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Asian Equities, Yen Maintain Declines After BOJ: Markets Wrap
April 27th, 2017
Region’s stocks halt five-day rally as China shares drop Investors assess Trump’s U.S. tax plan; peso reverses losses Asian stocks were mostly lower after a five-day rally as the Bank of Japan cut its inflation forecast while keeping stimulus ...
UAE, the new key role player in the Middle East
April 20th, 2017
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is likely to play a bigger role in the conflict-ridden Middle East due to its economic, military, and political influence. For most of the past four decades, the UAE has maintained a low-key role ...
EBA finds supervisory authorities have implemented robust IT systems
April 12th, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Report on the Peer Review carried out on its ITS on supervisory reporting aimed at assessing how supervisory authorities have ensured its consistent and comprehensive implementation. The Report summarises the outcomes ...
FTSE up on miners, pharmas after Tuesday’s Brexit debate
February 1st, 2017
London shares opened on a positive note with miners, pharmas and utilities leading blue chips higher amid ongoing concerns about the US’ controversial travel ban and after UK parliamentarians’ Brexit debate yesterday. Soon after the open, FTSE 100 was ...
How America’s new president will affect the global economy
November 10th, 2016
From trade war with China to jobs turmoil in Mexico, Trump’s reign will pose new threats to already fragile world economy Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections will have implications for the whole global economy. Mexico America’s ...
Markets recover after early losses as Trump elected 45th US President
November 9th, 2016
The newly elect president Donald Trump’s victory speech has reassured investors and calmed down markets which suffered sharp losses early Wednesday. European markets regained ground, the FTSE 100 rebounded after a two percent slump at opening. It was down ...
WJP Rule of Law Index 2016; The Top performing countries
November 7th, 2016
The World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index® is the world’s leading source for original data on the rule of law. The 2016 edition expands coverage to 113 countries and jurisdictions (from 102 in 2015), relying on more than ...
Trade deals – a global issue
October 7th, 2016
The annual Conservative Party conference commenced last Sunday, and the media focus was mostly about the Government’s stance on Brexit. This is hardly surprising, because Mrs May is being secretive, avoiding stoking a public spat with the EU by ...
EU, Japan Issue Joint Statement On Free Trade Agreement
May 31st, 2016
The leaders of Japan, the European Union (EU), France, Germany, Italy, and the UK have reaffirmed their commitment to reach an agreement in principle on an EU-Japan free trade agreement (FTA) “as early as possible in 2016.” The commitment ...
Brexit: The impact on commercial relationships and contracts; 6 things you need to know
February 18th, 2016
The debate about a Brexit has focused largely on the political arguments advanced by the “in” and “out” campaigns, but a departure from the EU will obviously also have a significant impact on commercial relationships and contracts. A referendum ...
