Since its inception in 2005, the International Financial Management Association (IFMA) has established associations in more than 10 countries around the world, distributed in North America, Europe, Asia and other countries, with nearly 80,000 members mainly in Asia and North Read More …
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Global Economy Outlook 2019
The global economy is in for low growth and historically low interest rates for a long time. “Low for long” isn’t even the worst of it. In the event of a new recession, governments have limited monetary and fiscal firepower to Read More …
Blockchain and Banking
Why Blockchain for Banking? The current day banking systems are highly reliable on paper and outworn process. The Need of the hour is to have an upgraded system embedded with reliable and trust-able technology that could withstand frauds, scalability and security Read More …
2019 Thanksgiving Food Service with Houston Food Bank
Hundreds of families in and around Houston will have a Thanksgiving dinner this year, thanks to the Houston Food Bank and donations from local businesses and residents. Families will begin arriving at 12 p.m. Friday to pick up their meals, along Read More …
International Financial Manager IFM Awards Ceremony Held in Beijing
On January 31, 2018, International Financial Manager Awards Ceremony and Spring Gala was held in Beijing. The awards ceremony was organized by the IFMA China headquarters, the Chinese Association of Professional Managers, the Accounting Messenger and the Beijing Talent Read More …
These 2 Big Breakouts Highlight New Market Leadership; Nasdaq Futures Up
XAutoplay: On | Off Futures for the S&P 500 index, Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones industrial average rose early Thursday as software and biotech stocks have become key leaders of the ongoing market rally. Oracle (ORCL) surged overnight after its strong earnings Read More …
Bitcoin ransomware demand shows criminal links are hard to shake
Federal regulator rejects Winklevoss bid for first bitcoin exchange fund Unlike after the Mt. Gox crash, bitcoin prices have proved largely resilient to its links with criminal acts. “Bitcoin makes some nefarious things easier, but it ultimately makes a lot Read More …
Lagarde: IMF Can Cooperate With Trump Administration
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) holds up agenda papers as she attends a press briefing to open the IMF and World Bank’s 2017 Annual Spring Meetings, with First Deputy David Lipton, in Washington, April 20, 2017. WASHINGTON — The Read More …
IMF Chief: Government Policies Needed to Reverse Productivity Slowdown
FILE – Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2017. The effects of the 2008 financial crisis are still being felt, says the International Monetary Fund’s Managing Director Read More …
China Begins Opening Up $9 Trillion Bond Market
FILE – A general view of Shanghai’s financial district of Pudong is seen in Shanghai, China, March 14, 2017. BEIJING — China, the world’s third-largest bond market accounting for $9 trillion in debt instruments, has started the process of opening Read More …