When institutional operations are not transparent, it can increase transaction costs, reduce the efficiency of public services, distort the decision-making process and undermine social values.

UNESCO: Accountability

The real-estate unit invests money for Axa's insurance companies as well as institutional clients and has operations in 22 countries.

WSJ: Europe's Top Property Fund Shows Taste for Risk

Niederauer will look over NYSE's cash equities operations, including institutional and member firm group sales and client services for both the exchange floor and the electronic network acquired in last year's merger with Archipelago Holdings.

FORBES: Goldman Partner Joins Top Ranks At NYSE

The Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, announced after market hours Wednesday that Brazil was extending to 720 days from 360 days its recent 6% financial operations, or IOF tax, on local institutional dollar borrowing from offshore subsidiaries in an attempt to cut into credit expansion and dollar inflows.

FORBES: Barclays: Brazil's Currency Powering to 1.50

Working with Lilien, Caplan integrated into one back office the retail and institutional bank, the lending department and the trading division, making operations more efficient and helping salesfolk cross-sell products to account holders.

FORBES: Magazine Article

"Three years from now I don't want to find out they've got 10, 000 mortgages and every one of them is missing 'x' that is required to get an institutional rating, " says Michael Mrez, senior vice president in charge of Latin American operations at Pulte Mortgage Corp.

FORBES: Mi Casita Es Su Casita

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