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The Financial Fairness Revolution - Seeking Alpha
seekingalpha.com | 15 hours 44 minutes ago
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Private Equity’s ‘Proof of Concept’ Interview with IFC’s David Wilton (Privcap) | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 13, 2012
Private Equity’s ‘Proof of Concept’ Interview with IFC’s David Wilton (Privcap). In an exclusive interview with Privcap, David Wilton, Chief Investment Officer for Global Private Equity at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), discusses the origins of the IFC’s private equity mandate and its

Canada raising alarm over Volcker rule - The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com | Feb 13, 2012
Jim Flaherty and Mark Carney warn Washington that U.S. banking reforms would hurt snowbirds and dent Canada’s debt markets

FitchResearch
www.fitchratings.com | Feb 10, 2012
Fitch Ratings About Us Contact Us Press Room Events Help Search Sign in Autologin Printer-Friendly Page Click Here for Printer-Friendly Version Fitch Affirms Rosbank at 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable Ratings Endorsement Policy 10 Feb 2012 7:25 AM (EST) Fitch Ratings-London/Moscow-10 February 2012: Fitch

Top banker breaches FSA rules in £2 million share trade /Euromoney magazine
www.euromoney.com | Feb 10, 2012
Standard Chartered’s CEO for Asia failed to comply with UK rules on trading his own stock in the bank. The bank itself then breached FSA rules while awaiting details of the transaction

Finovate Europe packs in the punters | Banking Technology magazine
www.bankingtech.com | Feb 10, 2012
A total of 35 companies took part in the second annual Finovate Europe event in London this week, with two previous winners again showing up

Big threat for big wealth managers? Their local bank - InvestmentNews
www.investmentnews.com | Feb 7, 2012
Community and regional banks nabbing clients from wirehouses and larger financial institutions; 'easy to buy assets'

EU 'may relax banking debt demands' - bobsguide.com
www.bobsguide.com | Feb 6, 2012
Banks may find conditions easier for them to hold capital against sovereign debt in the region thanks to a potential rule change from the European Banking Authority (EBA).

Swiss Financial Market Regulation Praised
www.tax-news.com | Feb 2, 2012
Tax-News.com delivers news headlines and features on international tax, law, politics, economics and trade.

Cries of anti-Americanism as rating risk is revised - FT.com
www.ft.com | Jan 29, 2012
When Congress ordered US banking regulators to find an alternative to credit ratings as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank reforms, they were responding to shortcomings in the way banks and the rating agencies had measured the risk of complex financial