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    Checks and balances

    The region compensates for its market size and higher risk with better returns, analysts said, with property yields ranging from about seven percent for a prime building in Warsawâ...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    Angel Martin: Restructuring is key to the current climate

    In the current economic climate many Spanish businesses are turning to restructuring specialists to help them navigate efficiently through difficult times. When it comes to choosin...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    Buyers versus sellers

    An investment banker associate of mine recently shared an interesting statistic. He said his business, a veteran establishment, currently spends around 80 percent of its time with ...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    Mercantilism reconsidered

    This question constitutes a Rorschach test for policymakers and economists. On one side are free market enthusiasts and neo-classical economists, who believe in a stark separation ...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    ETFs and emerging markets

    Emerging markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) have one thing in common: both are destined to hold increasing importance for investors for many years to come. Emerging markets o...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    Red squared

    Russia’s budget deficit could reach 7.5 percent of GDP in 2010, stretched by state aid for banks, but economic growth should return after this year’s recession, Finance Ministe...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    Don’t leave home without it

    Credit card delinquency figures bring to mind the rock classic “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.” Since last July’s record report – delinquencies jumped to 6.6 percent of all ...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    The birth of a paradigm?

    Even before the birth of the moniker, corporate social responsibility and sustainability have loitered around the foreground of investment analysis. ESG is becoming increasingly pr...
    On June 17, 2009 / By
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    Barclays to generate ÂŁ7.3bn

    Sure, it’s possible to imagine better news – say £7.3bn in cash from a straight sale instead of a mix of cash and a 20% stake in the enlarged US find manager. But this deal wo...
    On June 9, 2009 / By
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    Assessing the US Treasury’s bail out plan

    It had to happen. In the face of catastrophic losses, massive unemployment and an economy that is still scratching its head as to how the whole crisis unfolded, the US government h...
    On April 21, 2009 / By