Britain Warns Boom in Real-Estate Prices Threatens Economy; Financial Policy Makers Enact New Powers to Curb Mortgage Lending, Seek to Avoid Hurting Overall Recovery

Britain Warns Boom in Real-Estate Prices Threatens Economy

Financial Policy Makers Enact New Powers to Curb Mortgage Lending, Seek to Avoid Hurting Overall Recovery

ART PATNAUDE and JASON DOUGLAS

June 12, 2014 4:01 p.m. ET

LONDON—The U.K.’s two chief financial-policy makers warned Thursday in strident tones that the British fervor for real estate had swelled into a threat to the wider economy, and the government moved to enact new powers to curb mortgage lending amid a gathering boom. Read more of this post

China Commodity Loans Add to Surge in Offshore Borrowing; Beijing Tries to Limit Flow of Funds; Collateral in Qingdao

China Commodity Loans Add to Surge in Offshore Borrowing

Beijing Tries to Limit Flow of Funds; Collateral in Qingdao

DANIEL INMAN, FIONA LAW and ENDA CURRAN

June 12, 2014 10:35 a.m. ET

The commodity-backed loans at the center of a probe into an alleged financial scam at a Chinese port are part of a ramp-up in offshore borrowing by Chinese companies that Beijing is looking to tamp down. Read more of this post

Prabowo Debt Plan Stirs Isia Rating Worries; Isia has a 0.5 percent chance of defaulting within a year, more than ten times higher than Msia or the Philippines, even though its liability ratio is half that of its Southeast Asian peers

Prabowo Debt Plan Stirs Indonesia Rating Worries: Asean Credit

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Global Capital Markets 2014: The Quest for Revenue Growth

Global Capital Markets 2014: The Quest for Revenue Growth

by Philippe Morel, Nick Gardiner, Gwenhaël Le Boulay, James Malick, Pierre Paoli, Sukand Ramachandran, Shubh Saumya, and Astrid Woloszczuk

MAY 06, 2014

Overview

The capital markets and investment banking (CMIB) industry continues to try to navigate its way through a transformational period that requires tough strategic choices. Declining revenues, an extremely challenging regulatory climate, clients that demand higher service levels and more innovative products, a shifting workforce culture, and the need to forge meaningful business partnerships are common items on the agendas of senior management teams globally. Read more of this post

Time to Reengage with, Not Retreat from, Emerging Markets

Time to Reengage with, Not Retreat from, Emerging Markets

by Bernd Waltermann, David C. Michael, and Dinesh Khanna

MAY 19, 2014

These are challenging times for emerging markets. China’s economy is expanding at the slowest pace in more than a decade, and annual growth in once-booming nations like Brazil, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa has slowed to about 1.5 to 2.5 percent. Look around the developing world, and currencies are weakening, worries about asset bubbles and rising debt are mounting, and foreign direct investment has fallen sharply. This volatility leaves many companies wondering if they are overexposed to the risks of emerging markets. Read more of this post

Creating Value for Machinery Companies Through Services

Creating Value for Machinery Companies Through Services

by Victor Du, Kelly Howe, Rahul Jain, Rafael Rilo, Patrick Staudacher, Pekka Vanne, and Francisco Salmerón

MAY 06, 2014

Machinery companies come in forms as varied as the equipment they manufacture. Just as equipment prices range from thousands to millions of dollars, companies vary from large business conglomerates to highly specialized niche companies. What most have in common is that they generate substantial value from after-sales services. Read more of this post