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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


Commodity Trading Goes Back To The Future

March 25, 2019--As trading margins continue to decline, proprietary intelligence is once again determining which traders will thrive.
The combination of unprecedented political uncertainty, trade wars, and rapidly evolving technologies is making commodity markets almost as unpredictable as they were during the financial crisis.

But the chances of repeating the industry's most profitable year to date are remote.

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Source: Oliver Wyman


Hedge Fund Launches Hit 18-Year Low

March 22, 2019--Blame declining investor risk tolerance for fewer fund launches in 2018, according to Hedge Fund Research.

New hedge fund launches hit an 18-year low during 2018, new data from data provider Hedge Fund Research shows.

But 2018 was not all bad for the industry: fund liquidations also declined during the year, hitting their lowest point since 2007, according to the report released by HFR on Friday.

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Source: institutionalinvestor.com


Global IPO momentum slows but Q2 2019 is set to rebound

March 21, 2019--Global IPO activity falls following ongoing geopolitical and trade uncertainty
Technology, health care and industrials were the most active sectors in Q1 2019
Rebounding IPO activity will bloom in Q2 2019 once fog of uncertainty has lifted

Despite positive performance of main stock indices and a decrease of volatility in many markets, ongoing geopolitical uncertainties and trade issues continue to dampen investor enthusiasm, resulting in the number of IPOs in the first three months of 2019 (YTD 2019) falling to 199 globally and US$13.1b in proceeds. This is a 41% decrease in deals and a 74% decrease in proceeds from YTD 2018. The technology, health care and industrials sectors were the most prolific producers of IPOs globally in YTD 2019, together accounting for 101 IPOs (51% of global IPO by deal numbers) and raising US$5.4b altogether (42% of global proceeds).

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Source: EY


FTSE Russell to launch indicative Digital Assets Index

March 21, 2019--New indicative index designed to test and evaluate a benchmark for Digital Assets Market
Will help increase awareness and transparency of Digital Assets Market
VWAP pricing available on 100 most actively traded digital assets. Only vetted digital exchanges used and pricing quality screens applied

Index produced in association with DAR Data Services (DAR) FTSE Russell, the global index, analytics and data provider, in association with DAR Data Services (DAR), have announced their intention to launch a new indicative FTSE Digital Assets Index. The indicative index will be used to evaluate and test a benchmark for the most actively traded digital assets. It will also help assist in the establishment of new industry standards for the digital assets market, in consultation with market participants.

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Source: FTSE Russell


Greenwich Associates Finds Buy-Side's Expanded Use of Trade Performance Analysis Tools is Eclipsing Client-Broker Loyalty

March 21, 2019--New research underscores the increasing role of execution quality analysis in capturing and retaining trade flow
A new Greenwich Associates study "Customer Retention in the Age of Electronic Trading," shows buy-side clients are increasingly reallocating their business among broker-dealers as they apply heightened scrutiny to execution quality.

Amidst this more advanced evaluation of trading effectiveness, Corvil believes 2019 is a pivotal year for trade execution analytics.

Greenwich Associates examined 2,200 pairwise broker-client relationships and found old alliances shifting, with significant and increasing levels of order flow reallocation. Between 2017 and 2018 the median institutional client was reallocating a third of its U.S. equity trading volume among brokers, and that median volume reallocation increased by 50 percent between 2014 and 2018.

This status quo shake up coincides with the buy-side's use of sophisticated tools to assess broker performance.

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Source: Greenwich Associates


China and EU seek common ground on environmentally friendly green bonds

March 21, 2019--Agreement on standards would be rare deal as relations between the trading partners fray on other fronts
US under President Donald Trump have turned a cold shoulder to environmental concerns, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement to combat climate change

Even as disputes in their bilateral relationship pile up, officials from China and the European Union hope to find common ground on one key global issue: issuance standards for "green" bonds dedicated to financing environmentally friendly projects.

Officials from China and the EU-the second and third-biggest issuers of green bonds after the United States-are due to start talks in Brussels on Thursday to decide on standards for the increasingly popular investment vehicle.

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Source: South China Morning Post


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