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Business Leaders

The age of asset management?

by Andrew G Haldane, Executive Director, Financial Stability. 4th April 2014 It is a great pleasure to be speaking at this London Business School conference on asset management.Given the topic and my area of responsibility, I thought I would discuss the links between asset management and financial stability. This issue is not new. But it has...
Business Leaders

International Finance Magazine interviews Pedro Coelho – CEO, Standard Bank Angola

In Conversation with Pedro Coelho – CEO, Standard Bank Angola on the future for Angola and Standard Bank. 4th April 2014 IFM: Angola has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world since the end of the civil war in 2002. The Global Financial Crisis of 2008, however, brought down growth rates. What...
Business Leaders

International Finance Magazine interviews Ljiljana Spasojevic – CEO, AzerCredit

In Conversation with Ljiljana Spasojevic – CEO, AzerCredit on the Growth of Micro finance Industry in Azerbaijan and how AzerCredit is having a positive impact on the lives of the underprivileged. (Inset members of the Management Board) 4th April 2014 IFM: VF AzerCredit has, for a long time already, been known as a double bottom...
Fintech

In Conversation with Victor Remsha about how the social network has achieved such success

In March 2014 International Finance Magazine recognized WhoTrades.com as the best social network for traders 2014. 3rd April 2014 The network attracted thousands of followers only over two years, uniting traders from around the world. In this interview, company founder Victor Remsha talks about how the social network has achieved such success. IFM: Victor, how...
Business LeadersFintech

In Conversation with Victor Remsha about how the social network has achieved such success.

In March 2014 International Finance Magazine recognized WhoTrades.com as the best social network for traders 2014. 3rd April 2014 The network attracted thousands of followers only over two years, uniting traders from around the world. In this interview, company founder Victor Remsha talks about how the social network has achieved such success. IFM: Victor, how...
Economy

Depth in Africa’s Transformation

By Homi Kharas 27th March 2014 Africa is growing fast but transforming slowly. This is the message of the 2014 African Transformation Report, launched last week by the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET). The report addresses a worry on the minds of many: in spite of impressive growth, the structure of most sub-Saharan African economies...
Economy

Turkish Lira in a free fall again, this time over Twitter block

Erdogan government declares war on social media as polls approach and opposition gathers steam, dealing the currency a body blow, reports Team IFM Istanbul, March 24: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan blocked access to Twitter on Friday in a desperate bid to gag detractors before the civic polls next week, and in the process, threw the country...
Economy

China woes pile on as factory output sinks to eight-month low

Despite rise in export orders, a sluggish domestic demand drags factory operations and prompts economists to predict new policy changes, reports Team IFM Beijing, March 24: March has turned out to be the worst month for China’s manufacturing sector since last August, data released on Monday by an independent survey reports says, making it also...
Economy

US home builders more confident as spring approaches

Approaching buying season likely to boost sales but six-month outlook grim because of shortage of labour and approved land, reports Team IFM New York, March 18: Builder confidence in the market for newly-built, single-family homes crawled up slightly this month in the US but remained close to a two-year low even while data released by the...