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Book SynopsisEquivalence in Financial Services offers a comprehensive and cross-industry examination of the rules and procedures under EU financial legislation dedicated to third-country market actors. The equivalence regime has become particularly topical after Brexit, as the United Kingdom is now a third country from the perspective of the European Union. This book investigates whether the current equivalence system is fit for its purpose, namely facilitating cross-border finance while minimizing as extensively as possible financial risks. After describing how the European Commission adopts equivalence measures, the book examines the implementation of the equivalence regime for the following entities: Credit Rating Agencies, Benchmarks, Trading Venues, Investment Firms, Investment Funds, Central Securities Depositories, Trade Repositories, and Central Counterparties. Addressing the most recent policy and legal developments, Equivalence in Financial Services provides an insightful guide into this complex area of financial regulation for scholars of financial regulation, legal practitioners, and policy makers. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: The Regulation of Cross-Border Finance.- Chapter 2: Financial Regulation and Systemic risk.- Chapter 3: The Regulation of Globalized Finance.- Part 2: Cross-Border Regulation in the EU: The Passport and the Equivalence Regime.- Chapter 4: The Passport Regime.- Chapter 5: The EU Equivalence Regime: Financial Regulation between the EU and Third Countries. - Part 3: The Regulation of Cross-Border Finance.- Chapter 6: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Equivalence: towards an Analytical Framework.- Chapter 7: A Cross-Industry Analysis of EU Equivalence Frameworks. Are they Effective?.- Chapter 8: The Equivalence Framework for Central Counterparties. EU Regulation and Supervision.- Chapter 9: A Proposal to Reform the EU Equivalence Regime.

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Book SynopsisThe authors of this book alert that professional services like law, accountancy, and consultancy firms are set to face major disruption. The most important driver and enabler are the new technologies that help and in part substitute the work done by professionals. The second important disruptor is the new generation of professionals – “NewGen” – who are less interested in building their careers in a hierarchical organization and more interested in entrepreneurial challenges in small teams, with more rapid returns. In the meanwhile, major service conglomerates – the “big four” accounting firms, the “big three” consulting firms to name a few examples – build their network using their brand and substantial resources. All along, the relentless pressure from clients to receive more services at lower cost continues. Medium-sized professional firms as well as one-person independents appear to suffer most from these disruptions and are most anxious to find new ways to conduct their business. But the leaders of large firms also feel that they are increasingly unable to support the innovative entrepreneurship of their most promising professionals while their organizations institutionalize and their overheads continue to grow. This book proposes a new orientation and model of a professional service firm as an answer to these challenges, by creating a Professional Service Community. It is a synergistic team of organizations that share a vision of their role in society and main lines of their mission as well as the quality of their deliverables and their key clients. At the same time, they are independent in designing their internal business models – like recruitment, training, knowledge management, and economics. The Professional Service Community provides a unique and highly attractive level of entrepreneurship, flexibility, and efficiency to the benefit of its clients, partners, staff, and other stakeholders. It is the way of the future.Table of Contents1. Disruption is on the way.- 2. Understanding how professionals work -- building blocks for the future.- 3. Reactions to disruption.- 4. The Professional Service Community – the way forward.- 5. Foundations of the successful professional community.- 6. Fieldwork – Monday morning actions.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction: Presenting conceptual and practical approaches to Emerging Market valuation.- Chapter 2. The Emerging Markets Investment Landscape: Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 3. Key Drivers of Valuation and Returns in Emerging Markets: An Advisor´s View.- Chapter 4. Understanding the unique characteristics of valuation in Emerging Markets.- Chapter 5. Valuation Methods and Techniques: Fundamental principles of valuation theory in emerging markets.- Chapter 6. Public Company Valuation in Emerging Markets: A simplified and practical step-by-step approach via DCF.- Chapter 7. Emerging Market Valuation Multiples: “It’s all relative”.- Chapter 8. High Stakes, Higher Rates: An overview and step-by-step approach to calculating the Cost of Capital in Emerging Market firms.- Chapter 9. Estimating privately-held capital asset values in emerging markets using certainty-equivalent risk pricing.- Chapter 10.

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Book SynopsisLongevity Finance: Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of an Aging Population.- The Longevity Economy—An Informational Medicine Paradigm.- The Demographic Shift Financial Planning for Longevity.- The Role of Technology in Longevity.- Defining Longevity Medicine: Biomedical and Digital Aspects.- Pension Systems and Retirement in an Era of Extended Lifespans Real Estate and Longevity.- Investment Opportunities in the Longevity Economy.-  The Role of Financial Institutions in Longevity Finance.- Ethical and Social Consideration of Longevity.- Unconscious Dynamics Influencing Leadership, Longevity and Sustainable Finance: An Introduction to the Systems Psychodynamic Perspective.- The Future of Longevity Finance.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Understanding Sustainable Wealth Management.- Wealth Management Strategies.- Changing Landscape of Wealth Management – The Upcoming Generation of Clients is More Diverse.- Humanizing Wealth: Understanding Clients Beyond Assets.- Sustainable Investing, the new Normal in Wealth Management.- Impact and Gender Lens Investing.- Longevity Finance - A Gender-Specific Approach.- Artificial Intelligence in Wealth Management.- Learn or Loose: Wealth Management needs Female Wealth Managers.

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Book SynopsisUm für Sie den größtmöglichen Lerneffekt zu erzielen, haben wir Originalprüfungen zugrunde gelegt, umgearbeitet und der aktuellen Rechtslage angepasst. Denn zum erfolgreichen Bestehen der Prüfung gehört nicht „nur“ das Lernen der Inhalte – ebenso wichtig ist die Aneignung und das Training einer erfolgreichen Prüfungstechnik im Umgang mit der vorgegebenen Zeit und den Aufgabenstellungen. Dabei unterstützt Sie diese Aufgabensammlung in idealerweise Weise. Allen enthaltenen Prüfungen sind die fachtheoretischen Anforderungen der originalen Prüfungen im aktuellen Rechtsstand zugrunde gelegt. Die beigefügten Lösungen ermöglichen es Ihnen, Ihre eigenen Ergebnisse zu überprüfen und nach Maßgabe originaler Leistungserwartungen einzuschätzen. Für diese 4. Auflage hat der Autor das Werk unter Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rechtslage komplett überarbeitet. Dabei hat er unter anderem die Änderungen im KWG, in der Großkredit- und Millionenkreditverordnung und in der Solvabilitätsverordnung berücksichtigt sowie die neuen Regelungen der EU-Verordnung 575/2013 (CRR) eingearbeitet. Dies betrifft den Textteil sowie die Aufgaben und Fälle. Außerdem wurde eine leserfreundliche Straffung der Inhalte vorgenommen.Table of ContentsAllgemeine Bankbetriebswirtschaft.- Betriebswirtschaft.- Volkswirtschaft.- Recht.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch bietet einen fundierten Überblick über die aktuellen Herausforderungen im Tourismus und zeigt Lösungsansätze für ein wertschöpfendes Hospitality Marketing auf. Weltweite Krisen, Digitalisierung und Umweltbewusstsein haben das Reise- und Buchungsverhalten massiv verändert. Das Verlangen nach Urlaub ist zwar ungebrochen, doch der qualitative Anspruch an Hotels, Gastronomie und andere Dienstleister in den Destinationen steigt. Es gilt, die Erwartungen von Reisenden einfach, individuell, facettenreich sowie preislich adäquat und nachhaltig zu erfüllen.Die Autoren zeigen, wie diese komplexe Aufgabe vor dem Hintergrund hoher Fix- und Entwicklungskosten, kompetitiver Verdrängungsmärkte sowie verschärfter gesetzlicher Regulierungen gemeistert werden kann. Sie verknüpfen markensoziologische mit betriebswirtschaftlichen Erkenntnissen und Best Practice Insights, sodass Studierende und Praktiker gleichermaßen von der Lektüre des Buches profitieren. Table of ContentsDer Hospitality-Markt.- Megatrends in der Hotellerie.- Zeitgemäße Produkt- und Serviceentwicklungen.- Markenführung in der Hospitality: Markenverständnis, Herausforderungen der Markenführung in der Hospitality, Markensoziologie, Markenführungsinstrumente/Genetische Code der Marke.- Markenoperationalisierung in der Hospitality: Aspekte des Dienstleistungsmarketing, Customer Relationship Management, Data-Driven Marketing.- Customer Journey im Hospitality Bereich.-Customer Lifecycle.- Zielgruppensegmentierung.- Distribution: Pricing, Revenue Management, Digital Marketing.- Best Case.- 15 Regeln einer wertschöpfungsstarken Hotellerie.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Stakeholder engagement and innovation strategies overview.- Responsible investor engagement and long-term investment.- Investor perceptions of CSR firm specific risk and innovation.- Green innovation capability and financial performance.

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