Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2006/07 and 2007/08 Response by the Local Government Association Key points:

The LGA welcomes the fact that a settlement for two years has been announced. Multi year grant settlements should give authorities ability to plan ahead.

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UK private equity share nearly third of global total

Share of the UK private equity in the international market has increased three timed in last two years to nearly third of global total.

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Spicing up Japanese government bond trades

Clearstream, the Luxembourg-based ICSD (international central securities depository) has become the first place of settlement outside Japan allowed to clear

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Case study: Wachovia

Name of Solution:
Wachovia Global International Cross
Border, Low Value, High Volume
Transaction Processing

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The changing face of foreign exchange

The last year has seen many changes in the FX market, with rising volumes and significant developments such as the acquisition of EBS by Icap

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Triparty Repo Markets – it is time for the Next Generation

Saheed Awan, Director of Global Securities Financing at the industry-leading Triparty Repo service provider Clearstream, explains the coming evolution of market developments.

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Monetary Policy and Financial System credit operations in Brazil

Viewed in terms of average daily balances, the January monetary base totalled R$96.7 billion, for a reduction of 1.7% in the month and expansion of 12.4% in 12 months. Among the components, the balance of currency issued decreased 4.6% in the month, reflecting lesser demand for manual currency in the period.

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CEE Bond Markets Offer Attractive Yields

The Central and Eastern European (CEE) local Fixed-Income Markets offer higher spreads and higher yields than their western European neighbours, with many of them already having obtained investmentgrade ratings

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Challenging Markets Call for Innovative Strategies

The pace at which global corporate bond markets are changing makes it hard for fixed-income investors to keep track. Not only have credit returns shown swings from dramatically bad

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