«The rapid pace that we have seen in the past few
years by institutions, granting agencies, publishers and researchers is indicative that change is upon us,» he says.
Not exact matches
The 81 -
year - old government - run financial
institution, known as the Ex-Im Bank, provides much - needed to support to exporters through guaranteed loans and credit insurance, and
by its own reckoning, it has returned $ 7 billion to the U.S. Treasury over the last 20
years.
An
institution of Desjardins» size would not function without codified processes, and while the co-operative has plenty — 143 distinct ones when it counted a few
years ago — it is now looking to give employees more leeway to act on the front lines
by, say, allowing a caisse teller to offer an additional incentive at the counter.
Despite more than paying for itself —
by its own reckoning, Ex-Im Bank has returned $ 7 billion to the U.S. Treasury in the last two decades through interest on guaranteed loans and credit insurance — the 80 -
year - old government - run financial
institution is a sunset agency.
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The study,
by Yusuke Tsugawa and colleagues at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and other
institutions, examined the record of a large random sample of Medicare patients, 65
years or older, who were hospitalized from January 2011 to December 2014.
Wang Yiming, deputy head of the Development Research Centre of China's State Council, said at the forum that although many belt and road projects were funded
by major financial
institutions — including the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, New Development Bank, China Development Bank (CDB), the Export - Import Bank of China and the Silk Road Fund — there was still a huge funding gap of up to US$ 500 billion a
year.
For the past 40
years, the
institution has compiled an annual list of words — culled from nominations made through the university's website and ultimately finalized
by a committee — which should be «banished from the Queen's English for mis - use, over-use and general uselessness.»
From Uber to Equifax, this was the
year the world's most powerful
institutions got schooled
by hackers.
That's unclaimed property — or accounts held
by companies or financial
institutions that haven't had contact with the owner for one
year or more.
The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, the annual global study often considered the gold standard in trust data measurement recently stated that, «In a
year marked
by turbulence at home and abroad, trust in
institutions in the United States crashed, posting the steepest, most dramatic general population decline the Trust Barometer has ever measured.»
Comments received
by the Department and media reports also indicate that many financial
institutions already had completed or largely completed work to establish policies and procedures necessary to make the business structure and practice shifts required
by the Impartial Conduct Standards earlier this
year (e.g., drafting and implementing training for staff, drafting client correspondence and explanations of revised product and service offerings, negotiating changes to agreements with product manufacturers as part of their approach to compliance with the PTEs, changing employee and agent compensation structures, and designing conflict - free product offerings), and the Department believes that financial
institutions may use this compliance infrastructure to ensure that they meet the Impartial Conduct Standards after taking the additional Start Printed Page 16910sixty days for an orderly transition between June 9, 2017, and January 1, 2018.
Total investment
by Israeli financial
institutions in ETFs worldwide rose
by over NIS 4 billion last
year.
Earlier this
year, the CFPB issued a new rule to make it easier to mount a class action against banks and financial
institutions by banning forced arbitration.
But in recent
years, the city has experienced encroachment on its independence, and investors have raised concerns that its strong regulatory and legal
institutions are slowly being eroded
by Beijing.
«If you continue just to add
institution -
by -
institution guidelines, you will not create enough of an umbrella to protect anybody from the social consequences of a cyber event and, therefore, almost definitionally there will be one,» said Poloz, who expects the issue to feature prominently on the G7 agenda when Canada plays host next
year.
Altogether, under the package proposed
by the
institutions to the Greek authorities, these needs are projected to reach about $ 50bn from October 2015 to the end of 2018, requiring new European money of at least $ 36bn over the three -
year period.»
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) may issue a bond on a blockchain platform
by early next
year, according to Sophie Gilder, the
institution's head of blockchain.
In doing so, we have turned a page for this storied
institution, which has been known
by the same name since it was first founded 129
years ago «
by a small group of merchants, lumbermen, bankers, and manufacturers.»
In the coming months and
years, as a recovery takes hold, financial
institutions defined
by long - term business strategies, strong balance sheets and especially
by disciplined risk management principles will be rewarded.
The report:
Years ago, when many advisors may have joined the industry, insurers sought to grow
by casting a wider net building and acquiring capabilities to amass large product or geographic footprints in the mold of a full - service financial
institution.
Over a
year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major
institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today
by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circles.
After
years of development and flickering just outside of mainstream consciousness and acceptance, record high prices for the most popular blockchain - based cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and newcomer Ethereum and an embrace of the technology's core principles
by some of the world's largest
institutions may mean that blockchain technology is ready for its close up.
It is here to stay and it has proven itself during the last couple
years, being adopted
by traditional and modern banking
institutions, corporate titans and multiple governmental organizations.
Thanks in part to falling interest rates and less stringent loan requirements
by the country's major lending
institutions, small business loans jumped from $ 584.1 billion in September 2012 to $ 586 billion
by the end of the
year.
Through Zelle — a P2P payment network under development for six
years — 30 financial
institutions will offer the service on their mobile banking app, making it easier for more than 86 million consumers to split restaurant bills and pay the dog - walker
by phone.
In recent
years, about two - thirds of nonfinancial credit market debt has been held
by nonbanks, which includes market - based funding
by securitization vehicles and mutual funds as well as
by institutions such as insurance companies and finance companies.
«Dix explained that the non-repayable grant program - eliminated
by the Liberals in the 2004 - 05 fiscal
year — should be financed through reinstating a minimum tax on financial
institutions.»
Last
year, the member - owned network of banks and other financial
institutions revealed a successful proof - of - concept aimed at reimagining the nostro - vostro accounts used
by companies to store cash around the world, and in January, it signed an agreement with seven central securities depositories to evolve the way the centralized organizations might leverage blockchain.
In recent
years, highly regulated
institutions such as Bank of America — burned
by billions of dollars in fines — have shied away from the mortgage business.
On Tuesday, CME Group announced that the platform, which includes technology from companies AlphaPoint and BitGo, is being tested
by a select few «major financial
institutions» and will be available later this
year.
For 81
years, the stodgy, if steadfast, San Diego
institution was owned
by the Copley family.
It would also prohibit gun sales to Floridians who were committed to mental
institutions or deemed mentally incompetent
by a judge, and would allow the police — with judicial approval — to bar a person deemed dangerous from owning guns for up to a
year.
The Royal Mint, a 1,000 -
year - old
institution owned
by HM Treasury, has partnered with CME Group to build and launch a digitised gold offering called Royal Mint Gold (RMG).
The RBA had been accepting bank bills in its operations for a number of
years, so it was a sensible progression to accept highly rated asset - backed paper sponsored
by the same
institutions.
Over the last 5
years, Sid has won multiple global investment research awards, judged
by over 70 global fund managers and allocators
by institutions like SumZero, Ira Sohn, Value Investing Congress and Factset.
At this point, the vast majority of people my age — being honest, the dividing line seems to be around 45
years old — roll their eyes and, in a perfectly rational manner, argue that a currency is usually boring and backed up
by meaningful
institutions such as central banks.
The surge in Ripple's price over the two
years is largely attributable to the adoption of the Ripple blockchain
by Japanese banks and increased interest
by other global finance
institutions as it provides suitable settlements platform that is far more reliable than the current solutions such as SWIFT.
For the financial markets, those risks are compounded
by the unbalanced «risk - on» exposure that investment managers and
institutions adopted early this
year, encouraged
by a short - lived burst of economic activity, and faith in a central - bank backstop.
The IMF's Articles of Agreement forbid it to make loans to countries that clearly can not pay, prompting its economists to complain at last
year's October 2013 annual meeting in Washington that their
institution was violating its rules
by making bad loans «to states unable to repay their debts.»
In recent
years mid-sized Chinese banks have devoted an increasing proportion of their balance sheets to various investment products, often issued
by other financial
institutions.
We've made a lot of scientific advancements in the last 100
years alone, but vicious information and information seem to be kept tip
by institutions and governments around the world, creation it formidable for continued common advancements.
Unlike several
years ago, the majority of Greece's $ 315 billion debt is now owned
by public entities; so we'd anticipate that any fallout would be contained primarily in public
institutions such as the IMF and the European Central Bank (ECB).
Regarding Schumer's point on enrollments, the number of computer science graduates bottomed out in the 2006 - 07 academic
year, with only 8,021 students receiving bachelor's degrees in computer science at the 170 Ph.D. - granting
institutions tracked
by the Computer Research Association.
Over the course of a few
years, there would be an erosion of the Church's public presence, as Catholic
institutions find themselves burdened
by fines and unable to offer health coverage.
When you add that up, it begins to look a little institutional (Webster defines as: «a custom, practice, or law that is accepted and used
by many people» So my physical family is an
institution and we have customs and practices and traditions over many
years.
Despite concerns about regulations since the 2008 financial crisis,
by any measure financial
institutions are far, far freer today than they were thirty
years ago.
I have been fascinated
by the number of secular
institutions in these last
years (often mental hospitals) who have asked me to do what would have been called in a previous period «religious emphasis week.»
Andrew White, who would become the founding president of Cornell University, one of the first
institutions explicitly nonsectarian from its foundation, had been soured
by his one
year at a small Episcopal college.
Learning to Live in the Father's Affection
by Wayne Jacobsen — During my
years of self - imposed exile from the Church, particularly the
institutions of church, I leaned heavily on Lifestream Ministries, in particular The God Journey podcasts.