The present financial scenario all over the word makes Investment banking a fearful and risky venture fir business houses. However, risk cannot be a reason to step back when an investor wishes to secure a fair place in a company. It is not a new concept for an investor that greater the risk, greater is the possibility of potential returns. Needless to say that risk management needs to be factored into to process to lead the race. Operating a business into an uncertain financial climate requires a lot faith on your instincts and also on your financial advisers. Receiving finance from a distant source may involve countless regrets and you go about searching funds by yourself. But when you have investment banking available easily, why to waste time to sprint towards your dream? An investment bank [...] 

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You might have noticed that in the last 18 to 24 months your portfolio has been pounded into a pulp. If that is the case, it might well be time to consider any opportunities you might get a little further away from home. In particular, I refer to the Asian markets as a very interesting option as of now. Most American investors are so used to the Dow Jones, the S&P and the NASDAQ that they barely look beyond our own shores. But what of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange or the Mumbai Stock Exchange? These are all burgeoning stock markets and the home of some of the most vibrant economies in the world at this moment in time. Take China, for instance. It is one of the few large-scale economies in the world that is still galloping along merrily even in the face of a global [...] 

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One quick look at the United States and Europe will quickly point out to the savvy investor that the seagulls are swooping in hard and fast. Foreign investors are buying big stakes in companies before anyone even realizes what is going on. There is a big ruckus that should be made about this since there is a need for absolute transparency in the markets, so why in god’s name is no one doing anything about these maneuvers which, though legal, are unabashedly aggressive by nature? Who has neutered the regulatory bull-dogs, and why isn’t there anyone knocking down their doors with great gusto and zeal in an effort to get to the heart of the matter? It was barely a week ago that a small fashion company going by the name of Louis Vuitton (surely you’ve heard of them?) announced [...] 

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No matter what standard of measure you use, the last few years have been a real rollercoaster ride for investment banking. It has been a bizarrely topsy-turvy cycle that can make the stomach of the best of us churn and it came on the back of a golden age. After turning out quarter after quarter worth of profits, it seemed like there was no end to the number of golden eggs that the goose could lay. How wrong everyone was about that! Once the debt bubble burst, there was a flood of red ink and a number of bailouts for banks that wanted the mistakes stemming from their greed to be forgiven. But last year was an amazing turnaround of fortunes again as firms bounced back on the back of trading profits that were at all time highs. Now the squeeze is back, and this time the effects could be much longer [...] 

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If you look at the world economy as a whole, you’d be forgiven for mistakenly believing that the economic recovery of the world is in full swing. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted earlier this week that the global economy should expand by 4.8% in terms of GDP. While this figure is lower than that which was in place before the financial crisis hit all of us badly, it is still above the figure that you would expect it to be if there indeed to be a rebound from a recession (that figure is 4%, just FYI). But to just sit comfortably by and say that the economy is well and truly underway is wrong. There are still a set of problems that are lurking just below the surface and then there is the fact that you have to consider the vitality of disparate economies. Many emerging economies [...] 

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It is no secret that Japan’s economy has for long been a troubled one, and it has been doing everything it could to deal with its own travails. As if all of its issues weren’t enough, it now has to also look at the Yen and its strength and contend with that issue, one that has been brought on by a very loose monetary policy. For long, Japan has not intervened in its currency matters, but it has finally broken convention and decided to act upon pressing issues, taking matters into its own hands. On October 5th, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) stepped in and did what it had to in order to spur on a troubled economy, but it might not be enough to inspire confidence and fend off criticism. It is this sentiment that has seemingly forced or inspired Japanese politicians to offer legislation as option [...] 

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