Financial Markets: 10 surprises for 2016
Not only China and oil price. 10 risks that coul increase pressing on the stock markets in 2016
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Switzerland: distribution of foreign collective investment schemes to qualified investors (part 1)
In September 2012 the Swiss Parliament passed amendments to the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA). In February 2013 the Swiss Federal Council adopted an amendment to the Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance (CISO) that effectively completed the process of turning the revised CISA into law.
Are female billionaires outpacing males? Yes they are!
The report’s findings, which build upon UBS/PwC’s 2015 Billionaires Report released last May, "Master architects of great wealth and lasting legacies," revealed that the number of female billionaires is growing faster than the number of their male counterparts. Women have been controlling greater average wealth than men and becoming more influential in family businesses, philanthropic enterprises and governance. The report also highlights the fleeting nature of great wealth, finding that only 126 billionaires or 44% of the class of 1995 are billionaires today. It underscores the strategies these prevailing billionaires have employed to build and preserve lasting legacies.
Spain: will post-election government keep on the reforms path?
Spain has been able to reform its economy in the last three years. Since 2012 many progresses have been made. Being one of the best-growing countries in the Eurozone is the positive consequence. But relevant problems still remain. To keep on the reforms path a sound government would be a desirable outcome from the 20th december elections.