By Onno Bouwmeister |Malcolm Pobjoy | VISTRA Investors are holding more sway in the private equity community, and they are demanding increased transparency, as well as a greater focus on fees and valuations. Not surprisingly, limited partners appear to be the main motivating force behind the push for greater transparency, and especially LPs in the public pension fund sector. In Vistra’s research report titled “Private Equity Fund Governance: Establishing Best Practices 2017—The Manager & Investor Perspective, 45% of LPs polled...

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By Allan Goodman | President| Institute of International Education Today, I invite you to celebrate International Education Week, created as a joint initiative by the Department of Education and the Department of State in 2000. We work in international education every day, but this week is a particularly important one in which to reflect on the value and importance of the work that we all do. Let us also reflect on the strength of the IIENetwork community. Collectively, you represent 1,300...

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By Jeff Phillips | T. J. Hope | STOUT How to select a fairness opinion provider A fairness opinion is a letter summarizing an analysis prepared by an investment bank or independent third-party which indicates whether certain financial elements of a transaction, such as price, are fair to a specific participant in the transaction, from a financial point of view. While not required by law, fairness opinions are commonly used in M&A transactions to assist the board, a special committee...

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By Fauzia N. Amlani | Associate | 4049460852 |fauzia.amlaniogletree.com | Ogletree Deakins The U.S. Embassy in Paris has announced a minor change to its Golden Arrow program, affecting French-owned companies that are incorporated in the United States. Effective immediately, French E visa applicants under the Golden Arrow program will be required to submit all three parts of Form DS-156E. Previously, E visa applicants under this program were only required to submit Part III of Form DS-156E. Qualified French employers may apply for...

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By Revinax Revinax combines medical expertise and technical creativity to create cutting-edge training tools for surgeons and marketing and training solutions for various companies.   We are very honoured to share the following news with you: Montpellier - November 9th, 2017. The Revinax team has achieved a worldwide breakthrough by introducing mixed reality during live surgery. The surgical procedure was performed successfully on November 7th, 2017 under the guidance of Dr Lonjon, a neurosurgeon from the Montpellier University Hospital in...

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By Jill Lowell and Sebastian Chilco | Littler Mendelson P.C Slightly one year after the New York City Council introduced a bill that would expand the city's paid sick leave requirements to cover "safe time" leave, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed it into law on November 6, 2017. The law, Int. 1313-A, expands the list of covered reasons for which paid sick leave can be used to include “when the employee or a family member has been the victim of...

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By James Bacchus |  Centre for International Governance Innovation | Chair, Global Practice at Greenberg Traurig Executive Summary There is a looming collision between the rules frameworks of the two separate international institutions that have been created and entrusted with addressing trade and climate change. Links between trade and climate change can no longer be ignored by either the World Trade Organization (WTO) or the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Neither of...

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By Trepp, LLC Due to the recent strength of the cash markets, CMBS trading desks posted heavy activity in the past week with bid list volume topping $800 million between Monday and Thursday. Overall, the cash sector continued to see modest spread tightening, decent two-way trading, as well as strong representation from SASB and conduit paper. Tight AAA pricing on new issues and concerns over future supply wind-down enabled cash spreads to grind tighter by an additional five to...

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