01 Jun
Member News

Bannockburn Global Forex: June Monthly

June 1, 2020 | The investment climate in June will be shaped by forces that emerged in May.  Many countries began relaxing lockdowns and various activity-based alternative data, like traffic pattern, Open Table Reservations showed improvement on the margins.  Sentiment surveys, while mostly still depressed, were better than April readings.  The long slog back has begun.  There was also optimism over several different vaccines that had been initiated or soon will begin human tests.  The hope is that with regulatory...

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01 Jun
Chapter News

EACCNY #COVID19 Impact Stories from Our Members – Revinax

Together with our members we are creating a Video series of first-hand accounts of the Pandemic’s impact, both personally & professionally. We invite you to join us today for a first-hand look at the impact of the global shutdown following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak – Today we are featuring Maxime Ros, CEO, @Revinax a EACCNY member. The questions we asked our members for this series are: 1) What are some challenges you, personally and your organization have faced? 2) What are some of...

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01 Jun
Member News

The TreppWire Podcast

TreppWire has introduced a weekly podcast that provides listeners with up-to-date information on commercial real estate, structured finance and banking by exploring how recent events have impacted the markets and the daily lives of market participants. So far, the episodes have consisted of the following: Latest Episode: The Future of CRE with Brian Stoffers, Global President at CBRE and MBA Chairman (June 23rd, 2020) Episode 16: Signs of Stress in the Corporate CLO Market, Record-Breaking CMBS Delinquencies, Exodus from Big Cities (June 18th,...

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01 Jun
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

Tracking Trade During the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 14, 2020 | With the current fast-changing developments, policy makers need to know what is happening to the economy in real time, but they often must settle for data telling them what happened many weeks ago. And international trade, which links countries through a complex web of supply chains, is an area where timely information is especially valuable from a global perspective. Most trade takes place by sea, and—for navigational safety purposes—virtually all cargo ships report their position, speed, and other...

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01 Jun
Chapter News

EU Reaction to US announcement on breaking ties with the World Health Organisation

May 30, 2020 | Statement by the President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen and High Representative/ Vice-President Josep Borrell As the world continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the main task for everyone is to save lives and contain and mitigate this pandemic. The European Union continues to support the WHO in this regard and has already provided additional funding. In an EU-led resolution adopted by consensus on 19 May at the World Health Assembly, all WHO Member States agreed to...

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01 Jun
Member News

FTI: Cyber Preparedness in the Midst of COVID-19

May 22, 2020 | Why every organization should be thinking about their cyber preparedness now – even in the midst of a global pandemic. As storefronts shut down, supply chains freeze up, consumer behaviors transform, and the world’s workforce goes remote, most organizations across the globe are facing major disruptions and are currently in crisis mode.  This all means that business continuity plans and crisis communications playbooks, are likely coming off the shelf and being put to use. But what happens if,...

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01 Jun
Member News

OsborneClarke: Top 10 Cyber Security issues amid Covid-19

April 23, 2020 | As many businesses face major business interruption and heightened cyber risk through working from home at scale, Osborne Clarke’s international Cyber team, combined with S-RM Intelligence and Risk Consulting, hosted on 8 April 2020 a webinar covering 10 key cyber security questions that companies have been asking during the current COVID-19 crisis. We have made an audio recording of that webinar available online. This document sets out a high-level summary of some of the issues discussed...

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29 May
Member News

Portolano Cavallo: E-commerce digital acceleration: how to prepare for the new normal

May 13, 2020 | The Italian version of this article was first published on Wired. As partial lockdowns across Europe are extended, the coronavirus outbreak is generating an acceleration in the “going to digital” processes of companies across different sectors. E-commerce, more than others, is experiencing such acceleration. Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, digital marketing and new business models based on innovative data’s exploitation, will be key tools for offering a more efficient and reliable service to the final consumer. It...

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29 May
Chapter News

Questions and Answers: The proposed InvestEU Programme

May 29, 2020 | Why do we need InvestEU for the post-coronavirus recovery? InvestEU is the EU's proposed flagship investment programme to kick-start the European economy. It is well-placed to provide long-term funding and to support Union policies in the recovery from a deep economic and social crisis. This has been shown with the successful implementation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments and other EU financial instruments in the wake of the past financial crisis. In the current coronavirus crisis, the...

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29 May
Chapter News

EU budget for recovery: Kick-starting the EU economy by incentivising private investments

May 29, 2020 | As announced by European Commission President von der Leyen on 27 May 2020, the Commission is aiming to kick-start the EU economy by incentivising private investments. The Commission today proposes a new Solvency Support Instrument, which builds on the existing European Fund for Strategic Investments, to mobilise private resources to urgently support viable European companies in the sectors, regions and countries most economically impacted by the pandemic. The Solvency Support Instrument can be operational from 2020 and will have a...

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