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What can stop the ‘too big to fail’ bankers from terrorising the world?

November 13, 2014 by George Pepper Leave a Comment

Last Monday 10 November the Financial Stability Board, an international non-binding body based in Basel which comprises government and central bank officials from G20 countries had a bright idea for the lenders. They admitted that the 30 “too big to fail” major world banks should retain at least 20% of their risky assets in own […]

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Facilitating the access to finance and risk capital for SMEs and midcaps

January 13, 2014 by Suzan A. Kane Leave a Comment

As they say better late than never. The EU Commission decided to relax the rules regulating the granting of state aid to SMEs and midcaps. This initiative relates to easing the terms of high risk equity financing of companies with perceived high-growth potential during their early growth stages. In normal financial circumstances high risk capital […]