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US-China press forward on expanding high-tech trade agreement
November 11th, 2014
President Obama said Monday night that the U.S. and China are nearing a final agreement on expanding a major technology pact. Obama said that the world’s two largest economies would work toward including a broader scope of goods covered ...
China and India’s growing strategic weight
September 15th, 2014
The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India this week, so early in the term of India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, underlines the growing strategic weight of the relationship between the two countries. Modi’s prime ministership, with ...
FCA reports that firms fail to deliver best execution
July 31st, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a review setting out some major points, highlighting the fact that most firms fail to properly apply the rules on best execution when trading on their behalf Looking at 36 firms the FCA ...
China urges U.S. not to abuse trade system for own advantage
July 17th, 2014
China’s commerce minister urged the United States on Thursday not to abuse the global trade system by imposing duties on Chinese goods to protect its own economy, following a rebuke to Washington by the World Trade Organization. WTO judges ...
G20 must shape a new world trade regime
July 17th, 2014
Over the past decade global trade and investment discussions have moved far away from the formal global trade regime. The multilateral system has been mired in the Doha Development Round — defined by a single undertaking and a fixed ...
FCA finalises rules to improve the protection of client money and custody assets
June 10th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced in a press release that it has finalised changes to the client money and custody assets (client assets) rules. These changes affect approximately 1,500 FCA regulated firms that carry out investment business, ...
Bitcoin’s Futile Quest to Be a Currency
June 2nd, 2014
Bitcoin is a fascinating and ingenious technology, but most promoters are mindful of neither the monetary nor the tax issues. For all practical purposes IRS regulations issued in March preclude bitcoins from being used as an alternative currency. The ...
India Capital Votes in 3rd Phase of World’s Biggest Election
April 10th, 2014
Voters in India’s capital headed to polling booths today in the third phase of the biggest election in world history, with Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party set to win the most seats and grab power after a decade. About ...
