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Investors Welcome Newly Released World Bank Green Bond Impact Report
August 12th, 2015
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The first World Bank (IBRD) Green Bond Impact Report provides an overview of the environmental and social impacts expected from eligible projects that help World Bank client countries adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. ...
China Calls On Brokers to Help Stabilize Market
August 10th, 2015
Regulator warns margin trading must be kept in line with the capital strength, risk-management capabilities of firms China’s securities regulator said Friday that it has called on the nation’s securities brokers and fund managers to help stabilize the stock ...
U.S. Labor Department fiduciary rule to cost brokers $5.8bln -SIFMA
July 21st, 2015
A proposal by the Department of Labor to rein in conflicts by brokers who offer retirement advice may cost U.S. securities firms more than $5.8 billion, making it harder for Americans to build nest eggs, the Securities Industry and ...
Tax: MEPs advocate country-by-country reporting to help developing countries
July 9th, 2015
The EU and its member states should make multinationals report their financial performance, tax details, assets and employee numbers country by country, so as to help fight tax evasion and illicit money flows in developing countries, says Parliament in ...
China Freezes Trading in 1,300 Companies, Locking Up 40% of Market Cap
July 8th, 2015
A wave of Chinese companies halted trading in their shares and regulators unveiled new measures to prop up the value of small-cap stocks in the latest attempts to stem a rout that’s wiped more than $3.5 trillion of value. ...
China stocks are giving investors a nasty case of whiplash
June 30th, 2015
China stocks resumed their volatile decline on Tuesday, compounding losses that have erased trillion of dollars in market value in recent weeks. The Shanghai Composite dropped as much as 6% in morning trading, before bouncing back. The performance pushed ...
European Investment Bank rolls out the Investmet Plan for Europe
April 23rd, 2015
The first projects and transactions earmarked for benefitting from an EU budget guarantee under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) have been approved by the Boards of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) ...
Top 5 overseas contracting hotspots of 2015
April 20th, 2015
Due to weaker economic global activity, 2014 proved to be a difficult year for some countries and contracting opportunities may have not registered the expected demand, writes Helene Truffa of Capital Consulting, an international tax and employment advisory. In ...
New President of the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
March 16th, 2015
As from the beginning of March, Felix Hufeld is the new President of BaFin. He took over from Dr Elke König at the beginning of March. Dr König will be moving to Brussels to help set up and head ...
Investment Plan: Green light for SME financing before the summer
February 18th, 2015
Following a decision by the Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) today, small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) across Europe should be able to benefit from the first funds from the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) before ...
