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Investing in America: 7 Strategies and 7 Tactics That Can Drive Business

South State Correspondent

These programs aim, in part, to mobilize the private sector by pairing its capital with public investment to stimulate American manufacturing and infrastructure improvement, creating new jobs plus innovating in industries like clean energy and technology. Projects and locations: Investing in America Program Details ).

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Climate and capital: some outstanding issues

BankUnderground

There is a lively debate about whether and how capital regulations for banks and insurers should be adjusted in response to climate change. Incorporating climate-related risks into the capital regime will require a reliable methodology to measure these risks. Marco Bardoscia, Benjamin Guin and Misa Tanaka.

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What Relationship Pricing Means for Bank Performance

South State Correspondent

The Issue with Relationship Pricing and Profitability The US banking industry has been unable to consistently earn a return on capital equal to its average cost (approximately 11% over the last few decades). Banks can then calculate SVA by subtracting their cost of capital from net operating profit after tax for each client.

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UK Election Puts Big Tech Digital Tax On Hold

PYMNTS

have resulted in a delay for legislation that is now in draft form, which would include a provision to tax larger tech firms that derive sales from the region. The bill has proposed a 2 percent tax on revenues for firms as diverse as Facebook and Amazon. Looking At First-Time Payments. Separately, but also in the U.K.,

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Macy’s Recognizes $3.1B Charge As Pandemic Reshapes Outlook

PYMNTS

billion non-cash goodwill charge before tax, as the retailer’s long-haul forecast and market capitalization shifted, mainly due to the coronavirus health crisis. Gennette also said the company does not expect another complete closure, but is “staying flexible” and is “prepared to address increases in cases on a regional level.”.

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Stock market reforms aim to revitalise City of London; US regional bank shares hit again – business live

TheGuardian

A comprehensive package of measures across listings and other areas such as secondary markets, tax, retail investor access, forward guidance, analyst coverage, regulatory capital treatment and labour is needed, rather than a siloed approach. “Importantly, revising listing regulation is just one piece of the puzzle. Continue reading.

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Relationship Pricing is Key to Performance

South State Correspondent

We feel that banks must measure profitability at the customer, product, branch, region, or manager level so that management may properly allocate resources (superior service) to drive institutional profitability. In banking, this disconnect is hurting institutional performance as relationship pricing is not optimized.