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Unravelling the Frozen Assets Conundrum: Strategic Approaches to the Confiscation of Russian Assets in the EU

By | April 22, 2024
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The United States, the European Union (EU), and other jurisdictions have imposed restrictive measures (sanctions) against Russia, including asset freezes, in response to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The latest available data shows that frozen assets belonging to sanctioned Russian individuals and entities amount to 21.5 billion Euros. Furthermore, the frozen assets of the… Read More »

The Legal Risks of Automated Transaction Copying in Crypto Markets 

By | June 6, 2023
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Markets built on public, permissionless blockchains like Ethereum are radically transparent. While pending transactions in traditional finance are considered private information, viewable only by brokers or corporate insiders, transactions submitted to Ethereum’s public mempool—where they wait to be included on the blockchain—are publicly known. This creates profit opportunities and trading strategies that are rarely, if… Read More »

Does It Pay to Invest in Sustainable Startups?

By | June 30, 2021
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Sustainable investing (or impact investing) is arguably the hottest topic in global finance. Morningstar reports that ESG-oriented mutual funds’ net capital inflows quadrupled in 2019 to $20 billion, and signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investments (PRI) had $86 trillion assets under management (AuM) in the same year. However, the economics of sustainable investing are contentious… Read More »

What Kind of Asset is Our Digital Personal Data?

By | June 15, 2021
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“It was the ‘Wizard of Oz’ in digital format as the four titans of Big Tech testified via video before the House Antitrust Subcommittee. Just like in the movie, what the subcommittee saw was controlled by a force hidden from view. The wizard in this case – the reason these four companies are so powerful… Read More »