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Brazil

Brazil’s Central Bank Uses Payment Platform To Encourage Competition

Brazil’s central bank is revving up its years-long effort to bust up the country’s clubby banking industry, reported The Wall Street Journal. The payment system,...
Deal

UK Watchdog May Block UK Crowdfunding Deal

The UK's competition watchdog has stated that it is minded to block a merger between two crowdfunding businesses Crowdcube and Seedrs, on the grounds...
CMA

CMA Appoints Senior Director For The Office Of Internal Market

Rachel Merelie has been appointed to the newly-created role of Senior Director for the Office for the Internal Market (OIM). The UK Internal Market Act...
Data

Big Tech, Big Data, And Competition Policy: Favoring Dynamic Over Static...

By Nicolas Petit (European University Institute) & David Teece (Institute for Business Innovation) This paper gives a fresh account of competition in the digital...
Deal

IATA Is Concerned AerCap-GECAS Deal May Hurt Competition

Aircraft leasing giant AerCap’s acquisition of rival GECAS will reduce competition in the aircraft market, the head of global airline industry body IATA warned...
Esteban Greco

Global Economics Group Incorporates Former Argentine Competition Agency Chairman Esteban Greco

Global Economics Group is delighted to add Esteban Greco, former president of the National Commission for the Defense of Competition in Argentina (CNDC), to...
Big Tech

South Africa Probes Online Trading Platforms

The South African Competition Commission has announced that it will be conducting a market inquiry to assess the competitiveness of “middle man” online trading...
Mask

Cape Town Company Accused Of Excessive Pricing To Donate Face Masks

A medical equipment supplier accused of charging excessive prices for examination gloves has supplied a government department with 49,400 surgical face masks to the...
Tech

Australia Seeks Feedback On Competition In Web Browsers

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) is looking for the input of individuals and “industry participants” regarding “choice screens” that let users select web search...
law

Ashurst Opens New Dublin Office

Ashurst has become the latest UK law firm to open a Dublin office in response to Brexit and restrictions on practizing EU law in...
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