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Located in the heart of the Plaza District, 520 Madison Avenue is one of New York City’s most prestigious addresses. This 43 story, 1,034,108 square foot office building was completed in 1982 and designed by Swanke Hayden Connell & Partners.

According to Tishman Speyer’s  website until the late 1970s, Madison Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets consisted of many small parcels of land with different owners. Tishman Speyer recognized the location as being strategically outstanding for a major corporate headquarters and assembled land parcels totaling 39,000 square feet. Tishman Speyer managed the design, construction, and development of the office tower, which when completed in 1982 represented the first investment-grade, stone-clad office facility constructed in New York City in over a decade. Tishman Speyer still owns this property today.

In 2009 520 Madison Avenue was awarded LEED certification at the Silver level by the U.S. Green Building Council. According to Costar the building is currently 97% occupied and houses an exclusive tenant roster that includes, Fortis, Carlyle Investment Management and Jefferies & Company.

Je ne suis pas vraiment une lève-tôt.  Mais ce jeudi, ça a valu le coup d’aller contre ma nature pour le petit déjeuner économique d’Editpress. L’invité, c’était Luc Frieden, ministre des Finances et dauphin de Jean-Claude Juncker. Au menu, retour sur le sauvetage de l’ex-Fortis, le secret bancaire et l’avenir de la place financière, ainsi que les finances de l’Etat.

Sur les deux derniers thèmes, le descriptif sommaire se trouve ici. Mais c’est en fait ce qui n’a pas donné lieu à un article de ma part qui m’a le plus intéressé: la version de Frieden sur le weekend de fin septembre 2008 où trois gouvernements ont dû sauver le bancassureur Fortis de la catastrophe.

Le sujet n’était pas vraiment de revenir sur les détails des faits du weekend. Pour cela, je ne peux que conseiller le livre de journalistes belges. L’idée est de comprendre la prise de décisions du ministre. «J’ai engagé 2,5 milliards d’euros au nom du Luxembourg sans l’avis de la Chambre», a rappelé Luc Frieden. Le ministre estime qu’il n’avait alors pas la choix mais confiance dans ce qu’il faisait.

Pas le choix parce que Fortis était alors la première banque de détail privée du pays (en termes de dépôts de la clientèle, la BCCE est plus grande mais elle est détenue à 100% par l’Etat). Fortis entrait donc dans la fameuse catégorie “too big to fail”. Il fallait sauver la banque. Et il fallait le faire vite. «Nous devions présenter un plan cohérent avant l’ouverture de la Bourse, c’était vital».

Frieden indique ensuite avoir eu confiance pour deux raisons. D’abord, l’homme, ministre depuis 11 ans (il a 46 ans), a insisté longuement sur son engagement pour l’«intérêt général» (j’avais l’impression d’être retournée sur les bancs de sciences po tellement ses explications coïncidaient avec les discours de mes camarades de l’époque).  Le ministre estime avoir agit  en fonction de l’intérêt général de son pays : «j’ai senti que ce que je faisais était la bonne chose à faire». Luc Frieden a également rappelé son passé d’avocat d’affaires. Une expérience qui lui a permis de savoir quelles conséquences néfastes il voulait éviter dans le cas Fortis.  

Confiance aussi parce que les représentants des autres gouvernements se trouvaient dans le même état d’esprit. Le ministre a vanté le bon travail commun sur le dossier, comme sur le sauvetage de Dexia, une semaine plus tard. Même si «l’objectif de chacun était de défendre son pays». Frieden a au passage fait un rapide portrait élogieux de Christine Lagarde, ministre française de l’Economie.

Cette nuit de négociations a en tout cas longuement marqué le ministre. Il s’est dit toujours très impressionné par cet événement unique dans sa carrière. Aujourd’hui, il porte un regard satisfait sur les décisions prises: «Nous avons atteint notre but. Nous n’avons pas eu de file d’attente devant les banques».

L’affaire n’est pas encore tout à fait finie. L’Etat luxembourgeois détient toujours plus d’un tiers du capital de la banque après les différents rebondissements du rachat de l’ex Fortis par BNP Paribas. Mais cela ne durera pas. Les discussions sont déjà en cours avec le groupe bancaire français qui détient 66% de l’entité luxembourgeoise. BNP est intéressé par les parts de l’ex-Fortis Luxembourg, devenue BGL BNP Paribas, qu’elle ne possède pas. Mais se pose bien sûr la question du prix et les modalités de retrait de l’Etat du capital. 

Strategy: To replace oil based plastics with bio-degradable replacements for global packaging needs by development and licensing of innovative products for packaging companies. Lessening dependence upon oil and capitalizing on consumer and government preferences for clean, organic packaging.

Product: At pricing that is 20-25% higher than comparable oil based products; Cereplast designs and manufactures proprietary bio-based, sustainable plastics used in all major converting processes – such as injection molding, thermoforming, blow molding and extrusions.

Market- On November 11, the company said it expects the U.S. bio-plastics market to reach $10 billion in sales by 2020.  The U.S. market accounted for approximately $1 billion in sales in 2007, with some estimates pointing to bio-plastics capturing 30% of the total plastics market by 2019. Cereplast has some products that are food based, with a focus on algae based products as well. Cereplast is an investment in their technology and the market.

Competition: Metabolix, Archer Daniels Midland, Alcoa, Synthetic Genomics, Martek

Funding: A private investor group led by a Swedish Bank has contributed funding in 2009, Cereplast has the right to sell $20MM of common stock to Cumorah Capital, and most significantly in 2007 the company announced it received $14.5 million in new capital through a private placement of common stock from a group of leading “green” institutional funds, including UBS Global Innovator Fund, Swisscanto Green Invest Fund, Fortis L Fund Equity Environmental Sustainability World, and Credit Suisse Future Energy Fund.

Stock Symbol (OTCBB:CERP)

In a related note, Exxon has invested $600 million in Synthetic Genomics and BP has a $10 million investment in Martek Biosciences that compete with Cereplast.

Management: Frederic Scheer, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Cereplast

Comment: This company is an investment in a growing sector, but is their technology superior to larger and better funded competitors? Will their food based products overcome the hurdles that corn based ethanol faced?

Sources:

http://www.cereplast.com/pressrealeasedetail_ir.php?newsid=118
http://cleantech.com/news/4597/cereplast-unveils-bio-based-compost
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091111005157&newsLang=en

http://www.europeanplasticsnews.com/subscriber/headlines2.html?cat=1&id=1256200526

Took a drive down to Cavite and took some photos. I decided to take my car through the mountains’ winding road, sort of to get the feeling I was a racer in “Initial D.”

Well, I managed to get to the clubhouse without anyone challenging me and after a quick snack, I took my camera and snapped away.

Ondertussen al een paar weken uitgekomen, maar daarom niet minder interessant.

De inhoudstafel is als volgt:

( 1 ) Voorpost en het solidarisme - Johan van Slambrouck
( 2 ) Economische soevereiniteit – Sacha Vliegen
( 3 ) Verankering van de economie – Johan van Slambrouck
( 4 ) Over het Amerikaans bankensysteem – Yannick Goossens
( 5 ) Cultuur en globalisme – Yves Pernet
( 6 ) Het verschil tussen natinonaal en internationaal kapitaal – Yves Pernet
( 7 ) Boekbespreking “The Web of Debt” – Yves Pernet
( 8 ) Vlamingen een volk van meiden en knechten, mag het ietsje meer zijn? – Eddy van Buggenhout
( 9 ) De ondergang van Fortis – Johan van Slambrouck
( 10 ) Boekbespreking “The world is flat” – Yannick Goossens
( 11 ) Omdat economie niet aan de economen mag worden overgelaten – Joost Venema
( 12 ) Huizen van Vlaamse solidariteit: solidarisme in de praktijk – Luc Vermeulen

Wie denkt in dit Revoltenummer enkel oproepen te vinden om “alles anders te doen” zonder invulling zal nog verschieten. Meerdere analyses van wat er is fout gelopen, wat er anders moet, hoe dat moet en waarom. Dat is wat u kan verwachten.

Mijn bijdragen plaats ik later nog op dit weblog.

Je beste vriend heeft je betrapt terwijl je in de canapé op zijn lief zit te kwijlen en net als je een mep verwacht, stelt hij voor het waterbed alvast voor te verwarmen.  Dat was ongeveer de sensatie die Eric Van Rompuy moet hebben gevoeld toen Etienne Davignon dinsdagavond in Terzake decreteerde dat hij zijn vijfhonderd miljoen euro van Electrabel ‘mag’ eisen. De eerste minister is gemach-tigd om dat te doen, zegt de hoge pief van de Franse elektriekfabriek. De premier mag volop graaien tussen de verleidelijk volle billen. Wat een onbeschrijfelijke opluchting en een genoegen voor hemzelf en bij uitbreiding voor de hele natie die in het duister was gezet. Wat een aardige man. Een mens zou gaan vergeten dat hij een jaar geleden zowat een hold-up op de spaarders van de Fortisholding pleegde.

Vandaag had de premier, na een onbeschrijfelijk lekkere nacht een beetje een naar gevoel. Alsof hij van de zakkenroller, die deze zomer op de camping in the Outback van Australië zijn portefeuille had gestolen, de raad heeft gekregen om wat vaker in andermans zakken te graaien. Zoiets.

Türkiye’de ortak ATM dönemi 26 bankanın katılımıyla 1 Ekim 2009 tarihinde başladı.

Avrupa’da ilk kez Türkiye’de gerçekleşecek uygulama ile ATM’lerin işlem hacmi artacak, Türkiye ekonomisine 300milyon dolarlık katkı sağlanacak.

Bu da aman param bitti, yakınlarda bankamın atmsi yok, nerden çekeceğim gibi sıkıntılara son veriyor. 26 bankanın 23 bin ATM’sini biraraya geitren bu uygulamada bankalar, bu hizmeti fiyatlandırma konusunda serbest bırakıldılar. Buna göre bazı bankaların bu hizmet karşılığında aldıkları komisyonlar:

• Yapı Kredi Bankası

Bakiye Görüntüleme        0,50 kuruş

Para çekme Komisyonu  3,5 Tl

• İş Bankası

Bakiye Görüntüleme        0,25 kuruş

Para çekme Komisyonu  1,70 TL

• Akbank

Bakiye Görüntüleme        0,50 kuruş

Para çekme Komisyonu   4 TL

• Ziraat Bankası

Bakiye Görüntüleme        0,20 kuruş

Para çekme Komisyonu  1,75 TL

• Garanti Bankası

Bakiye Görüntüleme        0,50 kuruş

Para çekme Komisyonu  4 TL

• Fortis

Bakiye Görüntüleme        0,50 kuruş

Para çekme Komisyonu  4 TL

• Citibank

Atm’lerden işlem yapılabiliyor ancak komisyon bilgisi banka tarafından açıklanmamıştır.

Para çekerken aman dikkat. Komisyon tutarlarını bilmeyince cinlik yapalım diye düşünmüştüm ancak yine o cinliği sevgili bankam bana yaptı. Canı sağ olsun artık 4 TL’nin lafı mı olur (!)

The French BNP and the Barclays’ have definitely come out on top post-crisis and given parochial attitudes in both nations, their governments are likely to plan making heavy weather on the bad financial markets industry..but I wouldn’t say these repayments signify any better practices on the part of these wannabe practitioners on the global horizon, but rather the fact that they were bystanders during the banking explosion of the last decade.

They do maintain a continued conservative stance which will come in useful, but given the history of the markets..they are much more likely to be the source of the next big black hole in a few days (years) maybe. However, with Citi planning to get out of government stakes as well, this could really absorb the prior decades’ sentiments some more and yet faster..leaving us with a blank slate in which to regulate our childrens’ future.

Coming back to the French, they do not have the depth in their markets to fund expansion and their global diaspora in terms of expansion by SocGen and BNP hardly enough to give them currency to support their non US pro Iran , pro Russia stance. They could however be the closest Euro member state for the new nations in East Europe that have been trying to get a piece of the global economics in this last decade as also they could substantially support some African nations. Being pragmatic however, they are likely to discover faster that they really do not want significant exposure in these markets

BNP recently paid $19.8 billion for Fortis (October 2008) and has therefore significantly completed its footprint in West Europe while SocGen has been active in Asia ( Offshore from Singapore, JVs with SBI in India)

China has had a long history with European Banks with the Deutsche Asiatique Bank, British Belgian Industrial Bank of China and the Sino Belgian Bank which issued Taels (North Asian currency) during Siberian-Japanese-Chinese trade ‘wars’ of the late 19th century but has never been remunerative for Foreign bank ( Comparitively with India, Chinese have very few branches and investment assets in Foreign banks)

However, as of March 2009 Bank of china had already purchased 20% in the Paris based Banque de Rothschild and with BNP out of government indebtedness, its reasons for going into China would be more mercantile than ever.

BNP Paribas, the largest French bank, said on Tuesday that it would raise €4.3 billion from investors to repay government bailout funds, The New York Times’s David Jolly and Chris V. Nicholson reported.

BNP Paribas, based in Paris, said its board had decided to repay, within the next month, the €5.1 billion, or $7.5 billion, it borrowed from the state March 31. The government would also receive a payout of €226 million on the nonvoting preferred shares it purchased.

Baudouin Prot, BNP Paribas’s chief executive, said in a conference call that the G20 meeting in last week in Pittsburgh, where world leaders agreed in principle that banks should raise more capital, had influenced the timing of BNP’s decision to issue shares, as had the lender’s share price, which is up more than 92 percent this year.

Christophe Nijdem, a banking analyst at Alphavalue in Paris, called the stock issue’s timing “judicious.”

“They had a window of opportunity,” he said. “A lot of banks will turn to the market in the months to come, and it’s first come, first serve.”

Mr. Nijdem added that, compared to American banks, European banks were more leveraged, and had to play catch up. Major Western banks are forecast to post losses of almost $2.5 trillion for the period 2007-2010, according to the International Monetary Fund.

via BNP Paribas to Raise $6.27 Billion to Repay Bailout – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com.

Our car club, MitsuLancePH or simply MLPH held its 64th Grand Eye-Ball at the Fort Strip. This time, our crew, the Fortis Crew were the host so we had to come up with one of the best GEBs there is.

On the 19th of September, we showed our stuff and came up with one amazing GEB. The program was held at the Mint Bar and parking was granted by the Fort Bonifacio Admin through the The Fort Strip.

Our Sponsors:
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation – Philippines
Speedlab
Runstop
C! Magazine
The Fort Strip
The Mint Bar

The Earlybirds: Photo by Mark Arce

Games: Photo by Mark Arce

Old School: Photo by Mark Arce

Prizes: Photo by Orlacx

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A recent cover story in Business World highlights the growing influence of Single Speciality Hospitals (SSH) in India. I read the story carefully. First and foremost, I was delighted to see a cover on healthcare in Business World. It is not often that the business of healthcare gets prominence in a widely circulated and highly respected business weekly. That, BW decided to do this story is a testimony to the growing importance of the private healthcare sector, which is something to cheer about.

SSH’s make good business sense at least in some specialities. The investment required is low compared to a large Multi Speciality Hospital (MSH), funds can be accessed through PE firms and financial institutions, the hospital can be set up quickly and if one ropes in a well known medical luminary of that particular field, it is not too difficult to fill up the beds. Once the operations stabilise, one can consider franchising or expanding by setting up super specialised centres in large multi speciality hospitals. Specialities like Ophthalmology, Dentistry, Obs and Gynaecology (remember the neighbourhood mother and child centre) have always had Single Speciality Hospitals and clinics.  The trend is now towards large SSH for Oncology, Urology and even Day Care Surgeries.  

These hospitals are presently being set up by eminent doctors, who are partly putting in their own money and getting PE funds and financial institutions to invest in their ventures. Thus these SSH’s are hugely dependent on the goodwill and equity of the owner-doctor. Also one is not sure, how capable these hospitals are of attracting the best medical talent and thus providing high standards of care to patients. Typically, in a doctor owned SSH set up, it is rare to find other doctors of similar or higher capabilities than the owner. The fear of always being eclipsed by the owner-doctor drives other talented doctors to MSHs, where the canvas is bigger and the environment less claustrophobic.

From a consumers perspective SSH’s are a huge dilemma.

My father, now in his seventies suffers from an enlarged prostate. This is a problem that most elderly men are likely to have. Like most people he is terrified of surgery and has been on medication for the last few years. However, we know that surgery can only be postponed for a while and sooner than later he will have to go under the knife. Now should I choose a RG Stone Clinic, which is a well known SSH for Urology, or do we go to the multi speciality Max Hospital. While RG Stone may have better and more advanced equipment for the treatment of his condition (some fancy lasers), I am not sure they are equipped to handle complications, which may happen. The last thing one would want to deal with is an emergency requiring shifting him to a larger hospital after the surgery.

Also, I am not sure about the credentials of the doctors in RG Stone clinic. On the other hand MSHs like Max and Fortis and Apollo are well established brand names, have systems and processes (Apollo is JCI accredited and the others are in the process of accrediatation) and some of the most well known surgeons in the city are associated with these hospitals. From a cost perspective RG Stone might be cheaper, but if the patient is fully covered by health insurance (as my father is), expenses are the least of ones concerns.

Thus, in a situation like this, I will be inclined to go to the bigger MSH and I would reckon most of you will do the same.

And here is than the lesson for the SSH’s. They need to establish themselves as a far superior option in their chosen speciality. They need to invest in the brand, move away from the perception of being owner-doctor driven centres, hire the best talent by offering a great work environment and competitive salaries and establish systems and care protocols comparable to the best in the business.

SSH’s must convince me, the consumer, that they really are super experts, before I can seriously consider entrusting them with my care.

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Aujourd’hui, l’Afp a lancé une série d’articles sur l’anniversaire de la Faillite de Lehman Brothers. On a encore le temps, ce ne sera que le mardi 15 septembre mais il faut bien que les rédactions se préparent… Dans le lot de lead, papiers d’angle et encadrés,  je ne peux résister à l’envie de publier le “petit florilège” de citations “cruellement démenties par les faits” répertoriées par l’Afp.

L’une d’elles fait le titre de ce billet. C’est ma préférée. Elle renvoie aux déboires de Fortis dont j’ai déjà eu l’occasion de parler ici, là et ailleurs.

Voici donc ce florilège:

- 6 août 2008:  Baudouin Prot, directeur général de BNP Paribas: “Même si la crise continue, elle prend un tour, je dirais, moins alarmant (…) Je crois qu’il ne faut pas être exagérément pessimiste.”

- 1er septembre 2008 : Jean-Claude Juncker, président de l’Eurogroupe: “Je ne vois pas les risques d’une véritable récession en Europe.”

- 9 septembre 2008 : John Lipsky, directeur général adjoint du FMI: “L’économie mondiale devrait encore ralentir au second semestre 2008, avant une reprise progressive en 2009.”

- 15 septembre 2008 : Stephen Harper, Premier ministre canadien: “Si nous avions dû avoir un crash ou une récession, cela serait probablement déjà arrivé.”

- 15 septembre 2008 : Dmitri Medvedev, président de la Russie: “Nous ne sommes pas dans une situation de crise ou de pré-crise.”

- 15 septembre 2008 : John McCain, candidat à la présidentielle américaine: “Les fondamentaux de notre économie sont toujours solides.”

- 15 septembre : Christine Lagarde: “Les engagements des établissements de crédit français sur le groupe Lehman Brothers demeurent limités.” (Au total, le dépôt de bilan de Lehman aura coûté environ 2 milliards d’euros aux banques françaises.)

- 16 septembre 2008 : Peer Steinbrück, ministre allemand des Finances: “Je m’attends à ce que les conséquences possibles (de la crise) pour nous (…) soient limitées.” (Pour 2009, Berlin table sur une chute du PIB de 6%, la plus sévère récession depuis l’après-guerre).

- 26 septembre : les dirigeants de la banque Fortis: “Il n’est pas du tout d’actualité que Fortis puisse faire faillite.” (Deux jours plus tard, le groupe belgo-néerlandais échappe à la faillite grâce à l’intervention massive de la Belgique, des Pays-Bas et du Luxembourg, qui injectent en urgence 11,2 milliards d’euros).

- 3 octobre 2008 : Luc Chatel, porte-parole du gouvernement: “Il n’est pas question (de mettre en place un plan de relance) parce que nos finances publiques ne le permettent pas.” (Deux mois plus tard, Nicolas Sarkozy annonce un plan de relance de 26 milliards d’euros).

- 7 octobre 2008 : Michel Camdessus, ancien dirigeant du FMI: “Grâce au dynamisme asiatique, le monde va éviter la récession.”

It finally arrived in the mail. The GAB coil-overs came just in time before our 64th GEB at The Fort. I quickly had it installed and will have a week and a half to test it.

Sorry for the late post, here are the images for the coil-overs

Got the 2-way independent height adjustable, w/ damper rate adjustable, the SS Super Sport model.

Front Mounting

Rear Mounting

My damping is set at 15 both front and rear. Driving through gravel and dirt I could say that it was worth the money and wait.

Depression has changed a few facts in Insurance

New players like Reliance and old alike like LIC and ICICI Prudential, Axis planning IPOs ( rules require 10 yrs of Operations) _TYY4 less than 10 seconds ago from web

New players like Airtel have been non-starters _TYY4 3 minutes ago from web

Other players falling behind include quasi Asset management peddlers like ICICI Prudential and WL players like New York Life _TYY4 4 minutes ago from web

LIC held 40% share in the new business in 2007 and 56% in 2009 _TYY4 5 minutes ago from web

Shikha Sharma has joined Axis Bank as MD and ICICI wants a unified holding company alongwith SBI to manage as part of the bank!!

Indian Insurance Market: DLF to get out of Insurance when buyer is available- AIG, Prudential turned down _TYY421 minutes ago from HootSuite

Apna Bharat Mahaan – More India Trends:: Swine Flue catches Twitter http://tr.im/vIg0about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck

RT @mashable TWITTER PURGE: Top Twitter User Unfollows 106,000 Peoplehttp://bit.ly/3IMizabout 1 hour ago from TweetMeme

Trends in apna bharat mahan – It happens for Twitterindia Bank strike – Twitter Searchhttp://ow.ly/jfp1about 2 hours ago from HootSuite

Trends in “Apna Bharat Mahaan” Twitterindia speaks for Inflation down – Twitter Searchhttp://ow.ly/jfoJ (DON’T TOUCH BIT.LY) about 2 hours ago from HootSuite

I think someone shd check the bit.ly bug: they don’t shorten the complete url on search.twitter about 2 hours ago from HootSuite

Last but not the least Twitter India speaks on the RIL RNRL gas dispute http://ow.ly/jfnJ about 2 hours ago from HootSuite

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Sinds midden 2008 schrapten KBC, Dexia en het vroegere Fortis Bank samen al 6.200 banen, waarvan ruim een derde, of ongeveer 2.300 banen, in België. Bij ING verdwenen er zelfs 20.000. Enkel bij ING België steeg het aantal jobs lichtjes, maar dat is tijdelijk.
Eén jaar na de bankencrisis blijkt dat de grootbanken hun personeelsbeleid in België scherp hebben bijgestuurd. Met uitzondering van ING België hebben ze eind vorig jaar een algemene aanwervingsstop ingelast, zodat er in de eerste jaarhelft alleen nog voor gespecialiseerde jobs nieuw bloed werd gezocht.

Alleen al bij de drie Belgische grootbanken (KBC, Dexia en de vroegere Fortis Bank) verdwenen er sinds midden 2008 ongeveer 2.300 banen. Enkel bij ING België steeg het personeelsbestand lichtjes (+57 jobs). De 315 banen die ING België dit jaar wil schrappen, zijn nog niet in de cijfers opgenomen. Dat is pas voorzien voor eind 2009.

Bij KBC (-3.200 jobs) en het vroegere Fortis Bank (-2.150 jobs) ligt het banenverlies bij de buitenlandse dochters dubbel zo hoog als in eigen land. Enkel Dexia (-907 jobs wereldwijd, -678 in België) vormt daarop voorlopig een uitzondering. En dat is nog maar een begin, aldus De Standaard. De echte, diepgaande herstructureringen bij de grootbanken zullen pas eind dit jaar bekend zijn.

Bron: De Standaard: http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=DMA25082009_002