Oil Industry must stop supporting secrecy
say financial transparency and anti-poverty groups
Not exact matches
The Trump administration plans on meeting with officials from Qatar as early as this week and is planning to meet with officials from the United Arab Emirates to seek
financial transparency, and using commercial loan terms,
said a person briefed on the matter.
While the net outcome of the investigation is likely to bring more
transparency to a previously opaque pricing process, the ripple effects on other startups could be profound — pushing down valuations and funding rounds universally,
financial experts
say.
«Blockchain technology, which is the backbone of digital currency, has the potential to disrupt
financial services by reducing the cost and complexity of
financial transactions, while also augmenting
transparency,» he
said.
Investors had demanded a discount amid concerns over the company's profitability and
transparency of its
financial metrics, a source familiar with the situation
said.
Lagarde
said transparency between governments and institutions is essential for the IMF to achieve its mission of global
financial stability.
If the
financial connection to China, a country whose government typically opposes
transparency and political dissent, seems problematic, Hwang isn't concerned: «If anything, we are informing the public about upcoming changes in laws as well as the decision makers behind it, emboldening affected parties to act up and speak up if necessary,» he
said.
I'm not
saying you should start revealing your
financial statements to the public, but if a company that has taken
transparency to its full potential is a market leader because of it, why haven't you started?
Gary Gensler, chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Comission,
said: «Bright lights of
transparency will shine, dealers will come under comprehensive regulation, and standardized swaps between
financial entities shortly will be centrally cleared.
Having
said this, we remain committed to the highest standards of fiscal
transparency and will continue to make our
financial statements available.
The Vatican
said Tuesday it is «perplexed and baffled» by the public prosecutor's actions, and the Holy See aims for «complete
transparency» in its
financial operations.
«This executive order is largely symbolic and reduces
transparency since it allows
financial contributions made by employees to political action committees and political parties to be transferred back to the county executive,» Nicolello
said in a statement.
Earlier, Nwosu
said the country could not entrench accountability and
transparency in the public service without guaranteed autonomy through administrative and
financial independence for auditors - general at the three tiers of government.
He
said, «Over the past year, the US Embassy has been working closely with the civil society, the Nigeria Police Force and the EFCC on various initiatives to enhance government
transparency, improve security, and investigate and prosecute complex
financial crimes.
«In respect to expenses, I have advocated and worked hard since January 1, 2016 that we must cut overtime, consolidate and / or share services, have greater
financial accountability and
transparency, and worked to find new revenues and other cost cutting measures in the city,» Mantello
said.
«In both Delaware and New York, the government can have no idea who owns a company,»
said Heather Lowe, legal counsel and director of government affairs at Global
Financial Integrity, a nonprofit that promotes transparency in the world financia
Financial Integrity, a nonprofit that promotes
transparency in the world
financialfinancial system.
Republican City Council President Carmella Mantello
said the city must «continue to enhance its
financial situation without exceeding the property tax cap, and maintaining adequate cost controls and continue
transparency in fiscal operations.»
«The Election Act's spending limits are in place to limit
financial influence in federal elections and to ensure
transparency as to the identity of donors,»
said US Attorney Loretta Lynch after the plea.
Bloomberg
said he wasn't opposed to all regulation and called for more
transparency in
financial markets.
«Recent news reports of charter schools engaging in
financial mismanagement have demonstrated the need for more
transparency and integrity in California's charter schools,» Chau
said.
He
said the programme was operating with «a complete lack of
financial transparency and local accountability» and «has allowed unqualified teachers into our schools».
The groups
say states need help and
financial support in building the necessary infrastructure to allow for greater data
transparency.
«The key in these situations is
transparency and communication,»
says financial educator and author Ruth Hayden.
Millennials need
transparency because they are more skeptical than older generations,
says Louis Cannataro, wealth management advisor of Cannataro Park Avenue
Financial, a firm with $ 800 million assets under management.
De Goey
said the
financial services industry in Canada has been deluding itself with regard to
transparency «forever.»
«Today consumers expect
transparency and flexibility in their
financial life and Upgrade is leading the charge with the Personal Credit Line,»
said Micky Malka, Managing Partner at Ribbit Capital and Upgrade Board member.
Gopal Vemuri added that India has a great opportunity for going 100 % renewable — but
said that
financial and policy
transparency would be paramount for achieving it.
The more sophisticated those techniques, the more those seeking to launder money need professionals such as lawyers,
says Denis Meunier, former deputy director of the
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre and a member of
Transparency International.
For example, Tiffany
says that she and her husband practice «complete
financial transparency» with each other and set aside time each month to discuss their finances.
«Working within complete
transparency can minimize the legal fees because it makes your expectations realistic,»
said financial advisor Lisa Gresham, founder of Equitable Divorce Solutions.
Post also
says there was a lack of regulation and
transparency from mortgage lenders, banks and
financial institutions in regard to lending products and investments being created, and many did not understand these products.