Norton Rose Fulbright: EU Sets New Financial Laws for Non-EU Entities

11 years ago

Introduction The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) is one of the cornerstones of EU financial services law setting out…

Boris Johnson: Fast and Furious, Reasoned and Smart

11 years ago

He did inhale. London mayor Boris Johnson did, being – in his own words – no stranger to cannabis. He…

Grant Thornton UAE: Bridging the Gap in Private M&A Transactions

11 years ago

The increased appetite for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is prevalent at both a regional and global level. This trend presents…

World Bank Group: “Customer is King” – Toward More Effective Development?

11 years ago

“Customer is King” is an old business saying that accentuates the importance of customers in every business. The private sector…

Brian Cox: Science for the Masses

11 years ago

Amongst the remains of Kolmanskop, an old mining town in the Namib Desert, a scrawny metrosexual soliloquizes about the nature…

World Bank Supports New Innovative Financing to Reach SMEs and Exporters in Turkey

11 years ago

The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved a US$250 million equivalent loan for the Innovative Access To Finance Project for Turkey…

OECD: Achieving a Resilient Economic Recovery

11 years ago

The recovery from the Great Recession has been slow and arduous, and has at times threatened to derail altogether. However,…

From Nigeria to UK – Dr Solomon Fubara: Helping the Diaspora Break into Business

11 years ago

Nigerian-born Dr Solomon Fubara did not quite set out to become a member of the UK diaspora community. In fact,…

From Croatia to Chile – The Luksic Family: From the World’s Driest Desert to the Forbes List

11 years ago

In Chile, everyone knows the Luksics and their remarkable story that started with Policarpo Luksic who left his native Croatia…

European Policy Centre on Financial Transaction Tax (FTT): Why the EU Needs the FTT but the FTT Does Not Need the EU

11 years ago

Background The nature of the continuing crisis in the euro area has changed several times. With the collapse of Lehman…