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Features : To Bail or Not To Bail
Managers of corporate 401(k) plans invested in US mutual funds have been closely watching the emerging scandals. Corporate financial executives...
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Milestones : “A currency bloc including Japan and China could be created by the end of the decade, ultimately leading to a currency union.”
ASIA JAPAN EASING CHINA DOWN ROAD TO ASIAN CURRENCY BLOC As Japan and China increase their economic ties, currency issues...
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Newsmakers : “The Treasury and Justice Departments have fallen nearly a year behind in developing a plan to fight money laundering and terrorist financing.”
SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, UNITED STATES LOSING THE WAR ON TERRORIST FINANCING Bank secrecy is on the rise in Europe, while the...
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Cover Story : How Low Can You Go?
As regulators and tax collection authorities clamp down on corporate and individual tax abuse, business leaders are finding it harder...
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Features : Custodians Grasp New Opportunities
Some of the worlds leading experts on global custody met in New York recently to discuss the challenges facing their...
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Features : Rising Stock Markets and Rule Reforms Give Pensions a Lift — For Now
Surging stock markets and some long-awaited rule changes are making the United States underfunded pension funds look healthier. But the...
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Features : Trading Up
Letters of credit and open account trading have long been staples of what banks do. Now theyre eyeing up trade...
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Milestones : Banks Start Cleaning Up Balance Sheets By Selling Bad Loans
CHINA A resolution will return Argentina to the financial community and cut its debt-to-GDP ratio to 90% from 150%. making...
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Milestones : Bankers Add Uncertainty To Argentina Debt Restructuring
ARGENTINA There was a time when investment banks lined up to participate in emerging market debt restructurings that gained them...
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Milestones : Caspian Oil And Pipeline Projects Get The Green Light
AZERBAIJAN The International Finance Corporations board has approved investments in two related Caspian oilfield and pipeline projects costing approximately $6.8...
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Milestones : Pfandbrief To Be Strengthened By Pending Legal Changes
GERMANY Moodys Investors Service has updated its rating methodology of the Pfandbrief in anticipation of amendments to the German Mortgage...
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Newsmakers : Former Goldman Sachs Economist Pleads Guilty In Treasury-bond Case
UNITED STATES John M. Youngdahl, a former senior economist at Goldman Sachs, pleaded guilty in November to federal criminal charges,...