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Back to homepageEU: Stage Set for Clash
The Hague is expected to deploy the biggest gun available to EU member states and roll out its veto to derail a Franco-German plan that introduces eurobonds under a different name. Last week, the Dutch were said to have succumbed
Read MoreEurope’s Golden Eleventh Hour
In true EU fashion, a compromise solution is taking shape for member states unable to power up their economy for the post-corona recovery. French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel have proposed the creation of a €500 billion
Read MoreTinkering with a Spanish Proposal
It is an idea that just refuses to die. Mere days after a Dutch-led cabal of northern Eurozone finance ministers swept the concept of debt mutualisation off the negotiating table, the prime minister of Spain ups the ante by proposing
Read MoreJerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve: The End of Easy Money
It had to happen and it just did. The untold joys of expansive monetary policy as the engine of growth in lean times are, of course, always of a temporary nature. As the global economy emerges with a vengeance from
Read MoreFMO: Unlocking Scale Potential of Green Bonds in India – Lessons from Global Markets
The global green bonds market has gone from strength to strength in recent years, with issuance for 2017 already exceeding $100bn, some $20bn more than the total issuance in 2016 and the first time this benchmark has been breached. According
Read MoreAnk Bijleveld: The Relentless Pursuit of Synergies
Upon re-entering national politics after an absence of seven years, newly-appointed Dutch Minister of Defence Anke Bijleveld was promptly dubbed “the little general”. Standing just 1m57 tall in a cabinet of physical, if not necessarily political, giants, Anke Bijleveld immediately
Read MoreDavos: Till We Meet Again – Bankers Packing Up
Dutch Finance Minister and President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem is worried that the increased insularity of thought displayed by Prime Minister Theresa May will prove near-fatal for the United Kingdom: “We’ll probably meet again twenty years from now. By
Read MoreLuc van Hecke – CEO of AmsterdamGold Group
The board of the AmsterdamGold Group consists of Chief Executive Officer Luc van Hecke and Chief Financial Officer Jeroen Kamphuis. Both joined the board in early 2012. Back then, it was a turbulent time in the development of the cluster
Read MoreFrieslandCampina WAMCO: Every Nigerian Deserves Healthy Nutrition
With more than 150 years of experience in dairy leadership, FrieslandCampina has a strong footprint in Africa; proactively building its presence and increasing its scale and reach throughout the continent. Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa with a population
Read MoreCFI.co Meets the MD of FrieslandCampina WAMCO: Rahul Colaco
The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry is an exciting world with a high rate of change, and the need to constantly meet the everyday needs of customers and consumers. It is also highly competitive, as several brands jostle to earn
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