Too Much Finance?

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by Jean-Louis Arcand, Enrico Berkes and Ugo Panizza This paper examines whether there is a threshold above which financial development no longer has a positive effect on economic growth. We use different empirical approaches to show that there can indeed be “too much” finance. In particular, our results suggest that …

The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-term Decision Making

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Click here to download the report (PDF) by John Kay for the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, UK, July 2012 “Financial intermediation depends on trust and confidence: the trust and confidence that savers who invest funds have in those they choose to manage these funds, and the trust and …

The JOBS Act – Transforming the Financial Markets

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New Legislation, New Markets, New Opportunities LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR NOWSTREET’S EXCLUSIVE EVOLVING CAPITAL MARKETS COCKTAIL EVENT IN NYC ON JULY 30th ONLY A FEW TICKETS REMAIN! The JOBS ACT is reshaping our financial markets. Learn how to raise capital and maximize returns in a transforming market structure. Discuss …

CEQ and ACCO Announce Program Sessions for 2012 GreenGov Symposium

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Session Topics Announced for 2012 GreenGov Symposium Confirmed Speakers Posted Over the Next Few Weeks Click here to register now. The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) have announced the session topics for this year?s GreenGov Symposium ? Leading by Example. Over …

How the Affordable Care Act works and more headlines from the American Sustainable Business Council

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Weekly Policy Update: July 24, 2012 Events HHS Webinar Join us on August 6th at 3:00 EST for a discussion featuring guest Sol Ross, Business Director at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He will detail how the Affordable Care Act works and participate in a Q&A session. …

Earth Policy Release – World in Serious Trouble on Food Front

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Lester R. Brown http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2012/update104 Earth Policy Release Plan B Update July 24, 2012 In the early spring of 2012, U.S. farmers were on their way to planting some 96 million acres in corn, the most in 75 years. A warm early spring got the crop off to a great start. …

Investors and analysts use extra-financial information in decision-making, suggests new research

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The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and Radley Yeldar For immediate release Wednesday 25 July 2012 Investors and analysts use extra-financial information in decision-making, suggests new research Investors and analysts use extra-financial information reported by companies to help analyze the performance of those companies …

Global Elite Hiding $21 Trillion from Taxman in Tax Havens

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Do you wonder why it’s so hard to pay for adapting to the climate crisis, or what Mitt Romney, et alia, are really up to? Wonder no longer. £13tn: hoard hidden from taxman by global elite  Study estimates staggering size of offshore economy Private banks help wealthiest to move cash …