Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
murailles de Chine
English translation:
Chinese wall
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Liliane Hatem
Mar 28, 2010 15:44
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murailles de Chine
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If the desk or business line of an investment bank is to be moved, the COO must ensure that all traders and the information systems placed at their disposal "respectent l'organisation des murailles de Chine".
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| 5 +9 | Chinese wall |
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| 4 -1 | the great wall(s) of China |
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Apr 2, 2010 12:12: Liliane Hatem Created KOG entry
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Liliane Hatem
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Chinese wall
In business, a Chinese wall or firewall is an information barrier implemented within a firm to separate and isolate persons who make investment decisions from persons who are privy to undisclosed material information which may influence those decisions. This is a way of avoiding conflict of interest problems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_wall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_wall
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Martin Cassell
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Thank you, Martin!
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Rebecca Davis
: Martin, actually you are quite right...I misread the question, so points to Liliane here...
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Many thanks, Rebecca!
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Claire Nolan
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Many thanks, Clanola :)
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Stephanie Ezrol
: Also used in many other contexts in the same way
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Thank you, Stephanie!
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Chris Hall
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Many thanks, Chris :)
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Mark Nathan
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Thanks, Mark. Peculiar expressions !
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Many thanks, Gilla!
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the great wall(s) of China
This is normally in singular.
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Liliane Hatem
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Obviously! But it may be some comparison of some type.
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Martin Cassell
: it's the metaphorical ones in this case // but only the real one is spoken of as "the Great ..."
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That was actually my point!
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Jonathan MacKerron
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Reference:
Petit Robert =
dispositif mis en place pour cloisonner les flux d'informations entre les secteurs d'activités d'un établissement financier afin d'éviter les conflits d'intérêts et l'utilisation indue de ces informations
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Reference:
Chinese wall
http://moneyterms.co.uk/chinese-wall/
"the judgment was being interpreted as a direct challenge to the established principle of 'Chinese walls' operating within firms, whereby teams are trusted to work in complete confidence for different, often competing, clients."
[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/kpmg-warns-of-thr...]
"The case this afternoon will test the strength of the Chinese walls between a bank's research and investment banking arms, which apparently counted for little in New York during the dot.com boom."
[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/handbags-at-...]
"the judgment was being interpreted as a direct challenge to the established principle of 'Chinese walls' operating within firms, whereby teams are trusted to work in complete confidence for different, often competing, clients."
[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/kpmg-warns-of-thr...]
"The case this afternoon will test the strength of the Chinese walls between a bank's research and investment banking arms, which apparently counted for little in New York during the dot.com boom."
[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/handbags-at-...]
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