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Invest in Switzerland News | Fall 2017

By Invest in Switzerland Top of the News Aurora Flight Sciences and Roivant Sciences received 2017 Tell Awards honoring their significant inward investment projects in Switzerland. The awards, named for legendary Swiss hero William Tell, were presented on September 26 by André Schaller, Ambassador and Consul General of Switzerland in New York at the "2017 Inspiring Innovation Conference" hosted by Bloomberg LLP. Initiated in 2004, Tell Awards have been presented to a total of 45 companies in a program supported by...

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Lincoln International’s Logistics & Transportation Market Update: Q3 2017

By Lincoln International Lincoln International is pleased to present our Logistics & Transportation Market Update. This quarterly publication focuses on public market valuation information, selected transactions and events of interest to owners and managers of Logistics & Transportation businesses and their advisors. Topics covered in this issue include: Logistics & Transportation Stock Indices, Performance and Stock Data Recap of Recent Logistics & Transportation Transactions Key Market Intelligence Please click here to download the Q3 2017 Logistics & Transportation Market Update from Lincoln...

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Enough about personal data, what about (restrictions to) the free flow of “non-personal data” ?

By Yves Van Couter  | Stéphanie De Smedt | Loyens & Loeff As part of its Digital Single Market strategy, the European Commission published on 13 September 2017 a proposal for a Regulation “on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union”. Why a Regulation governing “non-personal” data? To make sure that it is safe for businesses to store data anywhere in the EU; To eliminate barriers to trade and to enable a ‘EU data community’; To...

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ING Wholesale Banking shapes future to support clients

By ING Group ING Wholesale Banking today announced a number of initiatives aimed at further enhancing client centricity, addressing clients' daily challenges and their strategic needs. The international network, currently spanning more than 40 countries will be strengthened, as we put more resources into Asia and the Americas. We are also investing in our advisory functions including core banking services such as the Debt Capital Markets and Corporate Finance franchises. "ING Wholesale Banking is an important contributor to the success...

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Tax Alert: New Reporting Rules Require Foreign-Owned Disregarded Entities to File Form 5472

By  Curtis Best, CPA  |  Marks Paneth LLP New regulations, finalized this year, will require foreign-owned disregarded entities to file Form 5472, effective for tax years starting on or after January 1, 2017 and ending on or after December 13, 2017.  The purpose of Form 5472 is to disclose foreign owners and certain related party transactions during the tax year in which the reportable transactions occurred. While these entities will still be disregarded for most federal tax purposes, the new requirements...

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Lincoln International represents Audax Private Equity in the sale of RESA Power to Blue Sea Capital

By Lincoln International Lincoln has completed over 15 Energy, Power and Infrastructure transactions in the past 24 months  Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that Audax Private Equity (“Audax”) has sold RESA Power, LLC (“RESA” or the “Company”) to Blue Sea Capital. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.RESA, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a leading provider of electrical life extension solutions for power distribution and control equipment. The Company serves as a critical...

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Vulcan View: Key Events of this WEEK

By Vulcan Consulting BREXIT UK Parliament to have final ‘take it or leave it’ vote on Brexit deal   MPs returned to the House of Commons this week to begin discussing amendments and proposals tabled on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. The bill, which intends to repeal the European Communities Act of 1972 and bring existing EU law onto the UK statute book, had been delayed for weeks due to the tabling of numerous amendments. It faced...

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DS-Concept Provides € 2 Million Credit Facility for Flourishing Seafood Processor in Latvia

By DS-Concept DS-Concept has announced a € 2 million facility for a seafood processor based in Latvia, a deal that will help propel it into additional markets and allow it to focus on the construction of a new factory with greater output.                                       The company sells on open account terms and exports to retailers across Spain, Portugal, and the UK. With the facility in place, the seafood processor plans to build a new factory that will increase productivity, add value to the...

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“Economic Union, Financing Union, Banking Union”

By François Villeroy de Galhau, Amsterdam, Annual General Meeting of the Foreign Bankers’ Association   Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be in Amsterdam today and to give the keynote speech at your Annual General Meeting. I wish to warmly thank my friend Governor Klaas Knot and FBA Chairman Leonique van Houwelingen for their kind invitation. For a central banker, Amsterdam is a highly significant place, especially because the Bank of Amsterdam, in Dutch the “Amsterdamsche Wisselbank”, which was...

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Autumn 2017 EU Economic Outlook better than expected

Autumn 2017 Economic Forecast: continued growth in a changing policy context The euro area economy is on track to grow at its fastest pace in a decade this year, with real GDP growth forecast at 2.2%. This is substantially higher than expected in spring (1.7%). The EU economy as a whole is also set to beat expectations with robust growth of 2.3% this year (up from 1.9% in spring). According to its Autumn Forecast released today, the European Commission expects growth to...

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