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Asset Managers Get Real with Risk

BCG

Article Monday, July 11, 2016. Global regulators, still working to address the legacy of the 2008 financial crisis, are slowly beginning to converge on appropriate risk management approaches for the asset management industry.

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Prince Michael of Liechtenstein Warns "QE a Sign of Helplessness, Will Not Reach Economy"; Prince Michael vs. Martin Wolf

MishTalk

The 2008-2009 banking crisis saw the US focus on re-establishing the equity basis of the banks to a level which allowed the banks to lend to business. Wolf : So the ECB has decided to purchase €60bn of assets a month until at least September 2016. This will reduce the overheads of the national economy and reduce the deficit.

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Reality Check: How Fast is China Growing? Global Recession at Hand

MishTalk

Debt matters - $30 Trillion – up $9 trillion since 2008 Debt is 200-300% of GDP counting Shadow Banks. China''s total debt has sprouted from 153 percent of gross domestic product in 2008 to 282 percent today. per cent in 2016, the first time the IMF forecast lower growth in China than in India for decades. That’s the new topic.

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