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  Africa: Opportunity Beyond the S in BRICS

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  Investors considering going a bit farther afield than EU countries, Japan and other developed markets might want to consider Africa—and not just South Africa.

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  A Development Bank Built by and for the BRICS

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 4, 2013

  A bank run by a force other than the U.S. and Europe could change things drastically for developing nations—if it lives up to its stated purpose.

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  Concidence? Big ETF News Accompanies Big ETF Conference

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 13, 2013

  The week has brought launches of ETPs on the Singapore dollar, BDCs and infrastructure, along with Schwab’s commission-free platform.

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  Greece Gets Two More Years to Hit Deficit Targets

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 13, 2012

  International Monetary Fund Director Christine Lagarde protested the extension of the deadline for Greece to cut its debt to a “sustainable” level to 2022, saying that the target date “has to be 2020.”

• EU to Consider Caps on Banker Bonuses

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 12, 2012

  Britain’s Finance Minister George Osborne, who has been outspoken in his efforts to preserve the London’s financial primacy in Europe, is expected to oppose the measure and has already said he would fight any bonus caps proposed by Brussels.

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  Eurozone Bank Supervision to Start in 2013

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 19, 2012

  A meeting of EU leaders resulted in agreement that the ECB will be at the head of a framework of eurozone bank supervision, and that the structure will be in place by the beginning of 2013.

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  German Finance Minister Wants to Change EU Treaties

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 16, 2012

  German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is advocating changes that will allow the EU’s monetary affairs commissioner to reject national budgets and prevent non-eurozone countries, like Britain, from nixing eurozone-only measures.

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  Spain in Mind as Eurozone Brings ESM Online

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 8, 2012

  The European Stability Mechanism, the permanent rescue fund of the eurozone, goes into operation on Monday in anticipation of Spain’s potential need for a bailout.

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  Germany No Obstacle to Oversight: EC Official

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 21, 2012

  The head of the EC's financial services arm said that the EC was confident it could win Germany over on the matter of the ECB overseeing all eurozone banks.

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  Spain Hesitates on Aid as European Finance Ministers Meet

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 14, 2012

  Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain continued to hold off in requesting a bailout for the country’s banks, citing lower interest rates in the wake of the ECB's decision to commit to unlimited bond purchases.