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Law.com
April 25, 2018
Jonathan Ballan, who was head of Dentons' New York public finance group, has left for Cozen O'Connor. Ballan, who is joining Cozen O'Connor with another former Dentons attorney, Robert Owen Senzer, will co-chair Cozen O'Connor's public and project finance practice group. In recent years, Ballan hasÃâà...
World Finance
April 25, 2018
A study by The Financial Times, in 2017, found that women make up 58 percent of the total workforce at a junior level in finance companies. However, this figure is not replicated when it comes to senior roles. Only a quarter of senior financial positions are held by women and, sadly, this figure is only slowlyÃâà...
Yahoo Finance
April 25, 2018
Not surprisingly, Warren Buffett, the world's greatest investor, has a vivid example of this which he shared with Yahoo Finance Editor in Chief Andy Serwer during a visit earlier this year at Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA, BRKB) headquarters in Omaha. [Yahoo Finance]. For more of the latest news, go to YahooÃâà...
Auto Finance News (blog)
April 25, 2018
“Financing for EVs typically revolves around innovative structuring tied to the residual value,” Zoomcar Chief Executive Greg Moran told Auto Finance News. “Since the battery is the largest component of an EV, it's important to look at residual value differently than with a standard [internal combustion]Ãâà...
Express.co.uk
April 25, 2018
On a more positive note for the pound, Ms Parsons explained the UK's public finance results proved better than expected. She revealed: “There was some good news for the UK, however, as the nation's public finances recorded a surplus for the first time in 16 years. “With little on the economic calendar toÃâà...
CNBC
April 24, 2018
The stereotypical child star generally is not known for being good with money. Yet Cary Guffey, who played Barry, the young boy abducted by aliens in director Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind, now oversees $170 million in assets as a financial advisor with PNCÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
April 1, 2018
Japanese drug maker Takeda is facing questions over its ability to finance a debt-fuelled deal for FTSE 100 rival Shire without placing further strain on its stretched finances. Ratings agency Moody's has warned that Takeda will need to pile on more debt to its already weakened balance sheet if it wants toÃâà...
Yahoo Finance
April 1, 2018
And after an eventful three months for investors, the S&P 500 broke a nine-quarter winning streak after sustaining a 1.2% decline to kick off what Wall Street analysts expected to be another strong year for the stock market. The Dow also lost ground in the first quarter, dropping 2.5% while the tech-heavyÃâà...
Elizabethtown News Enterprise
April 1, 2018
Question: I'm retired and have a small first mortgage on my home. To access my home's equity, is it better to get a home equity loan or a reverse mortgage? Answer: As with any financial decision, your specific situation and goals should determine the best course of action for you. Generally speaking, youÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 31, 2018
The former finance chief of the fallen tech star Autonomy will this week face one of the company's fiercest City critics across a courtroom, as US prosecutors seek to jail him for his alleged role in a massive fraud against Hewlett-Packard. Daud Khan, who as a technology analyst at the stockbroker CazenoveÃâà...
Economic and Political Weekly
March 30, 2018
It then simulates and analyses an alternative scenario involving greater inflow of foreign finance. It is seen that real exchange rate appreciation, despite its negative effect on trade surplus, stimulates real wages and consumption demand. The paper does not endorse complete capital account convertibilityÃâà...
Richmond.com
March 30, 2018
Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne says Virginia will need savings from expanding its Medicaid program to protect the state's Triple-A bond rating from ... Senate Finance Co-Chairman Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, who favors accepting enhanced federal funding to expand Medicaid but not imposing a taxÃâà...
The Bookseller
March 30, 2018
We are looking for an experienced accounts and royalties executive to join the London office of our international literary agency. The successful candidate will be a crucial member of the senior team, with oversight of client and office accounting systems and overall financial responsibility for the smooth running of the UKÃâà...
Auto Finance News (blog)
March 30, 2018
Captive finance companies saw an increase in auto loan originations in 2017 compared to last year, beating out most banks, according to a new report from CU Direct and AutoCount. Toyota Financial Services reached to No. 2 in 2017, up from No. 6 in 2016, as its originations grew 41% to 1.1 million.
Student Loan Hero (blog)
March 30, 2018
Robo-adviser M1 Finance is a digital investing platform that's comparable to other apps such as Robinhood and Betterment. A clever blend of a brokerage account and investment portfolio manager, M1 Finance allows you to buy stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as well as manage allocationsÃâà...
Brookings Institution (blog)
March 30, 2018
Congressional leaders—Senators Bob Corker and Chris Coons and Representatives Ted Yoho, Adam Smith, and Ed Royce—have introduced bills to meet the long-discussed need to upgrade U.S. development finance capabilities.
Delano.lu
March 30, 2018
Green Finance, formerly a niche product, now has the potential to become a substantial market and Luxembourg, as a financial centre in the heart of Europe, is set to become the domicile of choice for green financial products, having already taken several pioneering steps in this direction. Steven LibbyÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 30, 2018
In the new documentary, “The China Hustle,” there's a moment when Dan David, a whistleblower and activist short-seller, returns home to his extended family and explains his work. He is trying to stop dubious Chinese firms from profiting on the U.S. stock market through backdoor, reverse takeovers.
The Hill
March 23, 2018
On Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, President Donald Trump unveiled the second budget proposal of his presidency, which included the creation of a new Development Finance Institution (DFI) charged with leveraging private sector investment to advance U.S. foreign policy interests. It would seek the merger ofÃâà...
American Banker
March 23, 2018
Total new-business volume between October and February rose by 11.5% from a year earlier, surpassing $43 billion over that five-month period, according to data from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. Year-over-year volume jumped by 31% in February alone. Recently enacted tax reform,Ãâà...
The Hill
March 23, 2018
Happy Thursday and welcome back to Overnight Finance, your favorite tariff-free newsletter. I'm Sylvan Lane, and here's your nightly guide to everything affecting your bills, bank account and bottom line. See something I missed? Let me know at slane@thehill.com or tweet me @SylvanLane. And if you likeÃâà...
The Diamondback
March 23, 2018
Faulkender is also the associate dean of master's programs at the business school, and previously held faculty positions at Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University, where he earned his doctorate in finance. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of California at Davis,Ãâà...
KSNT News
March 23, 2018
Gubernatorial candidates weigh in on school finance ... A new school finance study revealed it could cost $2 billion on the high end to pay for schools. On the low end it could ... On Thursday, a special Senate committee on school finance moved forward with a bill to revise the state's school funding formula.
The PIE News
March 23, 2018
“What we knew back then, and still stands true today, is that distribution of talent is global, financial services are not,” said Prodigy Finance CEO Cameron Stevens in the introduction to the report. With a mission to help international students access top-quality programs, the company assesses candidates onÃâà...
Automotive News (blog)
March 23, 2018
Ally Financial will be the preferred finance company for vehicle transactions through Drive Motors, the companies said Thursday. Drive Motors, which provides a car shopping and financing tool for dealership websites, will submit finance applications directly to Ally through its software, a joint statement said.
The Economist
March 23, 2018
TO GAUGE an issue's importance, a guest list is a good place to start. The one for a conference in Brussels on March 22nd to discuss the European Union's “action plan” on sustainable finance features heavy-hitters including Emmanuel Macron, France's president, and Michael Bloomberg, a former mayorÃâà...
Institutional Investor
March 22, 2018
At its best, finance permits an economy to move capital from those with excess cash and little to do to those with lots of ideas but little money to implement them with. Theoretically, this creates more wealth for all than would have been possible without the capital reallocation. In economist-speak, it allowsÃâà...
Global Trade Review (GTR)
March 14, 2018
Two former investment bankers have launched Tradeteq, a cloud-based platform that matches trade finance originators with institutional investors. The platform went live this week after a soft launch in 2017, during which US$130mn of assets were processed, across seven international jurisdictions. DuringÃâà...
Meriden Record-Journal
March 14, 2018
BERLIN – Several cuts and reductions to the Acting Town Manager's proposed $93.9 million budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year were discussed during a Board of Finance meeting Tuesday night. “There's going to be hurt no matter what,” said John Richards, member of the finance board. “Everyone has toÃâà...
CNET
March 14, 2018
Tesla has now lost two senior financial execs since the beginning of March, according to a new report. Susan Repo, Tesla's VP of finance and also its corporate treasurer, has parted ways with the electric automaker in favor of a CFO position at a different company, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiarÃâà...
TradeWinds
March 14, 2018
John Fredriksen's Ship Finance International has swept up a fleet of 15 feeder containerships in its first major transaction since the Chapter 11 filing of Seadrill. New York-listed Ship Finance says the ships are between 1,100-teu and 4,400-teu and are attached to long term bareboat charters to a majorÃâà...
Independent
March 14, 2018
As we celebrate this International Women's Day, we take this opportunity to appreciate all partners who continue to support Business Development Fund (BDF) in achieving the objectives of facilitating women to access finance. Recognizing the importance of women empowerment, the Government ofÃâà...
Harvard Business Review
March 12, 2018
When my mother graduated from college in 1972, she interviewed at an investment bank where a manager told her that for certain positions, women were interviewed but never hired. Even in the late 1980s, she went on interviews with headhunters who would explicitly tell her, “They want to interview aÃâà...
Independent.ie
March 11, 2018
Adverse weather events like the storms and floods (and droughts) of recent years have taken place in a world that is one degree warmer than it was 150 years ago. One degree may seem negligible to some but this change across the globe's surface can cause huge climatic changes, and advocates for aÃâà...
The Independent
March 10, 2018
The march of the brand new car once seemed unstoppable. Cheap finance and personal contract plans (PCPs) fuelled a boom in new cars, accounting for more than 80 per cent of all new car registrations. A fall at the start of 2017 was blamed on a collapse in consumer confidence in diesel vehicles andÃâà...
Devex
March 10, 2018
Last week, a bipartisan group of senators and representatives introduced the Better Utilization of Investment Leading to Development (BUILD) Act, which, if enacted, would create a new agency called the United States International Development Finance Corporation. The IDFC would absorb the OverseasÃâà...
builtinaustin.com
March 10, 2018
HomeAway is seeking a Finance Manager to support our global retail organization and be part of our commercial finance team. This team is a part of the global Financial Planning & Analysis organization. This leadership role reports to the Director of Commercial Finance based in Austin, Texas. Commercial Finance leadsÃâà...
Yahoo Finance
March 9, 2018
And as Yahoo Finance has chronicled this week as part of the retail revolution, it is the complements to the e-commerce industry are instead seeing benefits while traditional retail struggles. In February, employment gains in the retail sector were actually quite strong, as 50,300 jobs were added to the spaceÃâà...
Yahoo Finance
March 9, 2018
Speaking exclusively with Yahoo Finance's Andy Serwer on Thursday, Buffett said that when it comes to programs like trade an “Educator-in-Chief” is needed to outline why these painful policies for a specific few will benefit the masses. [Yahoo Finance]. Trump takes the sting out of his tariffs: As promised,Ãâà...
Moneyweb.co.za
March 9, 2018
BARBARA MUNDELL: The longer you finance your car for, the more typical rands and cents you'll pay in interest. Some people say 'my interest rate is 9% on my car', but it's financed over a six-year period [rather than] a four-year period or a further period. They tend to forget that over those additional twoÃâà...
Tampa Bay Business Journal
March 9, 2018
One thing to understand right off the bat is that most lenders are reluctant to participate in startup financing. The reason is simple: risk. Startup businesses are a riskier proposition than an established business with a track record of revenue and profitability. Fortunately, there are other ways to finance aÃâà...
Insurance Journal
March 9, 2018
Willis Towers Watson, the London-based advisory, broking and solutions company, has developed the Global Ecosystem Resilience Facility (GERF), which it describes as the first global insurance facility to provide finance and risk management solutions to build the resilience of ecosystems and theÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 9, 2018
“Some insurance companies became asset investment companies. Some turned real business into finance,” said Hu, who is now chairman of the Export-Import Bank of China. “Once the risks from these companies are exposed, it delivers ripple effects across the market, financial institutes and industries.”.
BBC News
March 8, 2018
The finance director of NHS Tayside is to retire as it is revealed the health board's funding gap is widening. The board received a Ãâã33m "brokerage" loan from the Scottish government last year and was due to receive a further Ãâã4m before 1 April. The Scottish government was informed on Wednesday thatÃâà...
Citizen
March 3, 2018
The City of Johannesburg's former MMC for Finance, Dr Rabelani Dagada, has come back guns blazing after he was removed from office on 15 January, Randburg Sun reports. He was removed as MMC by Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba, who shortly thereafter issued a statement alleging corruption,Ãâà...
Havana Times
March 3, 2018
HAVANA TIMES – The OPEC Fund for International Development will grant a loan of 45 million dollars to finance a solar energy project in Cuba, reported dpa news. The project seeks to increase the generation of electricity and optimize the island's electrical system by using domestic photovoltaic systemsÃâà...
Business Insider
March 3, 2018
Belgian finance minister tells BI: "Thousands and thousands of jobs depend on the business done with the UK." He wants a quick trade deal with the UK after Brexit to avoid a "tipping point where all of a sudden things get very bad." The minister was visiting London to meet finance companies and try toÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 2, 2018
A joint response to the consultation from the church and the Archbishop of Canterbury's financial education initiative the Just Finance Foundation, said they were "concerned" that "the strong focus on Sex and Relationships Education within the call for evidence and its promotion risks overlooking the otherÃâà...
JAXenter
March 2, 2018
JAXenter: We've been talking about the advantages Blockchain brings to the finance industry but how about cybersecurity? How can this technology help fight cyber attacks? Eoin Woods: Possibly. The peer-to-peer, highly distributed and transparent nature of a Blockchain make it highly resistant to certainÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 2, 2018
The Turkish Treasury and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a loan agreement amounting to 150 million euros ($183 million) to finance an ongoing mega rail project in Istanbul, according to an official statement on March 1. “The loan will be utilized to meet the additional financingÃâà...
