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British Referenda and Europe: Patience Is a Conquering Virtue
Afflicted by a veritable referendum craze, Britain seems set to question its very existence. In the wake of a stunning victory at the polls, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is looking to exploit its near-monopoly on politics north of The
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Nigeria: An Economic Upswing Foretold
Oil prices have rebounded from their recent lows and may yet provide temporary relief to Nigeria, allowing the incoming administration of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to forego some of the proposed budget cuts or, alternatively, increase capital expenditure. Though market watchers
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Martha Lane-Fox: Dot Everyone to Reclaim the Net for Civil Society
Seeking succour for the digitally-challenged, Britain’s Martha Lane-Fox – or Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho as she is known around Westminster – is determined to get Britain online – all of it. Appointed digital commissioner by the last Labour government, she
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Ross Jackson: A Silver Lining to Europe’s Troubles
As we await the outcome of the four-month extension of the Greek credit arrangement with the Troika (EU, IMF, ECB), this is a good time to consider various possible scenarios. Indeed, I would like to outline the one scenario that
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Grant Thornton: Governance vs Corporate Governance
When we hear the term “corporate governance”, we instantaneously parallel the phrase with rules and procedures, stock market regulations, codes, standards, compliance, etc. Corporate governance is perceived by many publically-listed companies as a burden that limits their freedom because of
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Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: Stock Exchanges, European Capital Markets, and Sustainability
Sustainability is already part of the global market ecosystem. Exchanges and regulators have embraced it, researchers and academics have validated it, and the law in many places already requires it. Even if the perspective remains limited to the US Supreme
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Ahmed Mater: Flower Power, Saudi-Style
I shop, therefore I am. Globalisation has arrived in the Middle East and with it the brand-name accoutrements of the consumer society. Entire cities have been erected to celebrate this new age of unbound consumption, or of consumerism on steroids.
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CFI.co Meets the Chief Executive of Business Banking at Absa Bank: Roy Ross
For banks, shuffling deposits around is so last century. While taking deposits and extending credit – both in a plethora of often highly complex and innovative ways – remain at the heart of the banking industry, this stripped-down business model
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Proposed China Pakistan Economic Corridor: With a Price Tag of $46 billion
China’s president Xi Jinping arrived in Islamabad on Monday 20 April for talks with Pakistani president Nawaz Sharif, to address parliament and make clear to the world a very obvious power shift from West to East. Xi Jinping has agreed
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CaixaBank’s InverCaixa Gestión: Spain’s Leader in Asset Management
CaixaBank is Spain’s third largest banking group and the biggest in the domestic market by business volume with a customer base of 13.4 million. CaixaBank is also one of the most solvent amongst banks in the Eurozone with a CET1
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