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Posted on May 20th, 2012
This article reviews and assesses the key elements of the fiscal compact, which – as part of the new Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union – was signed by most EU Heads of State or Government on 2 March 2012. The United Kingdom and the Czech Republic [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2012
This paper investigates the causes behind the euro debt crisis, particularly Germany’s role in it. It is argued that the crisis is not primarily a “sovereign debt crisis” but rather a (twin) banking and balance of payments crisis. Intra-area competitiveness and current account imbalances, and the corresponding debt flows that such imbalances give [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2012
Unsustainable debt along Europe’s periphery is bringing the euro to breaking point. But this column argues that this is not simply the result of fiscal ill-discipline. After 2010, the Eurozone crisis went from a fiscal crisis to a balance-of-payments crisis – with different prescriptions for policy.
Source: VOX
Posted on May 20th, 2012
The number of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) increased in 2011 for the fifth consecutive year. In fact, the increase was significant: from 1,159 SARs in 2010 to 1,625 SARs in 2011, an increase of 40 percent. The total asset value involved also rose to a record sum of CHF 3 billion, more than [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2012
This edition provides insights on the latest developments in financial markets law – including the adoption of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and its implication on the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA) – and the sustainable impact on the asset management business in Switzerland.
In this issue:
Revision of the Collective [...]
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The Eurozone crisis: Fiscal fragility, external imbalances, or both?
Topics: currencies, indebtedness, regional / country study
Unsustainable debt along Europe’s periphery is bringing the euro to breaking point. But this column argues that this is not simply the result of fiscal ill-discipline. After 2010, the Eurozone crisis went from a fiscal crisis to a balance-of-payments crisis – with different prescriptions for policy.
Source: VOX
Annual Report 2011 by the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland MROS
Topics: financial crime, regional / country study
The number of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) increased in 2011 for the fifth consecutive year. In fact, the increase was significant: from 1,159 SARs in 2010 to 1,625 SARs in 2011, an increase of 40 percent. The total asset value involved also rose to a record sum of CHF 3 billion, more than [...]
Swiss Financial Services Newsletter – Investment Management
Topics: financial regulation, funds (general), hedge funds, regional / country study, wealth / asset management
This edition provides insights on the latest developments in financial markets law – including the adoption of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and its implication on the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA) – and the sustainable impact on the asset management business in Switzerland.
In this issue:
Revision of the Collective [...]