proposal”) 2 and the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (the “FDIC Proposal”). 6 The Basel Principles also state that “smaller banks.

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Brian DeChesare

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Others would counter that growth equity’s rapid ascent was mostly due to the easy money that persisted between 2008 and 2021.

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Wachtell Lipton Discusses Addressing Market Volatility and Risk in M&A Agreements

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Many M&A professionals have seen at least one, and in some cases multiple, potential transactions fall victim during the negotiation stage to the effects of economic uncertainty and market volatility over the past few months, and overall M&A is down roughly 25% globally in 2022 as compared to 2021. Fixed Exchange Ratios.

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Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses the Implications for Financial Institutions of Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Rules

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However, in response to demands from investors and other stakeholders, many banks, asset managers and insurance companies have voluntarily made climate disclosures in their sustainability or environmental, social and governance (ESG) reports or other public materials. In the insurance sector, the U.S. In the asset management sector, the U.S.

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ISS Discusses the Latest in ESG and Stewardship Regulation

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The latest taxonomy was developed through a collaboration between the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and the European Union Directorate-General of the European Commission for Financial Stability, Financial Services, and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA).