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Japan’s PE market is thriving, with potential for exits to follow

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Stronger stock market performance bodes well for exit conditions in Japan’s rapidly maturing PE space - Interested observers have long anticipated the “arrival” of Japan’s private equity market. As the world’s...more

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2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Political Risk From Government Interference

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All investments are subject to shifts in business climate and geopolitics, and the whims of the investor and host government alike. For global businesses in 2024, government intervention is increasingly a real and critical...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 12: Canvassing the Global Debt Capital Markets with J.P. Morgan’s Kevin Foley

Welcome to Season Two of Private Market Talks. We start this season with a conversation with Kevin Foley, Global Head of Debt Capital Markets for J.P. Morgan, the world’s largest bank. J.P. Morgan is a major player across the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Malaysian Stock Exchange to Launch ESG-Reporting Platform

On March 22, 2023, Malaysian stock exchange Bursa Malaysia and the London Stock Exchange Group announced the development of a centralized ESG-reporting platform (Platform), due to launch in April 2023. The Platform has been...more

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Updating Annual Report Risk Factors: Key Developments and Drafting Considerations for Public Companies

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The Annual Report season will soon be upon us, and it is important to assess a company's risk factors at the outset and whether recent developments, including those relating to macroeconomic, geopolitical, and public health...more

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Fundraising in a difficult market: a Hong Kong perspective

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Overview of the latest capital market trends in Hong Kong - In line with global trends, fundraising activity slowed markedly in Hong Kong during the first half of 2022. Total proceeds raised from such activity decreased by...more

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Climate Transition Finance Handbook bridges the sustainable finance gap for carbon-intensive issuers

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The International Capital Market Association ("ICMA") has published its much anticipated Climate Transition Finance Handbook1 (the "Handbook"). Unlike previous releases, the Handbook does not comprise a formal set of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Coronavirus/COVID-19 Update

As health organizations and governments around the world work to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19), businesses should be mindful of the various ways the virus may impact their operations and employees. The wide range of...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2020

The private fund industry is more in the public eye than ever before. Private capital and private markets have experienced massive growth over the last two decades, substantially outpacing the growth of public equity. We have...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2020: Economic Downturn

Significant economic, regulatory and political uncertainties in 2020 should prompt board of directors members to evaluate, and take steps to mitigate, potential downside risks facing their businesses. Certain challenges...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.21.2020 | Top Story: World Economic Forum Kicks Off in Davos

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As it kicked off its 50th annual gathering today, the World Economic Forum in Davos is facing some hard questions—both about the state of the ideals it has long espoused (“open borders, liberal democracy and free borders,” to...more

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Quarterly Investment Update - 1st Quarter 2019

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Economic Commentary - Although there are no signs apparent of an imminent recession in the U.S. or other major global economies, there is some uncertainty whether this is a brief period of moderating global growth or an...more

King & Spalding

Africa Bulletin - January 2019

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Gas-to-Power in Africa: An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges - WHAT IS GAS-TO-POWER? “Gas-to-power” is a phrase that encompasses a trend of projects which involve directly using gas in power generation. The...more

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Quarterly Investment Update - 4th Quarter 2018

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ECONOMIC REVIEW AND OUTLOOK - The start of 2019 is a stark contrast to the beginning of 2018. Optimism ruled the day last year, as the S&P 500 closed with a 6.6% return in the fourth quarter and the bond market behaved in...more

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In 2018 We Are: (a) Doomed, or (b) in the Warm Embrace of Goldilocks

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Around this time of year, we slip on the prognostication goggles and take a look forward into the next year. While there is ample evidence that prognostication is a dodgy exercise, I always tell my folks that the fact that...more

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Bennett Jones Spring 2017 Economic Outlook

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In our Fall 2016 Economic Outlook, we set out at some length our analysis of the main factors which have contributed to the low “new normal” growth rates the world has experienced since 2011. We argued that trend annual...more

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African Resilience! Private Equity in Africa proves its mettle

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Despite numerous economic, political and regulatory challenges faced by investors, Private equity in South Africa appears to continue to deliver long term sustainable returns for its stakeholders and has outperformed major...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Regional Focus: Europe"

Skadden attorneys James A. McDonald, Elizabeth Robertson and Robert W. Stirling in London; Pascal Bine and Olivier Diaz in Paris; and Matthias Horbach and Stephan Hutter in Frankfurt provide insights on the developments...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

US China Trade War — Stock Market Crash, Presidential Trade Politics, Trade Policy, Customs, Antitrust and Securities

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The Chinese stock market crash and world- wide effect on stock markets around the World has created a crisis with day to day developments. The World Stock market crash stated on August 24, 2015 and went through to August...more

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Skadden's 2013 Insights

We are pleased to provide a collection of commentaries on the critical legal issues facing our clients in 2013. There is hope that global economic and market conditions will continue to improve despite ongoing...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be”

Originally published in eurofenix - Winter 2012/2013. David Conaway looks at alternative sources of working capital in US and Canadian insolvencies. It has been reported that Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer...more

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