For several months now, George Osborne has been planning to make manipulation of foreign exchange, fixed income and commodities benchmarks a crime in order to maintain London’s status as an international banking and markets hub. ...
Good governance is critical for all countries around the world today. When it doesn’t exist, many governments fail to deliver public services effectively, health and education services are often substandard and corruption persists in rich ...
Cross-border acquisitions constitute the overwhelming majority of foreign direct investment flows. Such takeovers transfer ownership of valuable assets held by domestic firms – including technologies, trade secrets, capital, and distribution networks – to foreign enterprises. ...
LONDON August 2014 – Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions business of Aon plc (NYSE:AON), has said that with defined benefit pension schemes climbing towards healthier funding status, they should be changing ...
The blend of highly motivated entrepreneurs and experienced venture capital fund managers with the right skills to commercialise innovation on a world-wide scale are now making European venture capital a convincing investment story. Europe has ...
The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government, in cooperation and with the support of the Government of the United Arab Emirates, launched a guide to help governments use technology to ...
Emerging markets” is an expansive one. It can encompass everything from behemoths China and Brazil to up-and-coming Mexico and the testing frontiers of Africa. The appeal for investors is stronger growth and younger economies than ...
OECD releases full version of global standard for automatic exchange of information. Taking an important step towards greater transparency and putting an end to banking secrecy in tax matters, the OECD today released the full version ...
The 48th annual FELABAN assembly takes place in Medellín, Colombia, on November 15-18, 2014 ...
Vienna stands for tradition and centuries-old culture. For the fifth time in a row, employees of international companies from 223 countries worldwide have selected Vienna as the city with the highest quality of life. Vienna ...
Insight speaks with Tomasz Tykierko, president of Wrocław- based Lower Silesia Agency of Economic Co-operation. Insight: What’s the secret of Lower Silesia’s economic success? Tomasz Tykierko :In a word – investors. Just look at the ...
On the 21st June 2011, Decos Technology Group, a Dutch company that specialises in high-tech digital storage, tracking and IT, officially opened its doors to their new headquarters in Noordwijk, NL. Now, before your eyes ...
Gone are the traditional 9-5 hours reserved solely for the purpose of work. According to the recent People – Inspired Security study by Samsung, the age-old concept of ‘work-life balance’ is quickly diminishing due to ...
When we think about bank accounts, the age-old, reliable current, savings or basic accounts spring to mind, with the main function of the bank still reserved for storing our money. However in 2014, financial institutions ...
Situated right in the centre of Scandinavia, Gothenburg’s port is the largest and most important harbour in the entire region. When the European Commission announced in their recent report that the Swedish economy was experiencing the ...
Glasgow is a city bursting with life, energy, passion and personality. It’s one of the world’s great cities, offering residents, visitors and businesses an extraordinary quality of urban life. As host of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, ...
After 30 years of stagnation, the German capital’s real estate market has re-ignited. In fact, it’s been singled out as one of Europe’s top cities for property investment. We report on how Berlin got its ...
Insurance, the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss from one entity to another in exchange for payment, has been around for centuries. Over 500 years ago, ship owners in London met in Lloyd’s ...