IT’S NOT JUST GEORGE SOROS ANYMORE By Chrystia Freeland* Earlier this year, the most reliable way for a billionaire to make the headlines was to compare suggested tax increases to Nazi Germany. Lately, though, the more interesting shift in the politics of the plutocracy has been more genteel. There will …
Financial False Goals” CFTC Testimony by Dave Lauer
Ethical Markets is proud to publish the testimony before the CFTC of our Advisory Board member, Dave Lauer , on technologically-advanced and creative ways to regulate high-frequency trading , augmenting my editorial “ Financial False Goals” ( CSRWire ), Hazel Henderson, Editor. The full testimony is here: http://kortrading.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CFTC-Testimony-David-Lauer-June-3-TAC-Meeting.pdf And The …
Today’s Top Stories from GFI – Sun and Shadows: How an Island Paradise Became a Haven for Dirty Money
Monday, June 9, 2014 From the Global Financial Integrity Blog: Why Offshore Tax Havens Should Matter to Everyone Why Pele’s Son Sentenced for Money Laundering is the Tip of the Iceberg for Brazil New York Regulator on BNP Paribas: Someone Needs to Get Fired Why Indian Prime Minister …
Today’s Top Stories from GFI – IRS Nets Offshore Data From 77,000 Banks, 70 Countries In FATCA Push
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 From the Global Financial Integrity Blog: New York Regulator on BNP Paribas: Someone Needs to Get Fired Why Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s First Act Was To Go After Illicit Financial Flows Chart: Russian Bank Deposits in the U.S. Before and After Sanctions Credit Suisse, …
IIRC Newsletter – Major Pension Funds come together to apply
IIRC Newsletter – May Edition Major Pension Funds come together to apply <IR> A new <IR> Pension Fund network has launched this month with the purpose of supporting its participants in producing integrated reports. The network met in Australia with the following superannuation funds: AustralianSuper, CareSuper, Construction and Building Unions Super, Retirement Benefits Fund …
Infrastructure Sticker Shock: Financing Costs More than Construction
Funding infrastructure through bonds doubles the price or worse. Costs can be cut in half by funding through the state’s own bank. “The numbers are big. There is sticker shock,” said Jason Peltier, deputy manager of the Westlands Water District, describing Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to build two massive water tunnels through …
BQE: Bilateral Currency Swaps , Planck Foundation
BQE: Bilateral Currency Swaps Ethical Markets thanks the Planck Foundation for permission to post this useful new approach – Hazel Henderson, Editor BQE: Bilateral Currency Swaps Traditional QE only leads to carry trade (a money flow to high yield / high risk foreign financial markets) and thereby does nothing …
Heads of Exclusive Global Institutions Call for “Inclusive Capitalism”
Press Release May 29, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Heads of Exclusive Global Institutions Call for “Inclusive …
Forthcoming Events at St Paul’s Cathedral
Following on from our climate change event with Christiana Figueres which saw over 1,100 people join us at St Paul’s, we have two great events coming up which I’m sure will be of interest to many of you. Tues 17th June Mammon’s Kingdom: Money, Greed and Selfishness with David Marquand, …
James Robertson Newsletter: Growing Support For Monetary Reform
James Robertson Newsletter No. 47 – May 2014 The full Newsletter can also be viewed at www.jamesrobertson.com/newsletter.htm. CONTENTS Editorial 1. Growing Support For Monetary Reform 2. A Possible Tipping Point From Scotland 3. Growing Inequality – Thomas Piketty’s Book 4. Practical Achievement And Far-Sighted Analysis 5. Liberation Of Work, …