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Deals of the Year 2016

Deals of the Year 2016 – Americas

May 3, 2016

The Deals of the Year 2016 winners from the Americas.

Deals of the Year 2016

Deals of the Year 2016 – Asia-Pacific

May 3, 2016

The Deals of the Year 2016 winners from Asia-Pacific.

Deals of the Year 2016

Deals of the Year 2016 – Europe

May 3, 2016

The Deals of the Year 2016 winners from Europe.

BNP Paribas helps to kick-start 2016

BNP Paribas helps AB InBev kick-start 2016

May 2, 2016

The bond market endured a miserable start to 2016, with January dead and February not much better. However, things sparked into life with the record-breaking Anheuser-Busch InBev euro-denominated bond. Edward Russell-Walling speaks to the BNP Paribas team that helped bring the deal to fruition.

The madness of blockchain

May 2, 2016

It is worth tuning out the white noise surrounding blockchain because real change is in the works – provided everyone understands what it involves.

Political determination key to successful privatisations

April 24, 2016

Serbia, Slovenia and Greece are all considering selling-off assets, but must not let public anger derail the privatisation process.

Panama Papers expose a tale of data leaks and toothless bodies

April 24, 2016

Progress in cleaning up offshore financial centres should be driven by international jurisdictions not the leaking of documents.

Ukraine deals warrants VRI first for PJT Partners

Ukraine deals warrants VRI first for PJT Partners

April 1, 2016

Negotiating through dangerous territory in the restructuring of Ukrainian sovereign debt, PJT Partners' EMEA restructuring team opted to utilise a value recovery instrument in a novel way, to the satisfaction of parties on either side of the deal. 

Asean development provides stark lesson for EU

April 1, 2016

The launch of the Asean Economic Community on January 1 represented the next stage of the economic grouping's integration, and stands in stark contrast to the EU's progress.

The fintech generation game

April 1, 2016

Fintech companies are an odd mix of 'boomers' that tend to have the financial knowledge, and 'millennials' that bring the technological expertise. The success of such a company, however, seems to depend on how the two mix.

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