2nd Annual Crowdfunding Symposium LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE – SEPT 11/12 @ UC BERKELEY Shortly after President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law, we co-founded the Center for Crowdfunding Research at UC Berkeley. Now the program is hosting its second annual Academic Symposium on Crowdfunding Research and Policy. The event will be …
An American “Reset” for Africa? | China: Open the “Backdoor”?
August 7, 2014 In Focus: Africa An American “Reset” for Africa? Africa no longer needs the US as a benefactor. It wants a relationship based on mutual interests, says Ellis Mnyandu. 9 Facts on Africa’s Middle Class For all the recent hype, inequality and joblessness stifle the dynamic growth …
Today’s Top Stories from GFI – Africa Leaders Summit: America’s Dirty Little Secret
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 From the Global Financial Integrity Blog: Join Us for Our Upcoming Conference on Illicit Financial Flows in Brazil Illicit Finance Jounralism Programme Lauches Fourth Training Project Debate in Delaware on Anonymous Companies Why Wildlife Trafficking and Anonymous Companies …
BETTER MARKETS: Attention on the 4th anniversary of the landmark Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) resumes
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The World Future Council and the EU Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung are organising an international workshop on “A Mandatory Approval of Financial Instruments”
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FTC Newsletter – April – June 2014: The stakes are high!
Berlin Brussels Lima London Nairobi New Delhi Washington Dear friends, When compiling our latest newsletter, we realized just how eventful the last three months have been. From the Indian government’s creation of a task force to investigate offshore accounts to the Queen of England’s speech announcing the UK’s …
China Might Be Winning The Race To Reduce Solar Costs
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Democratizing Real Estate Investments
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Fossil-Free Financial Portfolios Up 50 Percent from 2013
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US $6 Billion of Investment Opportunities at the Global Infrastructure Basel Summit
Breaking News: Releasing Another 5 of 48 GIB Graded Projects Presented at 4th GIB Summit Investment Forums Nova Belo Horizonte Brazil, Belo Horizonte. Sectors: Transportation, Mobility and Logistics, Urban Development and Regeneration. Total Investment: US $1.6 billion “Nova BH” is a co-financed urban operation that will promote dramatic improvements …