Corporate Finance: Sovereign Wealth Funds Prepare To Take More Active Role In M&A | By Gordon Platt

“From the times when kings invested in building pyramids, raising armies and bankrolling explorers, sovereign wealth attracted political controversy,” says Alexander Mirtchev, president of Krull, an advisory and project management firm based in Washington, DC. “But sovereigns have changed with the times and today represent internationally legitimate public authorities,” according to Mirtchev, who is an […]

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In Reuter’s Interview, Krull Corporation’s Alexander Mirtchev Discusses the Growing Trend of Sovereign Wealth Funds Cooperating in the Wake of the Global Economic Crisis

International economist Dr. Alexander Mirtchev, president and founder of the global strategic solutions provider Krull Corporation, considers sovereign wealth funds to be a potent, but “less visible” factor for growth in the world economy. In an interview with Reuters, Mirtchev noted that….”Sovereign wealth funds have already moved beyond the ‘withdraw and regroup’ stage brought about

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Sovereign Funds Join Forces for Strategic Investment | By Natsuko Waki

An increasing number of sovereign wealth funds are working in concert to make joint strategic investments in order to reduce risks and maximize returns, which could provide a stabilizing force in financial markets. State-owned funds from China, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait are among those which have recently signed agreements to form investment

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Rectifying the Discordant Role of the International Financial System in the Global Security Architecture – Time to Unleash a Global “Financial Mega-Market?”

The President of Krull Corp. Dr. Alexander Mirtchev believes that the initiatives espoused to reform the global financial markets and reshape regulations ultimately represent an attempt to “put the genie back in the bottle.” To an extent, the regulatory drive is reminiscent of an effort to bring the global financial system back to its pre-crisis

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The Omnipresent Specter of Sovereign Debt – Defining the Nature of the Post-Recovery Period and Beyond

Dr. Alexander Mirtchev, President of Washington, D.C.-based Krull Corp., assesses the short- and long-term implications of policies, in particular in the U.S., undertaken to counter the recession. Intensive government intervention in the private sector and financial markets has brought to the surface a range of issues likely to impact the restoration of the “social contract”

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After the Worldwide Bailouts – The Long Shadow of Overwhelming Sovereign Indebtedness Has Not Created an Imperative to Redefine the “Social Contract” between Main Street, Wall Street and the Government

Dr. Alexander Mirtchev, founder and president of Krull Corporation, discussed the U.S. government’s actions in response to the crisis in the economy on Al-Jazeera’s Riz Khan Show. The complexities created by the precarious economic and financial situation are exacerbated by what is perceived as a “failure of the reigning ‘social contract’” between Main Street, Wall

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The Global Economic Security Equation – Likely Prospects Defined by Worldwide State Intervention in the Markets and Resulting Accumulated Debt

Dr. Alexander Mirtchev, president of Washington, D.C.-based Krull Corporation, discusses the path to recovery from the global downturn on Al-Jazeera’s “Riz Khan Show.” He emphasizes that the sporadic signs of optimism and “green shoots of recovery” should not be taken as proof positive that a speedy rebound is just around the corner. The Global Economic

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In the Midst of the Crisis “Bottom Fishing” has Already Begun – Multinationals Navigating the Emerging Multi-centric Global Economy | By Natsuko Waki

Sovereign wealth funds, hit hard by ill-timed investments into Western banks, may soon dip their toes back into risky assets with a more focused approach that avoids bargain-seeking for its own sake….”To a large extent the period of ‘withdraw and regroup’ for the SWFs is more or less over. Everybody in the sector would say

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Emerging Markets’ Uneven Recovery Creating New Strategic Openings – Multinationals in the Midst of the Downturn

In an interview with Voice of America television, Dr. Alexander Mirtchev, an economic policy expert and president of Krull Corporation, shed light on the strategic options that multi-national companies have in some rapidly emerging markets during the economic crisis and beyond. Dr. Mirtchev points out that the recovery packages in development by the G7 economies

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