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Down Round Valuation: How to Survive and Protect Your Equity (2025)

Equidam

From 2008 until 2022, most central banks lowered interest rates to 1% or below, creating what economists call the Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP). Strategy 2: Bridge to Better Times When down rounds seem inevitable but you believe the market correction is temporary, bridge financing can provide an alternative path.

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Data Update 6 for 2025: From Macro to Micro - The Hurdle Rate Question!

Musings on Markets

In the first five posts, I have looked at the macro numbers that drive global markets, from interest rates to risk premiums, but it is not my preferred habitat. A few years ago, I wrote a paper for practitioners on the cost of capital , where I described the cost of capital as the Swiss Army knife of finance, because of its many uses.

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Expanding in Africa: How Egypt’s CIB is Pursuing Cross-Border Growth

Global Finance

Global Finance (GF): What are CIBs growth plans for 2025 and beyond across Africa? Islam Zekry (IZ): CIBs strategy is centered on expanding our footprint in East Africa by leveraging our expertise in corporate, SME and retail banking. GF: Which markets and sectors are the priority for growth? How will you achieve these?

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Harmonised Solutions Connect Exporters and Importers in Volatile Markets

Global Finance

Different financing goals, geopolitical risks, and interest rate changes as well as currency fluctuations often create hurdles that may endanger the completion of a deal. However, with the right banking partner, these challenges can be transformed into opportunities. In today’s world, risks are global.

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The Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office: How Banks Organize Their Dungeons

Brian DeChesare

The debate about the front office, middle office, and back office in the finance industry is one of the sillier and more exhausting ones. Yes, if you’re working at a large bank, it’s generally best to be in a “front office” (client-facing) role.

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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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Best Financial Innovations 2024

Global Finance

Its new generative AI tool analyzes and summarizes the minutes and announcements from the Monetary Policy Committee of Brazil’s central bank and the Federal Open Market Committee of the US Federal Reserve. The bank believes it creates analyses and summaries that are faster and more bias-free than traditional analyses.