Dealmakers are worried that bond market turmoil and global instability could hit mergers and acquisitions in 2016 after deals reached an all-time high this year, surpassing 2007's peak.Driven by a surge of tie-ups in the pharmaceuticals, energy and consumer sectors, the total value of announced transactions has climbed to $4.6tn, compared with $4.3tn eight years ago, according to Thomson Reuters data.Many of these deals have been for tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, including blockbuster tie-ups between drugmakers Pfizer and Allergan, brewers AB InBev and SABMiller, and oil majors ...
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The China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a complement to existing international financial system, was formally established Friday in Beijing and expected to start operation early next year. "The AIIB is legally established as the Articles of Agreement take effect today," said Lou Jiwei, China's Minister of Finance. The Articles of Agreement outlines the financial share of each founding member as well as rules for policymaking, governance structure, and business and operational systems for the bank. It became effective once the legislatures of 17 ...
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Janet Yellen has started weaning the American economy off its addiction to cheap money. But, given recent mixed economic data, economists are divided on the merits of the US Federal Reserve chair’s decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points.For a different perspective on the challenge facing the Fed, it is worth looking at another corner of Washington: the Office of Financial Research. Just before the Fed announcement, the OFR published its first Financial Stability Report on the health of US finance. This went largely unnoticed.That is a pity. The OFR, an offshoot of the Treasury, wa...
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 24-- China is going to be the third-largest contributor to UN regular budget 2016-2018, with its assessed contribution accounting for 7.9 percent, said a senior Chinese diplomat here Wednesday. The Chinese contribution to the total UN membership dues ranks the third among 193 member states of the world body, just next to the United States and Japan, said Wang Min, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations. China’s assessed contribution to peacekeeping budget will be 10.2 percent in the next three years, said Wang, noting that China will becom...
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The US Senate has adopted long-awaited reforms to give emerging economies a greater say in how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is managed. China's voting rights will rise to 6%, from 3.8% and IMF resources will double to about $660bn. This is the biggest shake-up since the IMF and the World Bank were set up to manage the post-World War Two economy. The IMF reforms were agreed by its 188 members in the aftermath of the world financial crisis in 2010. As China's voting rights rise, the US will see its share drop from 16.7% to 16.5%. The US also retains its veto power. Ind...
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