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IMF-Finance & Development: "Millennials and the Future of Work"
May 31, 2017--MILLENNIALS AND THE FUTURE OF WORK
An Uncertain Future
Along with exciting new possibilities, millennials face a whole different set of obstacles.
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Source: IMF
LSE buys Citi's indices business for $685m
Source: IMF
New Global Pathway on Carbon Pricing Can Shift Finance to Sustainable Investments: World Bank
The High-Level Commission, which was convened by the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition and supported by the Government of France and the World Bank, brought together 13 leading economists from nine developed and developing countries to identify the range of carbon prices which would help deliver on the core goal of the Paris Agreement: keeping the rise in global temperatures to below 2 degrees Celsius. view the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices Report
Source: World Bank
Stable dollar exchange rate masks ongoing renminbi slide
Source: FT.com
Chart: The Coin Universe Keeps Expanding Bitcoin's record year is just a part of the big story
In fact, the innovation of the blockchain is changing entire markets, while causing ripples with central banks and the financial industry. At time of publication, the bitcoin price now hovers near US$2,200, a massive increase from this time last year.
Source: visualcapitalist.com
World Economic Forum-Global Pension Timebomb: Funding Gap Set to Dwarf World GDP
Adding in China and India, which have the world's largest populations, the combined savings gap for the eight countries reaches a total of $400 trillion by 2050, a sum five times the size of the current global economy
With the gap driven by longer lifespans and reduced levels of savings, the World Economic Forum recommends five measures to help economies avert a prolonged pensions crisis
view the World Economic Forum White Paper-We'll Live to 100-How Can We Afford It?
Source: WEF (World Economic Forum)
Machine-learning promises to shake up large swathes of finance
A subset of artificial intelligence (AI) that excels at finding patterns and making predictions, it used to be the preserve of technology firms. The financial industry has jumped on the bandwagon.
Source: economist.com
Central bank Governors welcome global code of conduct for currency markets
This represents the culmination of a two-year collaborative initiative between central banks and private sector market participants from across the globe. The Code is voluntary and covers important areas including ethics, governance, execution, information-sharing, risk management and compliance as well as confirmation and settlement.
Source: BIS
US shale is a significant threat to OPEC deal
Although OPEC and Non-OPEC members have, on repeated occasions, exploited oil's sensitivity to generate speculative boosts in prices, this may come at a heavy cost if oil markets fail to rebalance.
Source: AMEInfo.com
Infographic-Emerging Markets Are Not All Created Equal
After all, in the United States, Canada, and Europe, economies are mostly growing at about 2% or less per year. And while these developed markets are less risky to invest in, finding value can be tricky.
Source: visualcapitalist.com
May 30, 2017--Exchange's first big deal since collapse of proposed merger with Deutsche Börse.
May 29, 2017--New conclusions from the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices, led by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Lord Nicholas Stern, provide the right advice at the right time to boost climate-friendly growth, investment and innovation, according to the World Bank's Senior Director for Climate Change.
May 28, 2017--Chinese currency has fallen 2.5% against trade-weighted basket this year.
May 26, 2017--Bitcoin is the original cryptocurrency, and its meteoric rise has made it a mainstay of conversation for investors, media, and technologists alike.
May 26, 2017--The world's six largest pension saving systems-the US, UK, Japan, Netherlands, Canada and Australia-are expected to reach a $224 trillion gap by 2050, a new study by the World Economic Forum shows
May 25, 2017--In fields from trading to credit assessment to fraud prevention, machine-learning is advancing
MACHINE-LEARNING is beginning to shake up finance.
May 25, 2017--The Governors of the Global Economy Meeting welcome the publication of the FX Global Code, a single global code for the wholesale foreign exchange market, as well as the establishment of the Global Foreign Exchange Committee to maintain the Code in the future.
May 25, 2017--The growing optimism over big oil-producing countries extending output cuts to mitigate oversupply woes propelled WTI Crude to a fresh monthly high at $51.76 on May 18.
May 25, 2017--For most investors, targeting foreign countries where there are high expectations for growth is a useful strategy.
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