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BlackRock: Bridging the Gap – The Rise of Infra Funds in Privately Financed Infrastructure
By BlackRock Infrastructure Debt Team In the wake of the global recession, privately-financed infrastructure has become a hot topic for policy makers from Berlin to Paris, London, and Washington. The attractions are not hard to see – private infrastructure is
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European Investment Bank: “Vienna Initiative” Keeps Credit Flowing
International financial institutions have joined forces to help calm economic turbulence and avert a collapse in the provision of credit to Central and South East European countries. Now in its second phase, the “Vienna Initiative” by the European Investment Bank,
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Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås: Why Do Countries Regulate Differently and How Does It Affect Trade?
The case of professional services in the European Union. Explicit barriers to cross-border trade in services are rare… Since services have been considered non-tradable in the past, explicit policy barriers to cross-border trade in services are rare. Nevertheless, in the
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European Federalist Party: Power to the People? The Road to the 2014 European Parliament Elections
Apart from the election of the first European Parliament in 1979, European elections have hardly been considered a decisive moment in European politics. But this time it is different. The Eurozone crisis has dramatically shown us how our lives are
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Lady Rice: Wisdom as an Acquired Taste – A Voice of Reason
Lady Susan Rice is the first woman to head a UK clearing bank. Currently, she is managing director of Lloyds Banking Group in Scotland. Born and raised in the United States, Lady Rice now lives in Aberdeen with her husband
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Greece on the Mend: Investors Find New Land of Opportunity
The severely battered Greek economy is on the mend. A rebound may even be in the works. The same hedge funds that contributed in no small measure to Greece’s downfall are now seen as the engines of the country’s revival.
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Peter Blom of Triodos Bank: The Assimilated Radical
It’s the idealists you have to look out for. The more dishonourable aspects of the financial world might have been getting a bad rap as of late, but the harm this does pales in comparison to the damage wrought by
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Mark Carney: An Admirable Mind-Set at the Bank of England
Early February, Canadian banker Mark Carney spoke before the House of Commons Treasury Committee about his new job. The hearing was but a formality. Mr Carney’s appointment as the new Governor of the Bank of England had already been announced
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CFI.co Meets Nuno Amado
A Determined Leader for Challenging Times. In February 2012, Nuno Amado was elected Chief Executive Officer of Portugal’s largest private bank, Millennium bcp (Banco Comercial Português). Since then, Mr Amado has led the bank through a complex and challenging restructuring
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Islamic Banking: London’s City Finds New Calling
In a bid to attract a new category of investors and to become a leading centre of Islamic finance, the City of London has assembled a task force to spread the word on Sharia-compliant banking. “The aim of our task
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