June 11, 2020 | 1. Introduction Pursuant to Law no. 40 of 5 June 2020, published in the Official Gazzette no. 143 of 6 June 2020 (the “Conversion Law”), Law Decree no. 23 of 8 April 2020 (the “Liquidity Decree”) was converted into law with amendments. Below is a summary of the key amendments made to Chapter II (Urgent Provisions to Ensure Going Concern) by the Conversion Law. 2. Six months postponement of the deadlines to comply with crisis settlement agreements (accordi di...

April 2020 | News sentiment can enhance alpha strategies, along with augmenting risk management models for downside protection during periods of crisis. Following a statistical approach, whereby we evaluate thousands of long-short random portfolios as a benchmark, we consider three significant drawdown periods: the Global Financial Crisis, the Chinese market selloff of 2015-16, and the 2020 Coronavirus crisis. We find supporting evidence that: • Sentiment-based strategies consistently outperform random portfolio strategies during the three crisis periods, showing strong statistical significance. • A...

• EIB highlighted as key to mitigating economic and social impact of COVID • President Hoyer confirms COVID response and climate action priorities for year ahead • Slovakian Finance Minister Eduard Heger to be new chair of EIB Board of Governors European finance ministers today welcomed the European Investment Bank’s EUR 240 billion rapid response to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis across Europe and around the world. EIB COVID-19 response strengthening business resilience, research and public health At the Annual Meeting of...

June 10, 2020 | By Len Adams CPC, CTS  CEO ACG Resources/Adams Consulting Group, LLC In March, the entire world was turned upside down due to the Covid19 crisis. As it relates to the workforce, companies were in turmoil as shelter in place polices were implemented in most cities and states. Employers that had not previously adopted a WFH policy needed to scramble to set up the proper technology, policies, etc. This may have been especially true for companies in...

June 08, 2020 | There is no shortage of legislation to address the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and the emerging contact tracing applications. In late April 2020, Republican senators introduced a bill called the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act that aims to provide consumers more transparency, choice, and control over information collected in connection with COVID-19. Then, in May, Democrats introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act to protect personal information collected in connection with COVID-19. Now, as of June 1, a bipartisan bill—the Exposure...

Updated July 13 | Government officials across the country are easing up, or preparing to ease up, on the stringent business closures and stay at home orders that helped the nation successfully slow the spread of COVID-19. Each jurisdiction will emerge from this collective state of suspended animation by implementing different measures, and on different timetables. In many instances, businesses can expect two types of guidance from their governors and public health officials: (1) overarching framework materials, setting forth various phases of the...

By Partner Brian Burke and associate Abdallah Salam (both New York-Litigation) authored this article for the International Bar Association’s Anti-Corruption Committee’s e-bulletin. The article discusses whether and how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can extract anti-corruption enhancements from countries seeking COVID-19 funding. Unprecedented IMF leverage A record number of over 90 countries have requested financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic and its colossal economic impact. In response, the IMF has pledged to place its...