Global ETF News Older than One Year
George Osborne to join BlackRock as adviser
January 20, 2017--World's largest asset manager recruits former UK chancellor.
Source: FT.com
Stocks, currencies fall after Fed's Yellen signals rate hikes
September 19, 2017--Emerging market stocks fell on Thursday and currencies struggled to make much headway after U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said interest rates should rise steadily, boosting the dollar.
Source: Zawya.com
State Street Brexometer: Gauging Investor Sentiment on the Brexit Impact
State Street Institutional Survey
January 19, 2017--Despite some fears about adverse implications for global growth, our survey painted a somewhat upbeat picture, with investors maintaining their outlook on medium-term global economic growth. Along with commentary from our own experts, we can help you prepare for a post-Brexit world.
Source: State Street
"Getting Over Globalization"-Outlook for 2017
January 19, 2017--The Credit Suisse Research Institute examines the end of globalization as we know it and the passage from globalization to multipolarity-regions that are distinct in terms of their economies, laws, cultures and security networks.
The Credit Suisse Research Institute today publishes its report "Getting over Globalization", which outlines how the global economy is moving into a more multipolar form, the stability of which depends on appropriate rules and institutions being established early on.
Source: Credit Suisse Research Institute
Infographic-The Global War on Cash
January 18, 2017--There is a global push by lawmakers to eliminate the use of physical cash around the world. This movement is often referred to as "The War on Cash", and there are three major players involved:
Source: visualcapitalist.com
"Liquidity Alliance" builds blockchain solution for cross-border collateral transfer
January 18, 2016--Four members of the 'Liquidity Alliance' (LA), an international group of central securities depositories (CSDs), are cooperating with Deutsche Börse to launch an initiative leveraging blockchain technology to ease cross-border mobilisation of security collateral.
With the planned solution, The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (CDS), Clearstream (Luxembourg), Strate (South Africa) and VPS (Norway) want to overcome existing hurdles when moving collateral across various jurisdictions, making the transfer faster and more efficient.
Source: Deutsche Börse Cash Market
Blockchain could save investment banks up to $12 billion a year: Accenture
January 18, 2017--Blockchain technology could help the world's largest investment banks cut their infrastructure costs by between $8 to $12 billion a year by 2025, according to a report by Accenture.
The report, published on Tuesday jointly with benchmarking firm McLagan-part of consultancy Aon Hewitt-is based on an analysis of cost data from eight of the world's ten largest investment banks, and provides a rare concrete estimate of blockchain's potential savings.
Source: Reuters
Carbon Pricing Vital to Avoid Coal-Powered Climate Catastrophe
January 18, 2017--Setting a realistic price of $20 per tonne of CO2 emissions is vital to wean the world off coal power
To meet the Paris targets, there is no space for new coal, and existing coal power must be retired early
The public must play its part by embracing energy efficiencies and reducing consumption
Carbon pricing, omitted as an obligation from the 2015 Paris Agreement, is the best way to wean the world off coal-powered energy and must be introduced immediately, concluded a panel of experts gathered in Davos to chart the transition to a clean energy future.
Source: WEF (World Economic Forum)
Earth breaks heat record in 2016 for third year in a row
January 18, 2017--Last year, the Earth sweltered under the hottest temperatures in modern times for the third year in a row, US scientists said Wednesday, raising new concerns about the quickening pace of climate change.
Temperatures spiked to new national highs in parts of India, Kuwait and Iran, while sea ice melted faster than ever in the fragile Arctic, said the report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Taking a global average of the land and sea surface temperatures for the entire year, NOAA found the data for "2016 was the highest since record keeping began in 1880," said the announcement.
Source: phys.org
New World Bank Tool Helps Map Solar Potential
January 17, 2016--The World Bank, in partnership with the International Solar Alliance (ISA,, launched the Global Solar Atlas, a free, web-based tool to help investors and policymakers identify potential sites for solar power generation virtually anywhere in the world, at the click of a button.
The tool displays annual average solar power potential, and has the capacity to zoom into areas in great detail (with a spatial resolution of 1 km, or 0.6 of a mile). The tool also provides access to high resolution global and regional maps and geographic information system (GIS) data, enabling users to print poster maps and utilize the data in other applications.
