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Posted on February 22nd, 2012
China’s need for vast amounts of minerals to sustain its high economic growth rate has led Chinese investors to acquire stakes in natural resource companies, extend loans to mining and petroleum investors, and write long-term procurement contracts for oil and minerals in Africa, Latin America, Australia, Canada, and other resource-rich regions. These efforts [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2012
The ECB’s three-year long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) executed at the end of last year has contributed to a significant improvement in financial conditions in the Eurozone. But the LTRO is not a panacea for the Eurozone’s woes. It risks tightening the banksovereign link in some countries, increasing the systemic risk from pressures on [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”) is adopting amendments to the rule under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that permits investment advisers to charge performance based compensation to “qualified clients.” The amendments revise the dollar amount thresholds of the rule’s tests that are used to determine whether an individual or [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2012
Euroland is in a crisis that is slowly but surely spreading from one periphery country to another; it will eventually reach the center. The blame is mostly heaped upon supposedly profligate consumption by Mediterraneans. But that surely cannot apply to Ireland and Iceland. In both cases, these nations adopted the neoliberal attitude toward [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2012
EFAMA recognizes the challenges the Agencies face in implementing the Volcker Rule and the need to prevent banking entities in the United States from seeking to circumvent the requirements of the Volcker Rule by choosing to conduct otherwise prohibited activities outside of the United States. EFAMA believes, however, that, in their current form, [...]
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