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King & Spalding advised Henkel on a $3.6 billion acquisition financing
July 26th, 2016
King & Spalding advised Henkel – a leading Germany-based manufacturer of home care, beauty and adhesive products – on the $3.6 billion acquisition financing for its purchase of US detergent and household products business Sun Products Corporation. Henkel purchased ...
Oil falls on glut fears, but China data curbs losses
July 15th, 2016
Crude futures dipped in Asian trading on Friday on renewed concerns about a global oil glut, but losses were capped by slightly better than expected Chinese economic data reflecting government efforts to stabilize growth. Brent crude futures were down ...
Asian Stocks Extend Rally on China Data as Yen Drops With Gold
July 15th, 2016
Japan’s currency set for biggest weekly drop in 17 years China’s economic growth stabilized in second quarter Asian stocks rose for a fifth day and South Korea’s won strengthened as Chinese economic data beat estimates amid an upbeat start ...
Pound rallies as UK political storm subsides
July 13th, 2016
Sterling climbed for a fourth consecutive trading session on Wednesday as Theresa May gets ready to become Britain’s new prime minister, removing the political uncertainty over the Conservative Party’s leadership. The British currency rose to $1.3326 on Wednesday, its ...
Can You Imagine The Fed Raising Interest Rates In This World? Europe In Chaos Edition
July 7th, 2016
Two short months ago it was generally expected that US interest rates would rise for the balance of the year — a move made possible by steady economic growth and general global stability. Here’s a representative piece ...
Brexit is getting the blame
June 17th, 2016
Brexit is not the most important problem facing markets, it is mounting problems in the European banks. But before looking at that systemic issue, I will summarise the Brexit position, from the trenches, in the last few days before ...
AMF France is creating a FinTech division
May 31st, 2016
The AMF announces the creation of a FinTech, Innovation and Competitiveness division headed by Franck Guiader The AMF is creating a separate division, operational as of 1 June, to respond to changes in consumption patterns which have been amplified ...
Top 50 most loved brands in Europe 2016
May 26th, 2016
Tech giant Apple is the UK and Europe’s most loved brand and dominates social conversation, according to a Brand Love List report launched today by enterprise social analytics company NetBase. Love, best, great, perfect and awesome were the top ...
GTX announced it has hired two senior sales executives for its registered swap dealer
May 24th, 2016
GTX, the institutional foreign exchange trading arm of GAIN Capital Holdings Inc., announced today it has hired two senior sales executives for its registered swap dealer, which provides agency execution services in spot, forwards, non-deliverable forwards, swaps, options in ...
Dollar hits two-week high on rate hike bets
May 13th, 2016
The dollar hit a two-week high against a basket of currencies on Friday, posting its best fortnightly performance since February, bolstered by the view that the U.S. Federal Reserve is still on track to raise rates before any other ...