TMI238 Exec Interview.qxp_Layout 1 10/11/2015 19:53 Page 38 Risk and Efficiency in 2016 n Steve Elms, EMEA Region Sales Head, Corporate and Public Sector, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi A s this year’s conference season comes to a close, and budget processes start in earnest for many companies, treasurers and their banks are looking to the year ahead. In this edition, Steve Elms,...
TMI239 Cover Story.qxp_Layout 1 07/12/2015 09:26 Page 14 Managing Treasury in a New Climate by Helen Sanders, Editor, in conversation with Oscar Mazza, Head of Latin America Sales, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi I t doesn’t seem so long ago that the media was full of references to the ‘BRIC’ miracle, with companies flocking to take advantage of rapid...
Insights | Corporate Clients Going Virtual: Priorities and Payment Innovations in the Travel Sector Despite the recent decline in growth rates in some key Asian markets, including China, the region continues to grow at rates envy of developed markets of Europe and North America. Over 2015 and 2016, Citi’s economists expect the APAC region to continue to grow at about 6% per annum. This...
Lower for Longer: How Companies Are Adapting and Embedding Resilience An Energy Industry Perspective This client report has been prepared by members of Citi’s Corporate and Investment Banking division. This is not a research report and does not constitute advice on investments or a solicitation to buy or sell any financial instrument. Institutional Clients Group 2 Institutional...
Portfolio Media. Inc. | 860 Broadway, 6th Floor | New York, NY 10003 | www.law360.com Phone: +1 646 783 7100 | Fax: +1 646 783 7161 | customerservice@law360.com NY Financial Compliance Landscape May Get Treacherous John Wood Michael Huneke Law360, New York (April 22, 2015, 11:02 AM ET) -Last month, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman proposed a New York “Financial...
Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report™ VOL. 108, NO. 2691 APRIL 10, 2015 RESTRAINTS OF TRADE Insurance Contingent Commissions and the Antitrust Laws: What Can We Learn from the In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation? BY WILLIAM KOLASKY AND KATHRYN MCNEECE n 2014, the last of the tag-along actions were settled in the long-running In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust...
A FRICA L AW T ODAY , Issue 2 (2015) ENHANCING FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROTECTION THROUGH ANTI-CORRUPTION COMPLIANCE: A PERSPECTIVE ON DOING BUSINESS IN AFRICA By Bryan J. Sillaman and Jan K. Dunin-Wasowicz* I. INTRODUCTION While large parts of the world are on a trajectory of slower economic growth, Africa is home to six of the decade’s ten fastest growing economies.1 But if Africa offers...
Proposed Export Rules for Technology and Cloud Computing State and Commerce Proposed Rules: Overhaul of Export Controls on Technical Data and Cloud Computing On June 3, the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce published proposed rules that would change or clarify definitions of several key terms in State's International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR")...
CPI Antitrust Chronicle June 2015 (2) Antitrust Compliance 2.0: The Use of Structural Analysis and Empirical Screens to Detect Collusion and Corruption in Bidding Procurement Processes Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz Global Economics Group & NYU Stern School of Business & Elizabeth Prewitt Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP www.competitionpolicyinternational.com Competition Policy...
U.S. Export Controls Amended to Eliminate Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") today published a rule removing Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism under the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"). See "Cuba: Implementing Rescission of State Sponsor of Terrorism...
Regulatory & Compliance | Corruption in Brazil Brazil’s focus on transparency Adjusting to new rules and new risks in an enhanced compliance environment by Felipe Rocha dos Santos B razil enacted the Clean Companies Act (Law No. 12846/13) in August 2013, a law that addressed a significant shortcoming in the country’s anti-bribery system. It established, for the...
Cuba: New Easing of Sanctions Today the White House took another major step to ease sanctions against Cuba, through new regulations issued by the Departments of Commerce and Treasury. See 80 Fed. Reg. 56898 and 80 Fed. Reg. 56915. The new regulations build on authorizations already issued by the Administration earlier this year, further opening up trade relating to consumer communications,...
The Essential Resource for Today’s Busy Insolvency Professional Straight & Narrow By James B. Kobak, Jr. and Ignatius A. Grande1 Social Media Ethics: Keeping Up with Changing Obligations S James B. Kobak, Jr. Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP; New York Ignatius A. Grande Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP; New York James Kobak, Jr. is general counsel with Hughes Hubbard...
Three Ways You May Be Affected by the EU Safe Harbor Ruling Earlier this month, the European Union Court of Justice invalidated the U.S. Safe Harbor, a mechanism that permitted the transfer of personal data from the European Economic Area to the United States. The Court's ruling is expected to affect companies (i) that send personal data from Europe to the United States, (ii)...