Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 24, 2023

2022 brought a halt to a nearly unabated 12-year run of booming credit markets and “lower for longer” interest rates. Obtaining committed financing, in particular, will require both creativity and avoiding the urge to let the perfect become the enemy of the good. more…)

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 20, 2022

Posted by Florian Ederer (Yale) and Bruno Pellegrino (University of Maryland), on Friday, May 20, 2022 Editor's Note: Florian Ederer is Associate Professor of Economics at the Yale University School of Management, and Bruno Pellegrino is Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 10, 2022

Kaplan is the Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business; and Vladimir Mukharlyamov is Assistant Professor of Finance at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. This post is based on their recent paper.

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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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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 15, 2022

Posted by Stephan Siegel (University of Washington), on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Editor's Note: Stephan Siegel is Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Washington. financial markets and shareholders assess the dispersion in pay between a firm’s top executives and rank-and-file employees.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 29, 2024

Posted by Michael Eisenband, FTI Consulting, on Monday, July 29, 2024 Editor's Note: Michael Eisenband is Global Co-Leader of Corporate Finance & Restructuring at FTI Consulting. This post is based on his FTI Consulting memorandum. The recent Chapter 11 filing of Fisker, Inc.,

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Africa today is the worlds youngest continent, with a growing population and several fast-growing economies, but significant challenges, including the need for regulatory reform in banking and finance. Global Finance: Last year, we discussed the departure of a number of high-profile foreign banks from Africa.

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Global Finance

APRIL 7, 2025

Embedded finance is revolutionizing global trade, making financing as simple as a click, and empowering SMEs previously locked out of traditional systems. Imagine a world where accessing trade finance is as simple as clicking a button, woven seamlessly into the fabric of online commerce. billion by 2033, up from $63.2

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 19, 2022

Posted by Burcin Yurtoglu (WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management), on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Editor's Note: Burcin Yurtoglu is Chair of Corporate Finance at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management. In our paper, How Useful are Commercial Corporate Governance Ratings in Emerging Markets? , Yurtoglu; Bernard S. Black , Nicholas D.

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Global Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

It can study customer data to more closely tailor marketing strategies and financial services to individual needs. Best Financial Innovation Labs 2025 Read Here The post Reimagining AI’s Role In Finance appeared first on Global Finance Magazine.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Investors may have incentives to keep secret these activities to maintain their trading advantage over the market. This post is based on their paper forthcoming in The Review of Financial Studies. Site visits are considered costly and significant activities for investors to acquire information.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Merton (1970) Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management, Antoinette Schoar is the Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management, and Yang Sun is Assistant Professor of Finance at Brandeis International Business School. model portfolios).

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 23, 2023

Reddy is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Cambridge. As private corporations have found it easier in recent years to raise capital from the private markets, the number of public firms listed on U.S. peers on at least one significant measure – the market capitalization to Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) ratio.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 13, 2024

Introduction Publicly traded firms face pressure from equity market investors with short investment horizons. This post is based on their recent article published in the Journal of Financial Economics. This post is based on their recent article published in the Journal of Financial Economics. more…)

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Global Finance: What are the banks strategic priorities over the next five years? Within PRIME, Boubyan has been a trailblazer for new products and services and now holds a significant market share among Kuwaiti youth. GF: What are some of the key developments within Islamic finance?

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Musings on Markets

JUNE 2, 2025

Since the ratings downgrade happened after close of trading on a Friday, there was concern that markets would wake up on the following Monday (May 19) to a wave of selling, and while that did not materialize, the rest of the week was a down week for both stocks and US treasury bonds, especially at the longest end of the maturity spectrum.

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Butcher Joseph & Co.

MAY 11, 2025

Jeff Buettner breaks down the current state of M&Awhos buying, whats happening with valuations, and how financing trends are shifting. The post Q1 2025 Economic and M&A Middle Market Update appeared first on ButcherJoseph & Co.

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Global Finance

JANUARY 22, 2025

In todays fast-paced and rapidly-changing world, it has become more important than ever for businesses to be agile and adapt to shifting market conditions and dynamics. Supply chain financing is a case in point. Digitalisation can also play a key role in creating more predictability in financing.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 25, 2023

Our Goals Protecting the Investing Public; Maintaining a Robust, Relevant Regulatory Framework; Supporting a Skilled and Diverse Workforce The United States has the largest, most sophisticated, and most innovative capital markets in the world. capital markets represent about 40 percent of the global capital market.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 27, 2024

Time to rethink retirement When my mom passed away in 2012, my dad started to decline quickly, and my brother and I had to go through my parents’ bills and finances. My dad invested because he knew that whatever money he put in the bond or stock markets would likely grow faster than in the bank. Fink’s annual letter to investors.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 22, 2025

Insiders sales and purchases are considered by the market to be important signals about a firms prospects such that those trades are often followed by other market participants. This post is based on their recent paper.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 17, 2023

In a recent Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance post we drew attention to declining equity markets in the United Kingdom and canvassed various possible explanations for the trend. The UK has, the United States aside, a uniquely well-developed equity market, with origins traceable back to the 16 th century.

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Global Finance

MAY 1, 2025

However, there was variation in individual IFIs performances; and many winners of Global Finances Best Islamic Financial Institutions 2025 achieved growth and profitability beyond their peers. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence data, returns for the Islamic Banking Sector in 2024 were stable at 1.7%, matching the prior years.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 16, 2024

Posted by Jun Qian (Fudan University), on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 Editor's Note: Jun Qian (QJ) is Professor of Finance and Executive Dean at the Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF), Fudan University. The second most popular external IPO destination for Chinese firms is the US.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 20, 2025

Starks (The University of Texas at Austin), and Moritz Wagner (University of Canterbury), on Monday, January 20, 2025 Editor's Note: Jedrzej Bialkowski is a Professor of Finance at University of Canterbury, Laura T. This post is based on their recent paper. a little less than 5%.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Global Finance ’s top 50 emerging markets honorees navigated their individual obstacles in their own unique way. The institutions in our 50 Safest Emerging Markets Banks rankings are facing a challenging operating environment from rising geopolitical tensions, potential disruptions of global trade, and commodity price volatility.

Banking 98

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Viking Mergers

APRIL 24, 2023

For some, the numbers make sense to go to market now. Most banks won’t risk financing an acquisition loan for a business with more than 20% of total sales from one customer. So ensure before going to market that you are accurately tracking your inventory and have an inventory management system in place.

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BV Specialists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Appraising a real estate holding company requires a nuanced understanding of both financial analysis and the real estate market. These companies typically own, manage, or develop real estate assets, and measuring their worth combines elements of traditional corporate finance with property-specific metrics.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As activity—still at impressive levels considering everything that has been thrown at the deal market—takes a breather, we consider five fundamental trends that may play out over the coming months. Rates and financing costs to increase.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

corporate bond market, holding approximately $1.5 This post is based on their working paper. Bebchuk and Scott Hirst; and The Limits of Portfolio Primacy (discussed on the Forum here ) by Roberto Tallarita. In the last decade, investment in corporate bonds has seen a surge through bond mutual funds.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 12, 2025

Stulz (Ohio State University), and Zexi Wang (Lancaster University), on Thursday, June 12, 2025 Editor's Note: Benjamin Bennett is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the A.B. To enforce this objective, shareholders rely on a range of disciplining mechanisms, including capital markets, the market for corporate control, and legal remedies.

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Global Finance

JANUARY 2, 2025

Baruch Lev is Philip Bardes professor emeritus of Accounting and Finance, Kaufman Management Center, Leonard N. They discuss their findings, and the lessons they drew for would be acquirers, with Global Finance. Global Finance: Why did you write this book now? Stern School of Business at New York University. Look ahead!

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 14, 2024

Posted by Zacharias Sautner (University of Zurich), on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Editor's Note: Zacharias Sautner is a Professor of Sustainable Finance at the University of Zurich. However, the link between biodiversity and finance has received little attention by academics.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 22, 2023

Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management, and Igor Makarov is Associate Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science. UST was marketed as the first genuine crypto-native stablecoin and was a distinguishing feature of the Terra network.

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IVSC

APRIL 22, 2025

The following appointments take effect from April 2025, with new members set to attend their first in-person board meetings in Prague this June: Business Valuation Board James Moulton (Australia) – Director | Corporate Value Advisory at PwC Australia Yingshi (Ryan) Tang (China) – Managing Partner, Zhongshui Zhiyuan (Shanghai), strategic valuation partner (..)

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 11, 2024

I like to make a difference : I do not expect my students to agree with all or even much of what I have to say, but I would like to think that I sometimes change the way they think about finance, and perhaps even affect their choice of professions.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 27, 2023

It is no exaggeration to say that over its roughly forty-year history, private equity has revolutionized both corporate finance and corporate governance. Understanding how private equity funds themselves are structured and incentivized is therefore crucial for understanding how the private equity industry behaves and affects global finance.

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