The topic of this year's conference is “Pensions in an Ageing Society”. Worldwide, ageing will have a major impact on the economy. Social security and pension systems must be designed to meet changes in the demographic composition of the population. For central banks, ageing of the society...

China Summit 2005 will focus on key macro issues and big investment ideas for China in 2006. In addition to an array of expert outside speakers, CEQ editor Joe Studwell will present the results of CEQ's latest survey of corporate profitability in China, including the first comprehensive...

In the past decade, issues of trust in inter- and intra-organisational relationships have been increasing in importance on the agendas of organisational scholars, legitimated by changes in the social structure of societies, economic exchange relations and organisational forms. Due to...

Among the topics which could be addressed are · cost functions of payment and settlement operators · costs of fragmentation and efficiency implications of unifying payment systems · pricing strategies of payment services and their welfare implications · consolidation in the payments industry...

The ‘New Consensus’, around independent central banks and the use of short-term interest rates as the key instrument of monetary policy, by no means exhausts the range of modern central bank activities or the issues that financial markets pose for the newly consensual monetary...

The MCPC 2005 will also serve as a unique forum to disseminate information to all branches of the services and manufacturing industries on the most recent progress and cutting edge innovations. We will again establish a pre-conference workshop for those who want an intense introduction into the...

The MCPC 2005 will also serve as a unique forum to disseminate information to all branches of the services and manufacturing industries on the most recent progress and cutting edge innovations. We will again establish a pre-conference workshop for those who want an intense introduction into the...

The ownership structure of corporations has attracted much attention in the wake of the corporate governance scandals. Much attention has been focused on publicly-listed firms in the wake of the legislative responses in the US (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) and in Europe (the EU Commission’s...

China’s integration into the world economy has passed a watershed – its growth over the past decade has accounted for two-thirds of Asia’s overall reduction of poverty, and its GDP is projected to exceed Germany’s by 2006. China’s deepening trade relationship with Japan, Korea and the...

Every week more than $1bn still flows into China as foreign direct investment. It is still very much a work in progress – investment strategies differ from sector to sector, and from company to company. The optimists look at China as a golden opportunity, moving from just being a low cost...