The crisis in global shipping and a tax exodus by big Greek vessel owners have helped finally seal the fate of London’s Baltic Exchange after at least three approaches to buy it over the last six years of its near-three centuries history. Some 95 percent of shareholders voted on Monday in favour of a takeover […]

The first article in this series provided an overview of the regulatory policy objectives of the G20 group of Finance Ministers and their aim to restore global growth, strengthen the international financial system and reform international financial institutions following the 2007/2009 banking crisis and subsequent recession. The second article considered the Dodd Frank Act, which […]

In the first article in this series we took an overview of the regulatory policy objectives of the G20 group of Finance Ministers and their aim to restore global growth, strengthen the international financial system and reform international financial institutions following the 2007/2009 banking crisis and subsequent recession. The second article considered the Dodd Frank […]

By hellenicshippingnews The world's oil cartel will soon meet to discuss capping production in a bid to boost prices, but many market watchers expect it will be all talk, no action. Analysts left their oil price forecasts largely unchanged amid a continuing glut and doubts that major producers will clinch a deal to tackle it. […]