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Deforestation ‘extreme’ in Asia as questionable palm oil spreads

Date: November 28, 2011 By: Gerry O’Kane CleanBiz.Asia Four Asian countries have been named as being among the world’s worst perpetrators of deforestation. Indonesia, Cambodia, North Korea and Papua New Guinea were rated as being at ‘extreme risk’ with economic growth, poverty, corruption and the rise of biofuels being identified as being among the...

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Agri-business land grabs forcing poverty in millions

Agri-business land grabs forcing poverty in millions

September 28, 2011 By: Gerry O’Kane International charity and pressure group Oxfam has released a report highlighting the problems that a modern “land rush” is bringing to poor communities. Fingers have been pointed at palm oil corporations and agribusinesses as being primarily responsible for many of the land deals that have left local communities...

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Systems hold up well despite Asian turmoil

Financial News 7 – 13 December Revenues are up in Asia, although assets have fallen. Crisis management saw deals through, says Gerry O’Kane While the rest of the custodial world has been preoccupied with the ramifications of the euro and the continuing consolidation in the industry, custodians in Asia have had problems of their...

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Active Strategies – currency hedging that delivers smarter risk management

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Currency Investor, Active currency management is getting a new breath of life. As global economies lurch towards stagnation and the thermometer of equity markets...

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Performance analytics – helping to bring transparency to the FX pricing process

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Currency Investor For years, many professional currency practitioners have seen trustees’ and investment managers’ eyes glaze over when asked two questions: how much they...

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Middle East: regional E-forex perspective

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Gerry O’Kane looks at growth in e-FX throughout the Middle Eastern markets and how resistance to electronic systems is changing rapidly in the fast...

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Timing: – just how important is it for achieving currency alpha?

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Currency Investor, Winter 2010 Within the equities world there has been some discussion over whether market timing is a viable investment strategy or simply...

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