“We were all Keynesians now,” said Richard Nixon, back in 1969. If it was true then, it didn’t stay true for long. The rise of monetarism and neo-liberalism in the 1970s sidelined the once-domin...
After the crisis, comes the litigation – and the regulation. The financial turmoil of 2008 will lead to tougher regulatory action, and a wave of law suits, this year, as governments and market autho...
Managers say the focus this year will be on restructuring and shopping for value assets. As heads of investment banking survey a new year, some of the most crucial documents in their possession are th...
What element of the crisis has most surprised you?The scale of leverage and underpriced risk on banks’ balance sheets. I was more conscious of household and government debt in thinking about possibl...
When America’s biggest banks began to collapse during the presidential election campaign, the SEC became the butt of criticism from both candidates. Then when giant insurer AIG had to be rescued, th...
In the past five years, and including 2008, the Ministry of Finance in Finland has launched many packs of patchwork on tax laws and the systemic tax reform has been much awaited. Now the Ministry has ...
Public-private partnerships is the institutional and practical expression of the central idea: the involvement of the private sector in the provision of infrastructure and services which were previous...
Mr Longarte, what does it mean for your firm to ?have been selected as the best and most innovative transfer pricing team in Spain?It means everything, considering that the prize is granted by analysi...
In order to extend their legacy of success to future generations, leaders must devise a strategic plan, not only for driving business growth, but also for effectively managing the intricate and consta...
The fact that emerging markets in Asia, Africa and Middle East have managed to stave off the worst effects of the global credit crunch for over a year has impressed investors enough to rethink their f...