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June 2013

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken’s Chris Flensborg on the Evolution of Green Bonds

As green bonds become an increasingly credible investment, one of their original architects talks about their evolution.

Managing Equity Risk: Some Rules for the Road

The market can change its mind on short notice so a flexible approach is essential.

Ian Bremmer and Nouriel Roubini Unveil the New Abnormal

Forget the New Normal. Five full years after the financial crisis, we’ve entered a period of increasing global uncertainty and instability that’s almost certain to trigger new crises.

Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Collapse Raises More Questions than Answers

Failure mars Hong Kong’s financial reputation, stirs political scene and prompts an investigation into potential misdeeds.

Proposed 401(k) Disclosures May Radically Change Participant Behaviour

Requiring sponsors to show plan participants their projected stream of payments could boost savings and increase use of annuities as a distribution tool.

Everything You Need to Know About Treasury Floating-Rate Notes

Why issue them? How will they be structured? Who will buy them? We have all the answers.

Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman on Not Wasting a Serious Crisis

Following the 2008 financial crisis, Blackstone Group chairman and CEO Stephen Schwarzman used the acquisition of GSO Capital to diversify the alternative asset management firm’s businesses and help more than double its assets.

Makena's Eric Upin On Global Endowment-Style Investing

Makena Capital Management CIO Eric Upin talks about the intricacies of global endowment-style investing and the biggest challenges that lie ahead.

EU Shelves, for Time Being, Idea of Applying Solvency II to Pensions

Commissioner Barnier suggests EU may try to revive regulation, which would show Dutch, Irish and U.K. pensions seriously underfunded.

China’s SMEs Look Increasingly to the Bond Market for Financing

Small- and medium-size companies are a small part of China’s bond market, but they are growing very rapidly.

Cyprus’s Big Gas Field May Not Be the Country’s Salvation

Nicosia tried and failed to avoid a bailout by using its natural-gas discovery. Now experts question whether the country will ever effectively exploit those reserves.

China Slowdown? Brace Yourselves

Unless Beijing undertakes reforms, the result is likely to be a drastic economic slowdown to just 4 percent.

Why Russian Investors Stay in Cyprus Despite Restructuring Hit

A generous tax treaty and a dense web of corporate relationships still attract Russian business interests to the island nation.

May 2013

The World According to Britt Harris

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas CIO weighs in on risk management, the outlook for the global economy and the new American Empire.

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