UK's Financial Conduct Authority Continues Action Against Capital Alternatives
The FCA is continuing its High Court claim for money to be returned to investors in the African Land and Capital Carbon Credits schemes. The FCA continues to maintain that the defendants made false and...
View ArticleESMA Announces Vacancy For A Seconded National Expert In The Supervision...
Please follow the instructions in the vacancy notice to apply.read more...
View ArticleUK's Financial Conduct Authority: Temporary Restriction In Short Selling
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) notifies that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following instruments under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European...
View ArticleDecisions Taken By The Governing Council Of The ECB (In Addition To Decisions...
Non-standard monetary policy measuresread more...
View ArticleCFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update
The current reports for the week of March 15, 2016 are now available.read more...
View ArticleU.S. Department Of Justice: Former Head Of Offshore Brokerage Sentenced To 18...
A California man was sentenced to 216 months in prison today for two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit international money laundering in connection with an...
View ArticleUseful Belief: Because It's Better Than Positive Thinking
Useful Belief turns the "be positive" industry upside down with a fresh and modern approach to achievement. Sometimes things in life are not positive. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. If...
View ArticleBuilding an Innovative Learning Organization: A Framework to Build a Smarter...
What makes organizations successful? Today, most successful companies are learning organizations. Building an Innovative Learning Organization shows you how to join their ranks and bring your...
View ArticleEstate Planning
Estate Planning is your overview of the estate planning concepts that are necessary to consider when advising your clients about the different facets of wealth transfer planning. This fundamental...
View ArticlePatent Engineering: A Guide to Building a Valuable Patent Portfolio and...
Patents are a vital asset in the modern business world. They allow patent holders to introduce new products in to a market while deterring other market players from simply copying innovative features...
View ArticleFIA Speakers And Delegates Identify Keys To Industry Success
A record number of participants joined FIA at its 41st annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca to consider the future of the industry. One-third of the 1,150 attendees were from...
View ArticleDubai International Financial Centre Welcomes Delegation From European Union...
His Excellency Essa Kazim, Governor of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), today welcomed Ann-Sophie Kisling, Chair of the Middle East/Gulf Working Group of the European Union Council, and a...
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Revenue and Incentive Effects of Basis Step-Up at Death: Lessons from the...
In 2010, the U.S. estate tax expired and executors of wealthy decedents were not required to file estate tax returns. In the absence of the estate tax, beneficiaries received assets with carryover...
View ArticleWhy Does Fast Loan Growth Predict Poor Performance for Banks? -- by Ruediger...
From 1973 to 2014, the common stock of U.S. banks with loan growth in the top quartile of banks over a three-year period significantly underperforms the common stock of banks with loan growth in the...
View ArticleEfficient Local Government Service Provision: The Role of Privatization and...
Local governments spend roughly $1.6 trillion per year to provide a variety of public services ranging from police and fire protection to public schools and public transit. However, we know little...
View ArticleThe Design of Trade Agreements -- by Kyle Bagwell, Robert W. Staiger
What does economics have to say about the design of international trade agreements? We review a literature on this question, providing detailed coverage on three key design features of the GATT/WTO:...
View ArticleAccounting for the New Gains from Trade Liberalization -- by Chang-Tai Hsieh,...
We measure the "new" gains from trade reaped by Canada as a result of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA). We think of the "new" gains from trade of a country as all welfare effects pertaining...
View ArticleNasdaq Agrees To Acquire Boardvantage
Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Boardvantage, a leading board portal solution provider which also specializes in leadership...
View Article21Mar/Fiscal sustainability and the financial cycle
A frequently neglected aspect of financial booms and busts - financial cycles - is their impact on fiscal positions. And yet, the latest financial crisis and history show that these cycles can wreak...
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