Our Global Capital Confidence Barometer shows 52% of technology executives expect to pursue M&A in the next 12 months. Maintaining the optimism from late 2017, this edition of the Capital Confidence Barometer (CCB) shows that tech sector executives are still projecting a strong M&A outlook for 2018. Overall, 52% of tech executives said they expect to pursue acquisitions within the next 12 months, compared with 57% a year ago. While slightly moderated, dealmaking intentions remained well above the 44% average since 2010,...

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By Osborne Clarke For US businesses looking to expand into Europe, understanding local employment laws is a key priority, but getting to grips with the paperwork can be complex. Failure to take account of the differences in local laws and HR practices can lead to costly mistakes and adversely impact on your business and your staff. With a focus on the UK and Spain, here are our top tips on how to get the key documents right. Where to start The first point to...

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  ING and AXA announced today an exclusive, long term, multi-country bancassurance partnership to provide insurance products and related services through a central digital insurance platform. Under the partnership, ING will bring to bear its leading digital banking experience and AXA its expertise in innovative modular insurance products and services, offering property & casualty (P&C), health and protection insurance solutions to ING customers in six of its Challenger markets: Germany, Australia1,   Italy, France, Czech Republic and Austria1.  ING and AXA teams will together develop...

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Tradewind has provided a €2 million post shipment finance facility to a leading Turkish seafood company that exports to countries around the world. With Tradewind’s assistance, the client was able to purchase new production plants abroad to better reach its customers in North and South America. The client decided on Tradewind’s financing solutions because they covered the crucial cost of feed and accommodated the critical period of 13-14 months it took for the fish to reach their portion size. Tradewind...

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By Océane Girard, Associate, Banking & Financial Services | Arendt & Medernach On 31 May 2018, the law on markets in financial instruments (the “2018 Law”) as well as the grand-ducal regulation relating to safeguarding of financial instruments and funds belonging to clients, product governance obligations and the rules applicable to the provision or reception of fees, commissions or any monetary or non-monetary benefits (the “Grand- Ducal Regulation”) were published in the Luxembourg official gazette. Such texts aim at implementing into Luxembourg law...

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By TMF Group Italy is the third largest economy in the Eurozone and although its Economic growth (GDP per head) has picked up since 2014, in comparison to other European economies this pace appears weak and its debt to GDP remains at over 130%. Italy’s unemployment rate is currently 11%, down from a peak of 13.1% in 2014, but double the 2007 low of 5.8%. At the time of writing this article, law professor Giuseppe Conte is prime minister of what is referred to as “Government...

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  EY just released  the 2018 European Attractiveness Report - the 17th edition as part of the EY Attractiveness Program.   This latest report explores foreign direct investment (FDI) in Europe and reveals an inflexion in the pace and shape of growth. The evaluation of FDI in Europe is based on an IBM analysis, as well as a survey of 500 international decision makers.   This report is published at a critical time for the future of Europe, and provides important assessments and insights...

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By William R. Rhodes | 05/31/2018 Thank you Paul for your introduction.  Your outstanding career in Public Service, both at the US Treasury and as chairman of the Federal Reserve System is an example for many young people who are planning their future careers.  I would also like to thank the Foreign Policy Association for awarding me their Foreign Policy Association medal in their centennial year.  As a longtime member of the FPA, and a board member, it is a special...

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  By  Urs S. Weber | Executive Director, Wealth Management Advisor |VONTOBEL  Investment Review: At the beginning of May, we decided to reduce the equity weighting in all discretionary mandates to slightly underweight. This move has been based on geopolitical events and increasing trade tensions. Economy: While investors from time to time might be frightened by the outlook of higher rates, a spiraling out of yields is not, in our view, in the cards for the time being. Equities: Our constructive stance on the global economy...

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