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Emerging economy corporate debt: The threat to financial stability

Viral Acharya, Stephen Cecchetti, José De Gregorio, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Philip R. Lane, Ugo Panizza Emerging market firms have borrowed in foreign currency to take advantage of low interest rates October 5, 2015: This column argues that when the Fed inevitably raises rates, such borrowing will be a threat to emerging economy financial systems. Yet so...
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eMoov crowdfunding raises over £2m

The figure continues to rise with further VC investments coming in October 2, 2015: Episode 1 Ventures and Maxfield Capital Partners have both increased their investment in eMoov, with the online estate agency receiving fresh capital from Swiss venture capital firm Startive Ventures. eMoov launched the fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding platform Crowdcube on September 1 and has since raised over £2.27m against an initial...
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HNWIs wealth to reach $1.4 trillion by 2019 in Hong Kong

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Though world market conditions aren’t good, Hong Kong is attractive to local developers as well as foreign institutions September 30, 2015: The Hong Kong Wealth Report 2015 wealth management market research says number of Hong Kong HNWIs is forecast to grow by 15.6%, to reach 231,186 in 2019, while HNWI wealth is projected to grow...
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Life insurance not on the priority list of Americans

Only 51% Americans own life insurance September 3, 2015: Only 51% of Americans own life insurance, and a primary reason is that it’s a product that remains highly misunderstood.  This is the latest finding from Northwestern Mutual’s 2015 Planning & Progress Study. This annual study exploring Americans’ attitude and behaviour towards finances and planning reveals that one of...
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Murray makes investments on crowdfunding platform

Has invested undisclosed amount in three companies August 19, 2015: Tennis champion and world number two Andy Murray announced that he has made multiple investments on Seedrs, the largest equity crowdfunding platform in Europe. Murray, who joined the Seedrs advisory board in June, identified three British businesses he wanted to back on the crowdfunding platform,...
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Your financial past can hurt your job prospects

A good credit score is particularly important for C-level hires or those applying for a job in the finance department Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya August 18, 2015: Did you ever have had a bad credit or a bankruptcy? Does it happen often that despite repeated reminders by credit card companies, you end up paying your bills...
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Crowdfunding platform eyes Oman SME market

Dubai-based company looks to fill the gap of funding for startups Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya August 13, 2015: Ask any startup what is their biggest hurdle and more often than not they will unanimously say funding. The story is the same in every country and, more so, in countries where the startup ecosystem has just started...
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IW&I strengthens research team with new appointments

Anticipating challenging conditions behind decision to add new people August 4, 2015: Investec Wealth & Investment (‘IW&I’) has announced the appointment of four new members to its research team. Dominic Barnes joins as a fixed income portfolio manager, Esther Gilbert as a fixed income analyst, while Marcus Blyth and Adrian Todd both join as fund...
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The investment outlook – can the good returns continue?

Investment returns are likely to slow from the double-digit average of the last few years July 22, 2015 The past financial year saw a third year in a row of solid returns for diversified investors. While returns are likely to slow over the year ahead, they should still be reasonable as share valuations are okay,...
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Talent crunch haunts enterprise security

Demand for information security experts has grown 3.5 times over the last five years, reveals a study IFM Correspondent June 16, 2015: With technology no longer restricting itself to only IT companies, organisations are increasingly facing the risk of cyber attacks. Over the years, there has been an increase in the number of malware being...