23 May
Chapter News, News, Trade & TTIP Related

Press Conference: Conclusion of the 5th TTIP Negotiation Round

EU chief negotiator Ignacio Garcia Bercero (right) and US chief negotiator Dan Mullaney (left) held a joint press conference at the U.S. State Department in Washington on May 23, 2014 at the conclusion of the 5th TTIP negotiation round. YOU MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN: EU and US Negotiators Meet for 5th Round of Talks on TTIP Albuquerque Journal: EU Ambassador Touts Trade Pact in ABQ Ensuring transparency in EU-US trade talks: EU publishes negotiating positions in five more areas

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21 May
Member News, News

NEW YORK CITY PREPARES TO WELCOME THE WORLD’S LONGEST OCEAN RACE

The twelve international crews competing in the Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht Race will arrive in Manhattan on June 4, following a brief muster in New Jersey, after completing more than three quarters of its eleven month, 40,000 mile global ocean odyssey. Established by legendary British sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in 1995, the Clipper Race is uniquely designed for amateur sailors (only the skippers are professional), whose only required qualifications include a thirst for adventure and the desire to...

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21 May
Chapter News, News

Commissioner Barnier welcomes the Signature of the intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on the Single Resolution Fund

Brussels, 21 May 2014 -- Today, 26 Member States have signed the Agreement on the transfer and mutualisation of contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF), an essential part of the Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) - STATEMENT/14/119. This is an important signal of the commitment of Member States, to make the banking union a success. The Agreement signed today is a key component of the SRM as it is the pre-requisite to the application of certain provisions in the SRM...

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21 May
Member News, News

Import/Export Factoring — Going Where Traditional Financial Service Firms Fear to Tread

By Richard Tretler, Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer, DS-Concept Factoring Over the past five years, the import/export sector expanded significantly. However, traditional financing tools available to small businesses in this arena continue to shrink, leaving behind a marketplace opportunity with enormous potential for import/export trade finance and factoring firms. Before I became the chief financial officer/treasurer of DS-Concept Factoring, I was the CFO for a New York City-based international importer/distributor of fashion and consumer goods. I come from “being in the trenches” with...

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15 May
Chapter News, News

Financial regulation: European Commission presents a first comprehensive review of the EU’s reform agenda

With most financial reform measures now adopted, the European Commission has today published a first comprehensive review of the financial regulation agenda as a whole. This economic review sets out how the reforms will deliver a safer and more responsible financial system by enhancing financial stability, deepening the single market for financial services and improving its efficiency whilst improving market integrity and confidence. Evidence suggests that the total expected benefits of the financial regulation agenda will outweigh the expected...

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15 May
Chapter News, News

5th Round Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Negotiations May 19 – 23, 2014

NEGOTIATIONS The fifth round of U.S. - EU negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) agreement will take place in Arlington, Virginia from May 19 – 23, 2014.  The negotiating teams will discuss the full range of T-TIP negotiating issues including, trade in goods and services; investment; regulatory issues; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; government procurement; intellectual property rights; electronic commerce and telecommunications; environment; labor; small and medium-sized enterprises; and energy and raw materials. STAKEHOLDER FORUM On the margins of the...

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15 May
Member News, News

Trepp has acquired CRE Direct, the online news source for real estate capital markets

Trepp, LLC, the leading provider of information, analytics, and technology to the CMBS, commercial real estate, and banking markets, today announced its acquisition of Commercial Real Estate Direct (CRE Direct), the subscription-based source for information and news on the real estate capital markets. “Trepp’s acquisition of CRE Direct was a logical step, as both our organizations focus on delivering valuable information to the commercial real estate and CMBS markets,” said Manus Clancy, Senior Managing Director at Trepp. “CRE Direct is...

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14 May
Chapter News, News

Ensuring transparency in EU-US trade talks: EU publishes negotiating positions in five more areas

The European Commission today publishes negotiating positions in five more important topics of current talks with the US on a future trade and investment deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). This follows publication in July 2013 of our initial positions and is part of our efforts to be fully transparent about the negotiations (more on our transparency efforts). The papers released today include proposals for enhancing the compatibility of each other’s existing rules and regulations, or working more closely...

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13 May
Member News, News

NUTRI VENTURES: THE QUEST FOR THE 7 KINGDOMS received highest possible rating from Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media, the leading independent and non-for-profit review site for parents and families, has given NUTRI VENTURES: THE QUEST FOR THE 7 KINGDOMS its highest possible rating, joining a growing list of mom blogs and parents themselves who have called NUTRI VENTURES one of the best entertainment options for kids. “Nutri Ventures takes the arguably mundane topic of food pyramids and plate ratios and embeds it in an engrossing adventure that will captivate kids,” Common Sense Media wrote in its five-star review. “Kids will have...

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13 May
Member News, News

Pepper Hamilton Client Alerts on Cybersecurity

2014 Verizon Report Offers Advice for Combatting Nine Common Threats to Cybersecurity Sharon R. Klein | kleins@pepperlaw.com Jeffrey L. Vagle | vaglej@pepperlaw.com The 2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) was released on April 22, providing the deep empirical analysis of cybersecurity incidents we’ve come to expect from this annual report. The primary messages of this year’s DBIR are the targeting of Web applications, continued weaknesses in payment systems, and nine categories of attack patterns that cover almost all recorded incidents. Further, despite...

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