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Financial Darwinism
Praise for Financial Darwinism “The world’s political and economic uncertainties, exacerbated by a serious lack of financial transparency, can lead business leaders to feel like they may be virtually flying blind in a rapidly changing global economy. Leo Tilman offers some important tools to address the clear imperative of better strategic and systemic risk management.” William E. Brock Former United States Senator United States Trade Representative and United States Secretary of Labor “History is littered with the wrecks of financial institutions. Some failed to change their strategies. Others pursued tantalizing returns while paying insufficient attention to the risks. Judging from recent financial crises, many financial institutions still have not learned how to avoid crippling, perhaps even life-threatening, wrecks. Leo Tilman’s timely book is a navigator’s manual for managers of 21st-century financial institutions. To prosper, even to survive, Tilman clearly and forcefully shows that they must abandon outmoded strategies, adopt new ones, and pay much more attention to the trade-off between risk and return. He blends theory with experience to show how this can be done, and even how it has been done.” Dr. Richard Sylla Henry Kaufman Professor of The History of Financial Institutions and Markets Professor of Economics Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University Financial Darwinism Create Value or Self-Destruct in a World of Risk LEO M. TILMAN John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright C 2009 by Leo M. Tilman. All rights reserved. Published -
George Soros
Click here for Full Issue of EIR Volume 23, Number 44, November 1, 1996 �ITffiInvestigation The secret financial network behind \vizard' George Soros by William Engdahl The dossier that follows is based upon a report released on . Following the crisis of the European Exchange Rate Oct. 1 by EIR's bureau 'in Wiesbaden, Germany, titled "A Mechanism of September 1992, when the Bank of England Profile of Mega-Speculator George Soros." Research was was forced to abandon efforts to stabilize the pound sterling, contributed by Mark Burdman, Elisabeth Hellenbroich, a little-known financial figure emerged from the shadows, to Paolo Raimondi, and Scott Thompson. boast that he had personally made over $1 billion in specula tion against the British pound. The speculator was the Hun Time magazine has characterized financier George Soros as garian-born George Soros, who spent the war in Hungary a "modem day Robin Hood," who robs from the rich to give under false papers working for the pro-Nazi government, to the poor countries of easternEurope and Russia. It claimed identifying and expropriating the property of wealthy fellow that Soros makes huge financial gains by speculating against Jews. Soros left Hungary afterthe war, and established Amer western central banks, in order to use his profits to help the ican citizenship after some years in London. Today, Soros is emerging post-communist economies of eastern Europe and based in New York, but that tells little, if anything, of who former Soviet Union, to assist them to create what he calls an and what he is. "Open Society." The Time statement is entirely accurate in Following his impressive claims to possession of a "Mi the first part, and entirely inaccurate in the second. -
The Case of New York City's Financial District
INFORMATION TECHNOWGY AND WORLD CITY RESTRUCTURING: THE CASE OF NEW YORK CITY'S FINANCIAL DISTRICT by Travis R. Longcore A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the University of Delaware in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Honors Bachelor of Arts in Geography May 1993 Copyright 1993 Travis R. Longcore All Rights Reserved INFORMATION TECHNOWGY AND WORLD CITY RESTRUCTURING: THE CASE OF NEW YORK CITY'S FINANCIAL DISTRICT by Travis R. Longcore Approved: Peter W. Rees, Ph.D. Professor in charge of thesis on behalf of the Advisory Committee Approved: Robert Warren, Ph.D. Committee Member from the College of Urban Affairs Approved: Francis X. Tannian, Ph.D. Committee Member from the University Honors Program Approved: Robert F. Brown, Ph.D. Director, University Honors Program "Staccato signals of constant information, A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires and baby, These are the days of miracle and wonder. This is a long distance call. " Paul Simon, Graceland iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author would like to recognize and thank Dr. Peter Rees for his guidance on this project. Without the patient hours of discussion, insightful editorial comments, and firm schedule, this thesis would have never reached completion. The author also thanks the University Honors Program, the Undergraduate Research Program and the Department of Geography at the University of Delaware for their financial support. Many thanks are due to the Water Resources Agency for New Castle County for the use of their automated mapping system. IV TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OFTABLES .................................... viii LIST OF FIGURES ix ABSTRACT ....................................... .. x Chapter 1 THE CITY IN A WORLD ECONOMY ................... -
(SEP 2 5 1989 LJPRA R Acknowledgements
MIT LIBRARIES DUPL 1 3 9080 00589045 1 CANADIAN INVESTMENT IN THE U.S. REAL ESTATE MARKET by William Richard Evans H.B.A., Business Administration, The University of Western Ontario, Canada 1983 Submitted to the Department of Architecture in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Real Estate Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology October, 1989 ( )William Richard Evans 1989 The author hereby grants to M.I.T. permission to reproduce and distribute publicy copies of this thesis document in whole or in part/. W Signature of author William Richard Evans Department of Architecture July 3/1, 1989 Certified by 34fsMcKellar Professor. Department of Architecture Thesis Supervisor Accepted by Michael Wheeler Chairman Interdepartmental Degree Program in Real Estate Development (SEP 2 5 1989 LJPRA R Acknowledgements This thesis represents the effort of a Canadian student possessing previous employment experience with one of the major Canadian developers referred to within this research. Research was conducted over a two-month period, durina which time the author spent considerable time interviewing in Canada. The Canadian real estate development industry, in aeneral, is extremely private and tightly controlled by a relatively small number of companies. Very little has been documented on the industry and therefore interviews were a critical component of this research effort. A variety of Canadian industry participants agreed to be interviewed and I thank them for their interest and cooperation. -
UK Jubilee Line Extension (JLE)
UK Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) - 1 - This report was compiled by the OMEGA Centre, University College London. Please Note: This Project Profile has been prepared as part of the ongoing OMEGA Centre of Excellence work on Mega Urban Transport Projects. The information presented in the Profile is essentially a 'work in progress' and will be updated/amended as necessary as work proceeds. Readers are therefore advised to periodically check for any updates or revisions. The Centre and its collaborators/partners have obtained data from sources believed to be reliable and have made every reasonable effort to ensure its accuracy. However, the Centre and its collaborators/partners cannot assume responsibility for errors and omissions in the data nor in the documentation accompanying them. - 2 - CONTENTS A INTRODUCTION Type of Project Location Major Associated Developments Current Status B BACKGROUND TO PROJECT Principal Project Objectives Key Enabling Mechanisms and Timeline of Key Decisions Principal Organisations Involved • Central Government Bodies/Departments • Local Government • London Underground Limited • Olympia & York • The coordinating group • Contractors Planning and Environmental Regime • The JLE Planning Regime • The Environmental Statement • Project Environmental Policy & the Environmental Management System (EMS) • Archaeological Impact Assessment • Public Consultation • Ecological Mitigation • Regeneration Land Acquisition C PRINCIPAL PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS Route Description Main Termini and Intermediate Stations • Westminster -
A Global for the Civil Savage: Re Or Constructed Landscape in a Postcivilised Modernity
1998 ACSA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 233 A Global for the Civil Savage: re or Constructed Landscape in a Postcivilised Modernity JAMES McQUILLAN National University of Singapore If mythology does not exist for civilized man today,' how does he and other market facilities therefore does not count as a global city! locate himself in space, in time and in acontinuously meaningful and Most relevant here is the increased importance of real estate invest- ordered existence? Order and the search for order is perhaps the most ment and the influence of real estate investors, which can then besetting problem of modern intellectuality under postmodern con- assume a symbolic aspect due to the predilections of global real ditions, especially if the rubrics of deconstruction are permitted, but estate, swung by issues of public morality and symbolic reforms. not in this discourse (for reasons which may be clearer later). Order Therefore headlines reflecting such concerns are important indica- presumes a taxonomy and related definitions, and in the world of tors for global real estate investors, and the competition, for example architecture and urbanism this is just what is lacking - the desperate between two Pacific Rim contenders for such investment, Los plurality and polyvalence of the so-called "environment" presents a Angeles and Singapore, was swung in the latter's favor due to the struggle todefine or redefine the city, the suburb (Ellin; 247). or even 1992 riots in LA, such was the damage done to its urban image. the countryside,? now generally violated in most viable climatic In this kind of politics Singapore is singularly successful, as its zones by "development" of some form. -
The Isle of Dogs: Four Development Waves, Five Planning Models, Twelve
Progress in Planning 71 (2009) 87–151 www.elsevier.com/locate/pplann The Isle of Dogs: Four development waves, five planning models, twelve plans, thirty-five years, and a renaissance ... of sorts Matthew Carmona * The Bartlett School of Planning, UCL, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB, United Kingdom Abstract The story of the redevelopment of the Isle of Dogs in London’s Docklands is one that has only partially been told. Most professional and academic interest in the area ceased following the property crash of the early 1990s, when the demise of Olympia & York, developers of Canary Wharf, seemed to bear out many contemporary critiques. Yet the market bounced back, and so did Canary Wharf, with increasingly profound impacts on the rest of the Island. This paper takes an explicitly historical approach using contemporaneous professional critiques and more reflective academic accounts of the planning and development of the Isle of Dogs to examine whether we can now conclude that an urban renaissance has taken place in this part of London. An extensive review of the literature is supplemented with analysis of physical change on the ground and by analysis of the range of relevant plans and policy documents that have been produced to guide development over the 35-year period since the regeneration began. The paper asks: What forms of planning have we seen on the Island; what role has design played in these; what outcomes have resulted from these processes; and, as a result, have we yet seen an urban renaissance? # 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Isle of Dogs; Urban design; Planning; Urban renaissance Contents 1. -
Paul Reichmann Had a Dream. He and His Brothers Would Chal
3 FREE TRAINS OR FREE RIDERS? Reichmann's windfall train Paul Reichmann had a dream. He and his brothers would chal- lenge the oldest banking district in the world by building a financial centre on wasteland in the heart of London. They would compete with the City by offering the great financial houses accommodation in purpose-built skyscrapers. They had money aplenty including the biggest property empire in North America, which had amassed assets of $25 billion. Ingenuity was no problem: they had accomplished feats where other entrepren- eurs had feared to tread. Had they not built the World Financial Centre on a sandbar in New York's Hudson River? Daring was a family characteristic: in their youth, as Hitler tried to conquer Europe, from their enclave in Tangier they worked to defy the Nazis, launching covert mercy missions to keep alive the victims of the concentration camps. But without good transport links, their dream was not viable. Shrewdly, they acquired an 80-acre site on the Isle of Dogs in what was once the heart of a transport hub that knitted together a seafaring empire. The Reichmanns were offered a good deal by the government. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in her bid to regenerate the area, turned Docklands into an enterprise zone. The brothers would be relieved of taxes on rents earned by 64 FREE TRAINS OR FREE RIDERS? their company, Olympia & York (O&Y). Here, out of the derelict docks, they could construct a masterpiece that combined the finest architecture with commercial vitality. They would lure the financiers from their mansions in the stockbroker belt to create a real estate for the 21st century. -
DEAR CONGRESS & Presldent OBAMA
STEPHEN A. ROSS, Professor of financial economics, massachusetts institute of technology • KENT SMETTERS, Professor of economics, the university of Pennsylvania • JAGADEESH GOKHALE, senior fellow, cato institute • DarON ACEMOGLU, Professor of economics, massachusetts institute of technology • JOHN MAULDIN, President, millenium wave advisors • EDWARD LEAMER, Professor of economics, university of california, los angeles • IVAN WERNING, Professor of economics, massachusetts institute of technology • DIRK KRUEGER, Professor of economics, university of Pennsylvania • JERRY HAUSMAN, Professor of economics, massachusetts institute of technology • ARNOLD C HARBERGER, distinguished Professor, university of california, los angeles • EUGENE STEUERLE, senior fellow, the urban institute • MICHAEL MANOVE, Professor of economics, boston university • TODD IDSON, associate Professor of economics, boston university • CHRISTOPHE CHAMLEY, Professor of economics, boston university • JIANJUN MIAO, associate Professor of economics, boston university • CAROLINE HOXBY, Professor of economics, stanford university • DILIP MOOKHERJEE, Professor of economics, boston university • FRANCESCO DECAROLIS, assistant Professor, boston university • PETER KARL KRESL, PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS EMERITUS, bucknell university • RICHARD HOFLER, Professor of economics, university of central florida • ROGER FELDMAN, blue cross Professor of health insurance, university of minnesota • JERE R. BEHRMAN, Professor of economics, university of Pennsylvania • BOB CHIRINKO, Professor of finance, -
Canadian Investments Into the UK Property Market
Canadian investments into the UK property market Canadians raising London’s skyline Investors from Canada have long been influential in shaping the UK real estate market. Perhaps one of the best-known examples is the development of Canary Wharf in London. In the 1980s it was a Canadian, Paul Reichmann and his company Olympia and York, that Margaret Thatcher (then UK Prime Minister) called upon to redevelop land in East London left derelict by the decline of the ports into what is now Canary Wharf, one of the world’s leading financial centres. The development of Canary Wharf has not been without controversy. Building started in 1988 but the envisaged transport infrastructure was not delivered until 1999 when the Jubilee line extension opened. Without adequate transport, there was limited interest from large financial companies to move into the area although two newspaper companies were attracted to the new open plan spaces on offer. The iconic One Canada Square sky scraper became the UK’s tallest building when it opened in 1991. Unfortunately, the completion of the building coincided with an economic downturn in the UK which exposed Olympia and York’s high levels of debt, ultimately leading the company to declare bankruptcy in 1992. In the intervening years, Reichmann tried to buy his way back into the site, Canary Wharf has changed hands on numerous occasions and continues to expand. In April 2015, Brookfield Property Partners (which also originated in Canada) and the Qatar Investment Authority jointly acquired the Canary Wharf Group. Reichmann’s original vision for a modern open-plan business hub has over the decades been realised. -
Curriculum Vitae of DARRELL DUFFIE Contact: Email: [email protected] Personal Webpage: Darrellduffie.Com Postal Address: Gradu
Curriculum Vitae of DARRELL DUFFIE Contact: Postal Address: email: duffi[email protected] Graduate School of Business personal webpage: darrellduffie.com 655 Knight Way Stanford University Stanford CA 94305-7298 University Stanford University, Ph. D. (Engineering Economic Systems) (1984) Education University of New England (Australia), Master of Economics (Economic Statistics) (1980) University of New Brunswick (Canada), Bachelors of Science in Engineer- ing (Civil Engineering) (1975) Awards 1985-86 NSF Research Fellowship and 1988-89 Batterymarch Fellowship Honors 1990-92 NSF Research Grant 1992-93 Catalyst Institute Research Grant 1994-95 Q Group Research Award 1994-96 NSF Research Grant Fellow, Econometric Society 1997 Smith-Breeden Distinguished Paper Prize, Journal of Finance 2001 Graham and Dodd Award, Financial Analysts Journal 2002 NYSE Prize for equity research, Western Finance Association 2003 Distinguished teacher award, Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University 2003 Financial Engineer of the Year, International Association of Financial Engineering 2004 Clarendon Lectures in Finance, Oxford University. 2007 Princeton Lectures in Finance. 2007 Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2008 2011, Elected to the Council of the Econometric Society. 2008 Nash Lecture, Carnegie-Mellon University. 2009 Elected President of the American Finance Association. 2010 Tinbergen Institute Finance Lectures, Duisenberg Institute. 2011 Minerva Foundation Lectures, Columbia University. 2015 Ross Prize, FARFE (with Jun Pan and Ken Singleton). 2015 Fisher-Shultz Lecture, World Congress, Econometric Society. Employment 1984-present: Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Current Position: Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance On leave: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, University of Califor- nia, Berkeley, 1985-1986; Universit´ede Paris, Dauphine, 1998; University of Lausanne, 2007-2008; EPFL, 2015-2016. -
Booklist 2008 Rev
Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik; Terrorismus 1 Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise 26 Klima- und Energiepolitik 35 Wahlkampf, Bios, Politik und Religion, Zukunft GOP 41 Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik; Terrorismus “America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American For- eign Policy” Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, David Ignatius Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: September 2008 Hardcover 304pp Synopsis The two most respected figures in American foreign policy define the international challenges facing the next president in the must-read foreign policy book of the season. Given the bitterness of partisan debates about foreign policy, now exacerbated by a tight race for the presidency, one might expect Brzezinski and Scowcroft to disagree vehemently about the challenges America faces abroad, the deci- sions that have shaped the nation's current travails and what the next president should do. Instead, they seem to see eye to eye on nearly every major foreign policy issue facing the United States…And, contrary to the operative assumption behind Sunday morning TV talk shows, it turns out that two wise interlocutors who concur can be as interesting and informative as experts with completely divergent views…The next president would do well to heed their counsel but should not underestimate the diffi- culty of sticking to it. “Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq” Bing West Publisher: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group Pub. Date: August 2008 Hardcover 464pp Synopsis From a universally respected combat journalist, a gripping history based on five years of front-line reporting about how the war was turned around–and the choice now facing America.