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Wise men recommend four-pronged approach
A four-pronged approach to regulation of European securities markets should be adopted by Europe’s policymakers if barriers of “Kafkaesque inefficiency” to financial market development are to be broken down, says the final report from the Committee of Wise Men, chaired by Alexandre Lamfalussy, on the regulation of European Securities Markets. ...
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The need for a broader index
The world economy grows, and shrinks, capital markets change, technology improves, crises rock the equilibrium and investors carry on adapting, fast. It has been well documented how the introduction of the euro would, at a stroke, create a huge new market that would provide a new melting pot for the ...
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What Euronext means for local brokers
Napoléon once said, “France needs me more than I need her”. Looking at the performance figures of Euronext and the Paris Bourse for 2000, one is left to wonder who needs whom the most. The statistics announced show, as was suspected all along, that Paris is the engine driving Euronext, ...
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Germany starts to get the bug
Investment patterns in Germany have traditionally been rather conservative and so it’s no surprise that investment in private equity in are a relatively new concept. Frankfurt’s Neuer Markt has excited investors and it appears they are starting to talk about serious investment in this asset class. According to Patrik Roeder, ...
