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The Markit Magazine - Issue 8
Increasing liquidity appears to have stimulated circulation in the financial markets and given a rosier glow to the future. But other unforeseen challenges have emerged that are fresh causes of concern: environmental damage, risks associated with disgruntled employees using social networking sites and legislative changes that could impose huge fines on organisations.

All these themes, and many others, are addressed in this edition of The Markit Magazine.
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The power of compounding - Diane Garnick, investment strategist with Invesco, discusses global trends and highlights her viewpoint in an interview with The Markit Magazine.
Against the clock - New disclose-or-pay regulation could land non-US financial firms with a crushing tax liability, writes Jonathan Jackel, senior counsel at Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP.
Meeting of minds - Representatives from the exchange traded funds industry met to discuss where they saw the sector heading and what measures they thought could enhance the popularity of this evolving investment tool.
Clearing: the path - The role that central clearing should play in reducing and controlling systemic risk in the OTC derivatives market.
Second time lucky? - An investment vehicle that proved to be flawed when the crash came has picked itself up and reshaped for a new generation. This could be the time to welcome back absolute return bond funds.
Green bank’s fertile ground - Two industry figures look at two very different ways of financing the transition to a low-carbon economy – the carbon markets and a green investment bank.
Follow the prevailing wind - Businesses and investors cannot afford to ignore the risks from climate change – or the regulatory response to it.
Dip into the dark pool - Eleanor Jenkins, vice-president and head of EU market structure at Morgan Stanley Electronic Trading, sheds light on the transparency issues in today’s equity markets.
Tweet and sour - Now that everyone is a blogger, companies are having to review their risk management strategy to guard against the damage that can be wrought by social networks, writes Marcus Cree, trading and risk systems Amercias solutions head at SunGard.
Go with the flow - The health of the global financial system relies on good liquidity but, until now, adequate means of measuring liquidity slipped through our fingers.
Markit commentary & data - Markit data with analysis to sum up the current state of play in various markets and possible short term trends.
Loan star state - The loan market appears to have regained its footing but the challenge now is to attract new investors, writes Steven Miller, managing director at Standard & Poor's.
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