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WGC-Gold Demand Trends Q3 2016
November 7, 2016--Global gold demand amounted to 993t in Q3 2016 (-10%), as high gold prices discouraged consumers.
ETPs were the only bright spot during the quarter, with 146t of inflows helping to counterbalance weak demand elsewhere, notably in jewellery (-21%), bars and coins (-36%) and purchases by central banks (-51%).
Source: World Gold Council
IOSCO consults on Other CRA Products and their use by market participants
November 7, 2016--The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a consultation report titled Other CRA Products, which seeks further insight into how market participants use non-traditional, products or services offered by credit rating agencies (CRAs).
Source: IOSCO
Asset managers confront ethnic diversity problem
November 6, 2016--Fund houses tackle chronic underrepresentation of minorities in their industry.
Source: FT.com
Paris climate agreement enters into force
November 5, 2016--The Paris Agreement on climate change entered legally into force Friday following the EU's ratification, just days before the start of the UN climate conference in Marrakesh, Morocco.
The historic event comes less than a year after the landmark agreement was adopted.
Source: eubusiness.com
WGC-Market Update: Gold price rallies ahead of US election
November 2, 2016--On November 2, 2016 the gold price broke above US$1,300/oz for the first time since early October, as the surprise announcement last Friday October 28th by the FBI relating to Clinton's email probe, injected a new wave of uncertainty into the presidential election.
As investors fly to quality, gold surges The US presidential election has tightened up again, pushing...
Source: World Gold Council (WGC)
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
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.
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