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By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne |
April 17, 2012
President Obama’s nominee for the top slot of the World Bank was named to that post on Monday, but the challenges Jim Yong Kim faces will not just be those of running the institution but of keeping it relevant.
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By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne |
March 26, 2012
President Obama's surprise nomination for the presidency of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, is expected to come out the winner among other nominees for the post, despite the fact that for the first time emerging nations have put up their own candidates with a real eye toward victory.
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By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne |
March 21, 2012
Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and former Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo of Colombia are expected to be nominated to head the body by the Friday deadline.
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By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne |
March 9, 2012
Protests and social unrest has risen as the gap between the have and have-nots has increased.
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By John Sullivan, Advisorone |
February 27, 2012
While small-cap stocks are benefiting significantly in the latest market rally, small market indexes are being left behind.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
February 21, 2012
Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala praised the current World Bank leader, but said it was time to give someone from the developing world a chance.
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By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne |
January 24, 2012
Five of the top 10 underwriters of approximately $7 billion in green bonds come from Sweden and Japan, with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. underwriting the most of such investments since their inception in 2007.
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By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne |
January 20, 2012
Ahead of the meeting of policymakers in Davos next week, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund joined with members of the Global Issues Group of the World Economic Forum to warn against policies that aim only for cuts and jeopardize chances for economic growth.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
September 26, 2011
Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, said that Europe is headed for recession next year and the region’s economy will shrink by 1-2%. The U.S., he added, will stagnate.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
September 13, 2011
As Greece nears default and Italy struggles to keep from losing control over its own debt problems, the latter has been engaged in talks with China over the possibility of asset sales to the Asian nation.
