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The era of tax creativity

All over the world, taxpayers, and the bank secrecy which was supposed to protect them, are being attacked by increasingly intrusive governments

Be it on a global or European level – this latter in the name of a dubious intention to eliminate any tax competition between EU countries – states are continuing their efforts to eliminate any form of bank secrecy.If the European Savings Guid...

London property sector bounces back

The London market is being propelled by international equity, says Frogmore director

According to Stuart Jenkin, Director of Fund Management at Frogmore, the UK-focused property fund manager, the state of the global economy coupled with reduced liquidity available from banks, tax rises (such as the VAT) and the reduction of public expendi...

Mexican government adopts operational risk management

Comprehensive risk management training is the first of many baby steps for the Mexican civil service in developing a more sustainable way of working, writes Enrique Núñez-Escudero

The 1990s offered a rainbow of case studies of risk management failings in markets, financial regulators, financial institutions, non-financial institutions and even countries as a whole; showing the vital need for integrated operational risk management s...

The high price of natural disasters

Even with the economic bounce provided post-reconstruction, the impact of natural disasters on GDP is lasting and significant, as Japan well knows

If countries could choose their natural disasters, most would prefer floods over earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. That’s because floods, being easier to predict, generally wreak less social and economic havoc. But sometimes nations are unlucky enough...

“Information is a forex trader’s greatest asset”

RFXT’s relaunched website offers exclusive technical analysis to support its multi-platform, multi-market brokerage services

Royal Forex Trading S.A.L. (RFXT) is a success story fuelled by dynamism. A financial brokerage firm founded in Lebanon in 2008, the firm has grown substantially in just three years. The company is officially registered and regulated by Banque Du Liban (L...

UNIQA expands, insures new generation

UNIQA Hungary, part of the Austrian financial group,
has strengthened its market position in Hungary

Last year was an exceptional year for UNIQA Insurance Company partly because this was an extraordinary year for the Hungarian market as a whole. On top of the extra taxes imposed on the Hungarian financial sector, insurance companies also had to deal with...

“PE is no longer something people don’t understand”

Kirk Radke on the globalisation of private equity. He spoke to Eleni Chalkidou

International law firm Kirkland & Ellis has a 100-year history of offering outstanding legal services to its clientele globally. The firm is widely celebrated for providing high quality counsel in areas such as IP, litigation, tax, restructuring and c...

FTM wins Best Fixed Income Fund

Endre Dobozy explains why his Vanuatu-based fund is a safe harbour for investors

 Most major market indices have, at best, gone sideways for the past decade. In fact since 1998 investors really haven’t stood a chance. There was the Russian bond default in 1998, tech wreck in 1999, at least two recessions, subprime mortgage ...

BOVESPA highlights sustainability agenda

Stock exchanges have an important role to play in the awareness, promotion, and implementation of best corporate practices

Change is not easy. Whether personal or professional, change entails leaving your comfort zone and exposing yourself to new situations in which the learning experience can be beneficial. New situations require new solutions. They challenge us and put us t...

Credit rating upgrade for Allied Pakistan

Slew of awards in 2010 for strong performance and systems improvements have seen an AA upgrade

Allied Bank is one of the five largest banks in Pakistan, with a network of over 800 branches in more than 300 locations offering real-time online banking. The bank leads the way by having a network of over 586 ATMs across Pakistan, with more machines add...

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Zimbabwe

234.1% of GDP, pariah of debt markets, but with hopes for a healthy twelve months ahead

Japan

197.5%, hard-hit by the tsunami, and reeling from the internal corruption allegations

Greece

142.8%, possibly heading for default, and considered one of many eurozone bad boys

Lebanon

133.8%, deceptively, has a strong banking sector, but little more in an ailing economy

Iceland

126%, hopelessly indebted banks and very little light at the end of a long and gloomy tunnel

Italy

119% of GDP, in need of reform, paying over 7% for its debt thanks to technocratic leadership

Singapore

106%, to many an idyllic investment destination, a great borrower, repayer, and long term option

Belgium

101%, no government for most of 2011 didn’t help a weak economy in dire need of stimulus

Egypt

90%, high but it’s recovering from a long and protracted revolution and aiming high

European Union

82%, stronger countries like Germany are contaminated by the weakest. It could go on…