Sentences with phrase «global financial crisis among»

At the Metro Pictures show Mr. Julien will introduce a multichannel feature film tracing the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis among a cast of characters that includes a Philippine maid working in Dubai, an artist who has lost his home to bank foreclosure in Iceland, a gallery owner and collector in London, a journalist, several hedge fund managers and an auctioneer.

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In Washington, a meeting of G20 finance ministers opened its doors to the media and paid tribute to Flaherty, considered a dean among global treasurers after the 2008 - 09 financial crisis rocked world economies.

For example, heightened risk taking by investors and elevated leverage in large financial institutions and in shadow banking activities were among the factors that turned a downturn in the U.S. subprime mortgage market into a global financial crisis.

While this was a global banking crisis without precedent, we were hit especially hard because we have one of the most open economies in the world; with a financial services sector that had grown too big for the UK economy carrying liabilities that were around five times the size of it; UK citizens were privately indebted to the tune of 1.4 trillion pounds — among the highest in the developed world; and we had a housing market that went from spectacular boom to bust.

Even though the first fund started in 1969, it wasn't until after the global financial crisis of 2007 - 2008 that unconstrained bond funds started gaining traction among investors.

These firms, the Carlyle Group, Apollo Global Management and Oaktree Capital Management among them, have been raising billions of dollars during Europe's sovereign debt crisis to buy loan portfolios, corporate bonds and other holdings from troubled financial institutions on the Continent.

The global financial crisis and real estate downturn triggered widespread risk - aversion among investors.