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ICX Helps Identify Legal Uncertainties of Solvency II Directive through Financial Markets Law Committee Pape

Shearman & Sterling

The Directive 2009/138/EC aims to harmonize European insurance regulation, primarily the capital that companies must hold.

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Leaders in Trading 2024: Industry Person of the Year shortlist revealed

The TRADE

Industry Person of the Year 2024 shortlist: James Baugh, managing director, head of European market structure, TD Cowen James Baugh is an industry stalwart, having worked in the financial markets for over 25 years. Prior to joining BNY, she was the co-head of equities electronic sales and trading EMEA for RBC Capital Markets.

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What is a Business Cycle? Expansion, Peak, Contraction, and Trough

Peak Frameworks

For instance, the US economy saw a sustained expansion from the end of the Great Recession in 2009 until the onset of COVID-19 in 2020. During this period, businesses often expand their operations, capital expenditure increases, and markets tend to perform strongly. GDP decreases, unemployment rates rise, and consumer spending slows.

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Leaders in Trading 2023: Industry Person of the Year shortlist revealed

The TRADE

Jackson left Merrill Lynch in 2009 to join Citi as its head of execution sales for EMEA before joining Liquidnet in 2015. Beginning his career at Dexia Securities as a financial analyst assistant in 2002 he has since gone on to serve at CPR Asset Management, Amundi and Unigestion.

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