Jewish Insider’s Daily Kickoff: May 20, 2019
ULTIMATE DEAL ROLLOUT — The White House announced the first phase of the Mideast peace plan on Sunday, an economic blueprint which will be the subject of a summit in Manama, Bahrain on June 25 and 26.
Zelenskiy files his asset and income declaration for 2018
Ukraine’s newly elected President Volodymyr Zelenskiy filed his online declaration on May 20, revealing his earnings for 2018.
With an annual revenue run rate of USD 40 Million, scaling up is a way of life at leading proptech startup, Square Yards
The opportunity to revolutionize real estate with the use of technology is not new.
Farmer loses appeal over bank’s role as farm payments receiver
A Co Meath farmer has lost his Supreme Court appeal over a bank’s appointment of a receiver over annual payments of some €170,000 to him under the EU Basic Payment Scheme.
New state housing policy introduced to provide affordable living space in Cyprus
A new scheme to provide affordable housing to low income people in Cyprus will soon change the structure of the housing market, which is currently targeting middle and high income people, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides told the state radio on Monday.
Deutsche Bank staff eyed Trump, Kushner transactions
Anti-money laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Donald Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog.
Deutsche Bank staff flagged Trump and Kushner activity as suspicious
Multiple transactions by legal entities controlled by US President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, at Deutsche Bank in 2016 and 2017 set off illicit activity alerts on the bank’s system.
KBC Ireland has returned almost third of €1.4bn bailout
Belgian financial services giant KBC Group has recouped nearly a third of the €1.4 billion it injected into its Irish unit during the financial crisis to rescue the business as it grappled with mounting bad loan losses.
[News Focus] In efforts to curb apartment prices, rate hikes seemingly pushed aside
The Moon Jae-in government has repeatedly expressed its commitment to lower housing prices in Seoul, amid an extraordinary situation in which many apartments surged in price more than 50 percent from late 2016 through 2018.
Reit mergers gather pace in Singapore
There’s not a whole lot for investment banks to do in Singapore these days: very few new listings, tech companies who are quite content with private market funding, local debt markets that are strong.