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  • Should Investors Fear Upcoming Quadruple Witching Hour?

    As we enter the third week of March, a number of reports and events are likely to have an impact on stock market investor decision making in the upcoming week, with Friday being of ...

  • Influential Institutional Investors

    Banks, retirement funds, pension funds, mutual funds, hedge funds and insurance companies are some of the financial institutions which pool large sums of money to invest on behalf of others. ...

  • Legislation Proposed to Regulate Financial Advisors

    With almost a year having passed by since the US market hit its lowest point in the financial crisis of the past eighteen months or so, investors remain on their guard. Although the US ...

  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act – Protecting Investor Interests

    Enacted as a United States federal law on July 30, 2002, in response to the much-publicized financial scandals of corporate public companies such as Enron, Adelphia, Tyco International, ...

  • Fairtrade – Promoting Sustainable Development

    Closely linked to the principles of ethical consumerism, green brands and sustainable development, are the principles of Fairtrade. All of which may have some impact on eco-conscious ...

  • Three Pillars of the Basel II Accord

    The Basel II Accord, which addresses recommendations on banking sector regulations and laws, is split into three main categories, often referred to as the "three pillars" of the accord, ...

  • Final Week of February May Prove Challenging on Wall Street

    While stocks on Wall Street have been advancing in the past two weeks, they remain just short of treading on positive ground for the first time in 2010, an event that stock market players ...

  • BCBS and the Basel II Accord

    Created in 1974 by the G10 nations, and meeting four times each year, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) consists of representatives from 27 countries who gather to formulate ...

  • Green Brands – Appealing to Consumer Social Responsibility

    The consumer swing to "green brands" is closely related to ethical/green consumerism for the man in the street, as well as being linked to corporate triple bottom line reporting, and the ...

  • Global Reporting Initiative

    With concepts such environmental sustainability, carbon footprints and social responsibility becoming part of everyday business vocabulary, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is serving ...

  • The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency

    Taking place on 26-28 May 2010, the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency will have as its theme: "Rethink. Rebuild. Report." As a Global Reporting Initiative event, ...

  • US Triple A Rating in Jeopardy

    Moody's Investors Service has expressed concern that the Triple A (Aaa) Sovereign credit rating currently enjoyed by the United States, may have to be downgraded, unless the country's ...

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