Sentences with phrase «by financial sector»

Blockchain is already being taken very seriously by the financial sector, but its transformative uses are wide, enabling increased transparency, security, lower costs and improved efficiency over time.

Nigerians must understand that adequate notice has been issued by all financial sector regulatory authorities, namely Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, to warn Nigerians who want to trade in bitcoins as gamblers.»

An insurance marketing firm will now be free to market insurance policies along with other financial products such as mutual funds that are approved by financial sector regulators.

That is one reason why this report by financial sector tech consultants, Celent, on the use of «InsurTech» is so interesting.

All of the excuses that lawyers currently make against automation and the development of predictive systems were made previously by the financial sector, which didn't prevent these technologies from being utilized there.

Not to worry, the brokers, the fund managers, the ever compliant media (funded by their financial sector advertisers), and ultimately the companies themselves have the solution — that is, sell investors exactly what they think they really want.

United Nations report backed by financial sector highlights need for success of post-Kyoto climate change negotiations

Dave Prentis, the general secretary of Unison, said the Queen's speech showed the government «had listened» and taken up issues that mattered to people, such as poverty, the environment, care for the elderly, and curbs on risk - taking and sharp practices by the financial sector.

Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, praised the government for listening and taking up issues that matter to people such as care for the elderly, curbs on risk - taking and sharp practices by the financial sector, poverty and the environment.

«The economic recovery will not be led by the financial sector alone and there needs to be a much greater focus on regional development to support enterprise which creates jobs outside the capital.»

A joint workgroup by financial sector regulators could be put in place to tackle issues around cryptocurrencies and ICOs.»

United Nations report backed by financial sector highlights need for success of post-Kyoto climate change negotiations

The economy polarizes as income and wealth ownership are shifted to the neo-rentier alliance headed by the financial sector.

«However, to the extent that growth was supported by financial sector gains from the stock market, it won't be sustained without further stimulus.»

Though hardly extravagant by financial sector standards, this champion of the public good owned a vacation home in Belize and led a lifestyle that placed him firmly within the ranks of the 1 %.

Moreover, the volume can also get increased as its adoption by the financial sectors and ICO projects.

Not exact matches

For the last few years, the financial technology sector has been dominated by consumer - facing solutions.

All sectors recorded an increase in debt loading from the end of 2016, lifting by $ 4.5 trillion, $ 6.5 trillion, $ 4.5 trillion and $ 5.5 trillion respectively for households, non-financial corporates, governments and the financial sector.

«While China's total debt growth slowed notably in 2017 with a drop in the non-financial corporate debt - to - GDP ratio largely offset by rising household and financial sector debt,» the group said.

The radio broadcasting business is undergoing a similar process as the brick - and - mortar meltdown, where PE firms piled into big retailers during the LBO boom before the Financial Crisis and left the sector strewn with over-indebted retailers that then got slammed by a structural shift to online that they no longer had the resources to follow.

Unlike other sectors disrupted by technology, like print media or music, the financial industry is subject to heavy regulation.

«The minister of finance, supported by the Department of Finance, has ultimate responsibility for the financial system and authority for all financial sector legislation,» he said in a speech in Vancouver in 2009, slamming the door on the efforts of some in Ottawa, including former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, to create a more robust system of financial oversight.

The German lender believes European banking stocks and diversified financials should benefit the most from the rise in yields, outperforming other European sectors by around 10 percent.

About 90 percent of North Korea's trade is with China, and Chinese junket operators are well equipped to use the formal banking sector and informal financial networks created by the Chinese traders and small businessmen who've crisscrossed the world for 1,000 years, says Andrew Klebanow, a senior partner at Global Market Advisors LLC in Las Vegas.

The backbone of the housing market overhaul is the so - called Dodd - Frank law, a bill passed by Congress in 2010 that also sets out the general principles for shaking up Wall Street and the financial sector.

Down Under, the S&P / ASX 200 edged higher by 0.49 percent to 5,982.70 as the utilities and heavily weighted financials subindexes advanced, canceling out slight declines in the materials and energy sectors.

Despite that, Gorman expressed confidenec that the financial sector would not be completely changed by automation just yet.

Roughly half of $ 1 - million - plus accounts are betting the market will rise by 5 percent in the fourth quarter, and they are splitting bets evenly between the energy, technology, financials and health care sectors.

Fortescue Metals Group has ended a tough week for the iron ore sector by halving its projected capital expenditure for the 2015 financial year to $ US650 million, in response to the continued weakening of the iron ore price.

According to one of his drinking buddies from the financial sector: «Any measure enacted by fiat that prevents the free exchange of goods, labour and capital seeking economic gain is done at the cost of efficiency.

«He's got no energy plan, no financial analysis, if he thinks he's going to sell it off and the private sector is going to come in and invest, that is a recipe for Puerto Rico being raked over the coals by private interests,» Tom Sanzillo, director of finance for the Cleveland, Ohio - based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial financial analysis, if he thinks he's going to sell it off and the private sector is going to come in and invest, that is a recipe for Puerto Rico being raked over the coals by private interests,» Tom Sanzillo, director of finance for the Cleveland, Ohio - based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Financial Analysis.

And because the TSX has come to be dominated by two sectors in particular — financial services and resources account for close to 60 % of the index's $ 1.9 - trillion market capitalization — any strife facing companies in those sectors has an outsized effect on overall returns.

Shadow banking refers to activities performed by financial firms outside the formal banking sector, and therefore subject to lower levels of regulatory oversight and higher risks.

They seem to be «blissfully» unaware of the huge and growing financial liability implied by public - sector debt loads.

The banking, securities and insurance sectors were previously overseen by separate entities, which led to similar financial products being regulated differently depending on who the issuer was.

«The opening up of the financial sector must be accompanied by the development of financial regulation.»

There was also the charge that the jubilee further legitimized the debt system by taking money from the 99 % and giving it back to financial sector.

Additionally, the roll back of Dodd - Frank should be a boost for the financial industry, as evidenced by the fact the sector is among the best performing in the stock market since the election.

China laid out a clearer timetable on Wednesday for opening its financial sector to more foreign investment by the end of 2018, as Beijing looks to fend off growing criticism from the United States and others that it unfairly limits competition.

The value of the Internet economy may be understated in GDP calculations, for example, but the omission is offset by artificial inflations in other sectors like financial services, which ballooned in the run - up to 2008 thanks to risky, unsustainable products like mortgage - backed securities.

One sector is financials, as measured by Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) and iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT), which are up by approximately 5 percent and 8 percent, respectively, this year.

It was before Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen broke the customary sphinxlike silence of her office to observe that valuations in some tech categories have become «substantially stretched,» before the tech sector eclipsed financial services as the leading destination for elite business school graduates, and before tech money made over large swaths of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Austin, and, of course, the entire San Francisco Bay Area, where one in five working adults is employed by a tech firm.

By clamping down on the ICO sector, China may be warding off bigger financial troubles for consumers down the line.

Tech, helped by a rally in semiconductors, was one of the better - performing sectors, up 1.4 percent, the same as the gains in financials.

The city's mission to improve economic development by expanding its financial - technology sector has fueled a surge of high - paying, white - collar jobs.

Banks rose along with the bond yields, as the S&P / TSX composite index advanced 84.57 points to 15,524.01, helped in part by the influential financials sector.

The new uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations is also likely hitting sentiment, with financial services likely to be the sector most affected by the outcome.

The financial sector changes were later confirmed by Yi Gang, the newly appointed head of China's central bank, who said foreign investors would be allowed to hold up to a 51 per cent equity stake in brokerage firms, futures companies and fund management firms.

Controls were put on lending by banks and on organisations in the non-bank financial sector (shadow banking).

Is the weakness in the stock price or underlying financial performance a result of forces across the entire sector, industry, or economy, or is it caused by firm - specific bad news?