Private-Equity Deals Soar in Asia While Collapsing in Americas
Private-equity deals have surged in Asia and fallen in the Americas this year, highlighting the uneven impact of the coronavirus pandemic, a new study shows.
Big Chinese Broker Faces Probe After State-Owned Coal Miner's Default
One of China's largest securities firms is under investigation for suspected market manipulation and its role in the recent debt-related woes of a state-owned coal miner, following a tumultuous week in Chinese credit markets.
China Shifted Some Borrowing to Companies as It Fought the Pandemic
Corporate borrowing had moderated in China but rebounded this year, driving a surge in the country's debt-to-GDP ratio, according to a report by the Institute of International Finance.
When AAA Means Something Different in Chinese
China's central government bonds are an increasingly popular asset for foreigners to own. It could be quite a while before Chinese corporate bonds enjoy that kind of welcome.
Fannie, Freddie Should Hold $280 Billion in Capital, FHFA Says
The decision is a key step in efforts to return the two companies to private ownership.
Market's Vaccine Euphoria Was Bad News for Momentum Funds
An abrupt reversal in many of this year's most-persistent market trends has hurt a cluster of computer-driven funds.
Canadian-Danish Group Strikes $9.6 Billion Deal for U.K. Insurer RSA
The consortium agreed to buy RSA Insurance Group for GBP7.2 billion, equivalent to $9.6 billion, in a deal that would rank it among the biggest acquisitions of a British company so far this year.
The Man at the Center of Wirecard's Deal Machine
Henry O'Sullivan, an outside adviser, was paid on 10 Wirecard deals, some of which are the focus of investigators trying to unravel the company's collapse
Life Insurers' Road to Full Recovery Is Long
Life-insurance stocks have been the beneficiaries of a huge relief rally this month, thanks to positive vaccine news and a jump in U.S. Treasury yields. But it is too soon to declare them fully healed.
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