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Apollo's creed: Bond bears take on ETF buyers
October 30, 2016--Investment firm says ETF and other index investors are glossing over differences in corporate bonds, distorting their values.
Source: Financial News
IOSCO reports on implementation of G20/FSB recommendations to strengthen securities markets
October 28, 2016--The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a report on the implementation of the G20/FSB post crisis recommendations aimed at strengthening securities markets.
The Implementation Report: G20/FSB Recommendations related to Securities Markets was prepared by IOSCO's Assessment Committee, as part of its G20 Markets Reform Review Project. This effort involved working with the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on analysing the responses to the FSB's 2016 Implementation Monitoring Network (IMN) survey.
view the Implementation Report: G20/FSB Recommendations related to Securities Markets
Source: IOSCO
The Top 20 Digital Markets in 2016
October 26, 2016--Consumers are more connected than ever before, and this rapid increase in digital connections has ushered in speed and convenience across all aspects of life.
In conjunction with Digital Consumer, we've established the top 20 digital markets, based on the rank of the Digital Consumer Index.
Source: euromonitor.com
World Bank-Doing Business 2017 Equal Opportunity for All
Doing Business measures regulations affecting 11 areas of the life of a business. view the
Doing Business 2017 Equal Opportunity for All report
Source: World Bank
Beyond coal: scaling up clean energy to fight global poverty
Coal is the world's number one source of CO2 emissions. Most historic emissions came from the coal industry in the developed world in the last century, with China joining the biggest emitters at the beginning of this one. It is widely accepted that a rapid and just response to climate change will require the urgent replacement of coal with low-carbon energy sources in rich economies. view the Beyond coal Scaling up clean energy
to fight global poverty paper
Source: odi.org
Bundesbank Says High-Frequency Trading Can Enhance Volatility
High-frequency trading has the potential to both increase market liquidity and remove it at times of higher volatility, a study by the Bundesbank has found.
Source: Bloomberg
Weekly Robotics News for Investors: October 15-21
With two new deep-pocketed competitors (GoPro and Xioami) entering the market-and all competing in the consumer camera drone marketplace- it's hard to see how a non-Chinese provider can succeed in that particular mass market. Niche markets, yes; camera drones, no.
Source: roboglobal.com
Chart: The Robo-Advisor Arms Race
When they launched roughly five years ago, tech-driven companies such as Betterment or Wealthfront had the audacious and laudable goal of taking on the incumbents of the gargantuan wealth management industry.
Source: visualcapitalist.com
World Bank Raises 2017 Oil Price Forecast
Energy prices, which include oil, natural gas and coal, are projected to jump almost 25 percent overall next year, a larger increase than anticipated in July. view the World Bank Commodity Markets Outlook
Source: World Bank
Infographic-The Alternative Energy Sources of the Future
The good news is that costs are coming down and many people are starting to adopt green technologies, but there is still a mountain to climb if we want to truly get off of fossil fuels on a large scale.
Source: visualcapitalist.com
October 25, 2016--Overview
Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All, a World Bank Group flagship publication, is the 14th in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies-from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe-and over time.
October 25, 2016--Working and discussion papers-October 2016
Ilmi Granoff, James Ryan Hogarth, Sarah Wykes and Alison Doig
Eradicating global poverty is within reach, but under threat from a changing climate. Left unchecked, climate change will put at risk our ability to lift people out of extreme poverty permanently by 2030, the first target of the Sustainable Development Goals.
October 24, 2016--Findings support debate over tighter regulation, report shows
HFT makes up about 50% of trading in liquid U.S., E.U. markets
October 21, 2016--BATTLE OF THE DRONES: Today's drone makers are fiercely competitive and all are re-jiggering their business plans to accommodate to DJI's dominance.
October 21, 2016--Can upstart robo-advisors compete against scale?
It was going to happen sooner or later.
October 20, 2016--The World Bank is raising its 2017 forecast for crude oil prices to $55 per barrel from $53 per barrel as members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) prepare to limit production after a long period of unrestrained output.
October 20, 2016--Despite the hype around the progress of renewable energy, many people don't realize that solar and wind have only made a tiny dent in the energy mix thus far.
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