Friday, October 16, 2015

16/10/15: Finance@Google 2015

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Few weeks back I was taking part in the Finance@Google 2015 conference covering a range of topics from the future trends in Financial Serv...

16/10/15: How to Write Perfect Vacuum

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Here is one rare occasion where, simultaneously, An academic achieves a certain degree of notoriety laying a claim to authoring just on...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

15/10/15: Budget 2016: Tech & Entrepreneurship Perspective

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My take on the Budget 2016 from the perspective of tech sector:  https://www.siliconrepublic.com/video/dr-constantin-gurdgiev-on-budget-20...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

14/10/15: There isn't Ireland without MNC Inc.: Budget 2016

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Budget 2016 went in like a circus convoy entering a sleepy town: all pomp and all the excitement with little substance of change in tow. ...
Sunday, October 11, 2015

11/10/15: Tax Code Simplification and Deadweight Loss of Taxation

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In a recent speech ( see notes here ), I discussed the need for tax reforms in Ireland and, specifically, for flattening of the income tax...

11/10/15: Of Central Banks and Spoons in the Arctic

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Much has been said recently about the need for normalisation in the policy rates environment (in plain English - the need to hike interest...

11/10/15: Equity Derivatives: Shadow Banks are Clawing Back

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Remember them, 'financial weapons of mass destruction'? No, not the CDS, and other debt derivatives, but rather the equity derivat...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

10/10/15: What, When, If the $7 trillion SWFs Gorilla Moves?

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Remember this bit about Central Banks' reserves taking a dip globally ? And now consider this, about Sovereign Wealth Funds shrinking ...

10/10/15: Who Gains From TTP & TTIP? Not Free Trade!

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For all those in need of understanding why TPP (the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement) and TTIP (the Trans-Atlantic counterpart of the T...

10/10/15: IMF’s Macro Data and That “Iceland v Ireland” Question, again

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Recently, I posted some data from the IMF Fiscal Monitor for October 2015 comparing fiscal performance of Iceland and Ireland and showing ...

10/10/15: IMF: Un-Clued on U.S. Monetary Policy Normalisation

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For all the positivity chatter about the return of the U.S. growth and 'normalisation' of the interest rates environment pushed in...

10/10/15: IMF: "Honey, we've Japanified the World"

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Much has been written this week about IMF’s World Economic Outlook and the belated catching up the IMF are performing to the reality of ...