Gold Magazine January - February 2014, Issue 34 | Page 4

Issue 34
January 14 - February 13,
2014

6 EDITORIAL
8 UP FRONT
14 FIVE MINUTES WITH…

INVESTMENT

GUIDE 2014
WHERE

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TO PUT
YOUR
MONEY

TO GAIN A
CLEARER PICTURE
OF WHAT 2014
HOLDS FOR
INVESTORS FROM
A CYPRUS-BASED
STANDPOINT,
WE INVITED
FOUR FINANCIAL
EXPERTS TO
SHARE THEIR
KNOWLEDGE
AND ADVICE
WITH US ON THE
INVESTMENT
POTENTIAL
OF THE MAIN
ASSET CLASSES
(EQUITIES, BONDS,
COMMODITIES,
AL
TERNATIVE
INVESTMENTS AND
CASH) AND MORE.

+ OPINION
THE ROAD TOWARDS A BANKING UNION
REMAINS BUMPY AND UNCERTAIN
By Philippe Gudin de Vallerin
28
GOVERNANCE SHOULD TAKE CENTRE STAGE
By Petros Florides
30
THE BITCOIN ADVENTURE
By Dr. Constantinos Charalambous 35
NO EASY ROAD TO RECOVERY
By George Theocharides
53
THE OUTLOOK FOR THE CYPRUS ECONOMY
By Persella Ioannides
56

ALL ABOARD THE TITANIC
By Savvas Savouri
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President Centraleastern Europe of
the Oracle Corporation.

42 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DRAFT
REPORT SLAMS TROIKA

54 | “ALL TOURISM IS GOOD TOURISM”

The European Parliament has issued a
highly critical draft Enquiry Report on
the role and operations of the Troika
with regard to the euro area programme
countries. 

58 | WELCOME TO THE
FLORIDA OF EUROPE

46 | CONNECTING THE DOTS

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FEATURE

Marios Chiromerides, Managing Director
of Connecor Investments, explains how
the newly opened Nicosia-based office of
this international transfer agency aspires
to partner buyers and sellers alike, to mutually beneficial ends.

50 | SIMPLIFY, STANDARDIZE, AUTOMATE
Oracle’s three-word key to success.
Interview with Michel Clement, Vice-

32 | THE ACTION BEHIND THE TRANSACTION
Serving the vast bankcard market from
Cyprus, TSYS is a perfect example of a
thriving international company whose
strategically located operations here fuels its
global success.

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36 | THE FUTURE OF BANKING
Chris Jones, Head of PwC’s Financial Services Practice in Europe, the Middle East
and Africa, talks about the European banking sector, what happened in Cyprus and
what Europe can learn from the emerging
markets.
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TUI’s Chief Executive, Peter Long,
predicts more visitors to Cyprus in
2014

A new report entitled
Crisis Investing in
Cyprus promises to
make us rich.

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62 | A PROFESSIONAL JOB
An article on the professional services sector as
featured in the latest
issue of fDi magazine.

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