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Global Innovation Index 2016: Switzerland, Sweden, UK, U.S., Finland, Singapore Lead; China Joins Top 25
August 15, 2016--China joins the ranks of the world's 25 most-innovative economies, while Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Finland and Singapore lead the 2016 rankings in the Global Innovation Index, released today by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
China's top-25 entry marks the first time a middle-income country has joined the highly developed economies that have historically dominated the top of the Global Innovation Index (GII) throughout its nine years of surveying the innovative capacity of 100-plus countries across the globe.
view the Global Innovation Index 2016
Source: Global Innovation Index
World Bank plans to sell SDR bonds in China
August 14, 2016--The World Bank is set to sell bonds denominated in the IMF's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) units in China, the first such issuance in three decades.
The Washington-based institution has won approval to issue 2 billion SDR units of bonds in the Chinese interbank market, the country's central bank said in a statement on its Web site.
Source: taipeitimes.com
Silver ETF returning 280% says party not over in yield-less era
August 12, 2016--For investors who missed silver's 46% rally this year, it's not too late to jump in, according to the firm behind the world's best-performing exchange-traded fund.
The main reason for investors piling back in to precious metals this year-low interest rates-isn't going away anytime soon, said Andrew Chanin, chief executive officer of PureFunds, whose junior silver miner ETF has delivered holders a 280% return this year.
Source: MineWeb
BlackRock ETP Landscape: July 2016
August 12, 2016--Global ETPs had the best monthly flows of the year with $55.2bn fueled by U.S. and emerging markets equities and higher-yielding fixed income categories.
U.S. equity inflows reached $32.0bn, the highest since December 2014, with continued strength in dividend-weighted and minimum volatility strategies with $4.8bn and $1.4bn, respectively
Fixed income flows accelerated to $13.9bn driven by investment grade and high yield corporate bonds with $7.0bn combined as investors showed preference for high-yielding categories
Broad EM equity and EM debt funds both set new monthly flow records with $8.2bn and $3.9bn, respectively, as investors favored categories less impacted by Brexit.
Source: BlackRock
Chart: The Largest Companies by Market Cap Over 15 Years
August 12, 2016--The Oil Barons have been replaced by the Whiz Kids of Silicon Valley
The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays.
By definition, the largest companies by market cap are the most valued by investors in absolute terms.
Source: visualcapitalist.com
FAQs on the Pillar 3 disclosure requirements issued by the Basel Committee
August 12, 2016--The Basel Committee today issued Frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the Basel framework's Pillar 3 disclosure requirements.
The Committee has received a number of questions related to the revised Pillar 3 disclosure requirements published in January 2015.
view the Frequently asked questions on the revised Pillar 3 disclosure requirements
Source: BIS
Flow Traders NV: Flow Traders Reports Strong Second Quarter 2016 Results In Slower Market Conditions
August 12, 2016--Flow Traders N.V. ("Flow Traders" or "the Company") (Euronext: FLOW) today announced its 2Q16 results, with the results showing a quarter-on-quarter improvement in a slower market.
The continued risk-off sentiment in the capital markets translated into declining volumes in equities and increased volumes in the fixed income space. Macro-economic developments, such as Brexit, the FED rate decision as well as the Japan elections impacted investor trading appetite in 2Q16 across the globe.
Source: Flow Traders
Broker-dealer TradeZero launches first 'dark pool' exchange for bitcoin
August 11, 2016--TradeZero, a Bahamas-based online broker-dealer, said on Thursday,it had launched the world's first "dark pool" exchange for bitcoin to enable institutional investors to execute large trades.
The company will eventually open the exchange to other digital currencies such as ether and litecoin.
Source: Reuters
New money raised by equity ETFs drops 85%
August 11, 2016--The amount of new money raised by exchange traded funds exposed to global stock markets has dropped 85 per cent in the first half of 2016, in a rare sign of pressure on the passive investment industry.
Source: FT.com
World Gold Council-Gold Demand Trends Q2 2016
August 11, 2016--Continued growth in Q2 2016 (+15%) brought total H1 gold demand to 2,335t-the second highest first half on record.
Huge ETF inflows during the first six months (+579t) were counterbalanced by anaemic jewellery demand in an environment of sharply rising prices. In fact, the gold price posted the strongest H1 performance (+25%) for more than 35 years.
Source: World Gold Council
