July 11, 2016/AfDB The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Sunday, 10 July 2016 announced the appointment of Dr. Celestin Monga, a Cameroonian national and currently the Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), as the Bank’s Chief Economist and Vice President, Economic Governance and Knowledge Management. Monga has […]

July 11, 2016/MasterCard Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop technology solutions that drive Singapore’s competitiveness At the World Cities Summit today, MasterCard and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to help companies in Singapore build innovative technology solutions. These efforts […]

July 7, 2016/WFE The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, today published its response to the Basel Committee on Banking Standards (“BCBS”) Consultative Document: Revisions to the Basel III Leverage Ratio Framework. WFE RESPONSE The WFE supports the BCBS’ […]