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1 June 2008

...gloss has rubbed off many financial instruments (commercial paper, FRNs and even the comfortable deposit) MMFs are moving from strength to strength, rather like American Idol in fact. After all,...

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1 June 2008

...seem to be little available. So, with the expert guidance of Andrew Walker, Managing Director, Head of Financing & Risk Solutions at The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) – in...

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1 June 2008

...fund (MMF) industry mature rapidly as it faced its first real, or to be more accurate perceived, crisis since the introduction of treasury-style funds in the late 1980s. However, whether...

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1 June 2008

...used in a wide variety of everyday products such as filters, industrial wipes, baby diapers, fabric softener, construction products and protective clothing. With extensive experience in its field, Fiberweb has...

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1 June 2008

...years, from 16.2% of net sales value (NSV) in 2002 to 7.3% in 2006 (fig 2). Looking towards 2007, we recognised that without greater focus, based the same percentage of...

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1 June 2008

Enhancing Balance Sheet Efficiency by Richard Bartlett, Head of Corporate Debt Capital Markets, RBS The growth of private equity (PE) fundraising, which increased every year between 2002 and 2007, and...

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1 June 2008

...by distress in the U.S. sub-prime mortgage sector, volatility in the ABCP markets, illiquidity and ratings downgrades. Fund sponsors have responded to the crisis in a variety of ways, depending...

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1 May 2008

...connection isn’t especially fast (about 128 kb) but is still a lot faster and more reliable than a fax. We pay for the connection based on data transfer rates; currently...

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1 May 2008

...Standardisation of a complete (invoice) ‘message’ is essential within any open exchange network. In other words, a distinction must be made between an ‘envelope’ containing a document and the ‘document’...

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1 May 2008

...weather management risk programs, tending to be expensive, illiquid and often irrelevant. However, the situation is improving. The CME now offers weather derivatives for nine European cities, and Metnext, a...

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18 April 2008

...associations. Our governance is as follows: Operations are led by the executive body (Vorstand), comprising Prof. Dr. Heinrich Degenhart (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg), Eberhard Köbe (maxingvest ag), Bernd Saitz (PricewaterhouseCoopers) and...

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18 April 2008

...employees. Last year the Risk Management Team handled a volume of €16.86bn (4,968 transactions) in FX, €1.151bn (24 transactions) in interest rate transactions and nearly 4 bn of Lufthansa´s liquidity...