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Global Green Finance Index 3-European Centres Lead The Green Finance Index, Spotlight On Fossil Fuels

March 27, 2019--Green rankings not affected by level of fossil fuel financing
Amsterdam and London continue to lead the latest global rankings of green financial centres, according to the latest edition of the Global Green Finance Index. Copenhagen, Zurich and Paris are close behind.

The Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) is published every six months and ranks global financial centres according to the depth and quality of their green finance offerings. In today's report, GGFI 3:
Amsterdam came first for depth, with Zurich and Copenhagen equal second. London dropped to fifth place
In the quality rankings, London and Paris retained the leading two places
In North America, Montreal came first for depth and San Francisco first for quality, although Canadian centres outperformed the US
In Asia/Pacific, Shanghai came first for depth, and Sydney took the top place for quality

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Source: Long Finance


World Gold Council-Market Update Investor insights: gold in Islamic investment

March 27, 2019--Following the launch of the AAOIFI Shari'ah Standard on Gold in 2016, we have engaged with Islamic banks and financial institutions to develop the market for Shari'ah-compliant gold-backed products.1 As part of this we undertook research to understand how investors view Islamic finance, their attitudes towards gold, and preferences for gold-backed products.

The insights summarised in this update will help banks and other institutions to launch gold-backed financial products that meet the needs of modern Islamic investors.

Gold in Islamic finance
Gold has a long association with Islamic finance. For centuries, the gold Dinar was the currency and trading standard of the Islamic world. But as Islamic finance grew and developed, so did the need for clarity around the Shari'ah treatment of gold.

In 2016, the rules for trading gold were codified in a single Standard: the AAOIFI Shari'ah Standard on gold. This removed one of the barriers preventing the development of gold-backed products in Islamic finance.

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Source: World Gold Council


FTSE Russell Blog-Goldilocks walks a tightrope

March 26, 2019--Hopes that the Goldilocks economic backdrop can persist are facing increased challenges, says Philip Lawlor, head of global markets research...

China's retail investment market:Implications for minimum variance
The research paper, Accessing the China A-Shares Market Via Minimum-Variance Investing (recently published in the Journal of Portfolio Management) explains how minimum variance strategies may work in historically volatile markets such as China....



March 26, 2019--Week in Review
Global equity markets nervously retreated on the back foot last week and bond yields dropped further-reflecting soft US and European manufacturing data, a surprisingly dovish turn by the Federal Reserve, and inversion of part of the US yield curve.

The Fed's latest set of "dot points" completely removed the two projected interest rate increases for this year-in a surprise for markets which had expected either no change or the removal of only one rate hike. While markets initially rejoiced, a nagging concern over "what the Fed might know" about the economy soon crept back into market thinking.

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Source: BetaShares


IMF Working Paper-The Return of the Policy That Shall Not Be Named: Principles of Industrial Policy

March 26, 2019--Summary:
Industrial policy is tainted with bad reputation among policymakers and academics and is often viewed as the road to perdition for developing economies. Yet the success of the Asian Miracles with industrial policy stands as an uncomfortable story that many ignore or claim it cannot be replicated.

Using a theory and empirical evidence, we argue that one can learn more from miracles than failures. We suggest three key principles behind their success: (i) the support of domestic producers in sophisticated industries, beyond the initial comparative advantage; (ii) export orientation; and (iii) the pursuit of fierce competition with strict accountability.

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Source: IMF


IMF Working Paper-Financial Deepening, Terms of Trade Shocks, and Growth Volatility in Low-Income Countries

March 25, 2019--Summary:
This paper contributes to the literature by looking at the possible relevance of the structure of the financial system-whether financial intermediation is performed through banks or markets-for macroeconomic volatility, against the backdrop of increased policy attention on strengthening growth resilience.

With low-income countries (LICs) being the most vulnerable to large and frequent terms of trade shocks, the paper focuses on a sample of 38 LICs over the period 1978-2012 and finds that banking sector development acts as a shock-absorber in poor countries, dampening the transmission of terms of trade shocks to growth volatility. Expanding the sample to 121 developing countries confirms this result, although this role of shock-absorber fades away as economies grow richer. Stock market development, by contrast, appears neither to be a shock-absorber nor a shock-amplifier for most economies. These findings are consistent across a range of econometric estimators, including fixed effect, system GMM and local projection estimates.

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Source: IMF


IEA-Global Energy & CO2 Status Report The latest trends in energy and emissions in 2018

March 25, 2019--Global trends
Global energy consumption in 2018 increased at nearly twice the average rate of growth since 2010, driven by a robust global economy and higher heating and cooling needs in some parts of the world. Demand for all fuels increased, led by natural gas, even as solar and wind posted double digit growth.

Higher electricity demand was responsible for over half of the growth in energy needs. Energy efficiency saw lacklustre improvement. As a result of higher energy consumption, CO2 emissions rose 1.7% last year and hit a new record.

CO2 emissions
Driven by higher energy demand in 2018, global energy-related CO2 emissions rose 1.7% to a historic high of 33.1 Gt CO2. While emissions from all fossil fuels increased, the power sector accounted for nearly two-thirds of emissions growth. Coal use in power alone surpassed 10 Gt CO2, mostly in Asia. China, India, and the United States accounted for 85% of the net increase in emissions, while emissions declined for Germany, Japan, Mexico, France and the United Kingdom.

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Source: IEA (International Energy Agency)


IMF Working Paper-Costs of Sovereign Defaults: Restructuring Strategies, Bank Distress and the Capital Inflow-Credit Channel

March 25, 2019--Summary:
Sovereign debt restructurings are associated with declines in GDP, investment, bank credit, and capital flows. The transmission channels and associated output and banking sector costs depend on whether the restructuring takes place preemptively, without missing payments to creditors, or whether it takes place after a default has occurred.

Post-default restructurings are associated with larger declines in bank credit, an increase in lending interest rates, and a higher likelihood of triggering a banking crisis than pre-emptive restructurings. Our local projection estimates show large declines in GDP, investment, and credit amplified by severe sudden stops and transmitted through a "capital inflow-credit channel".

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Source: IMF


World Economic Forum-World's Energy Transition in Doubt as Progress on Affordability, Sustainability Stalls

March 25, 2019--The world's transition to secure, affordable and sustainable energy has stagnated, with little or no progress achieved in the past five years
Across 115 economies, more people than ever before now have access to energy. However, this is offset by reduced affordability and almost no progress in making energy systems environmentally sustainable

The World Economic Forum's Fostering Effective Energy Transition report calls for urgent action on the part of policy-makers and business to safeguard energy development for future generations

The world's energy systems have become less affordable and are no more environmentally sustainable than they were five years ago. While access to energy has substantially improved, with less than one billion people now living without access to electricity, concerns over affordability and equity of energy transition are increasing. These are the findings of latest edition of the World Economic Forum's Fostering Effective Energy Transition report, which was published today.

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Source: World Economic Forum


Basel Committee publishes follow-up reports on Basel III implementation assessments

March 25, 2019--The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published overviews of follow-up actions taken or planned by member jurisdictions as of end-2018 to address deviations from the Basel standards identified as part of the Committee's Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP).

The follow-up actions pertain to assessments of risk-based capital and Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) regulations that were completed and published as of end-2017.

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Source: BIS


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Europe ETF News


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Asia ETF News


June 25, 2025 QFIIs Gain Access to Onshore ETF Options As A-share Market Opening Deepens
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June 13, 2025 Unlocking Consumption to Sustain Growth in China -World Bank Economic Update
June 13, 2025 US trading firm Virtu weighs foray into China market-making business

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Middle East ETP News


June 19, 2025 GCC: Growth on the Rise, but Smart Spending Will Shape a Thriving Future
June 16, 2025 Saudi Exchange leads market losses across the GCC

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Africa ETF News


June 24, 2025 East Africa's regional 20 share index
June 16, 2025 African Credit Rating Agency to Launch September 2025
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ESG and Of Interest News


June 18, 2025 Global Energy Transition Gains Ground, but Security and Capital Challenges Persist
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June 07, 2025 Accelerating Blue Finance: Instruments, Case Studies, and Pathways to Scale
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White Papers


May 30, 2025 IMF Working Paper-Interest Rate Sensitivity Scenarios to Guide Monetary Policy

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