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Infographic-Investor Confidence in Cloud Storage is Sky High
May 19, 2016--Money continued to flow to the cloud storage sector, where a total of 1,800 transactions were made in 2015 for a total value of more than $100 billion.
Source: visualcapitalist.com
Infographic-The Shift to a Cashless Society is Snowballing
May 17, 2016--Love it or hate it, cash is playing an increasingly less important role in society.
In some ways this is great news for consumers. The rise of mobile and electronic payments means faster, convenient, and more efficient purchases in most instances.
Source: visualcapitalist.com
World Bank-Unprepared for a Risky Future
May 16, 2016--Billions of people and trillions of assets at risk
May 16, 2016--A new report is warning that the world is ill-prepared for an increasing rise in disasters, spurred by climate change, rising populations and increasing vulnerability of people in large cities and unregulated housing.
The report, The Making of a Riskier Future: How Our Decisions are Shaping the Future of Disaster Risk calls for a radical new approach to assessing risk, which takes into account extremely rapid changes in global disaster risk. Annual total damages from disasters have been increasing for decades and models show that population growth and rapid urbanization could put 1.3 billion people and $158 trillion in assets at risk from river and coastal floods by 2050.
Source: World Bank
World Bank-Staying a Step Ahead of a Natural Disaster: Can Innovation and Technology Help?
May 16, 2016--STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Impacts from natural disasters are on the rise, posing a growing threat to economies and the lives of millions of people around the world.
Smart investments in preparedness and resilience can keep natural hazards from becoming human catastrophes, but accurate and reliable disaster risk information is needed to make them possible.
The 2016 Understanding Risk Forum in Venice, hosted by GFDRR, will share the latest innovations in the field of disaster risk identification, including two new flagship products, the open-source online tool ThinkHazard! and the report The Making of a Riskier Future.
Source: World Bank
WGC-Thinking of investing in gold?
May 16, 2016--World gold council- Thinking of investing in gold? infographic.
Source: WGC (World Gold Council)
Increasing Economic Inequality Not Inevitable
May 13, 2016--Since the 1980s, the world has been moving once again to the greatest level of national level income inequalities observed in recorded human history. A study by the Credit Suisse Research Institute suggested that the income share of the rich has increased at the expense of the 'middle class' in most of the world.
Although economic inequality within societies has been with us for a very long time, inequalities among regions are more recent. According to the late economic historian Angus Maddison, such inequalities increased from about half a millennium ago, before accelerating greatly about two centuries ago with the Industrial Revolution.
view the Income Inequalities in Perspective/ESS Document No. 46
Source: www.ipsnews.net
BlackRock Projects Smart Beta ETF Assets Will Reach $1 Trillion Globally by 2020, and $2.4 Trillion by 2025
May 12, 2016--19% annual organic growth driven by minimum volatility, single and multifactor funds
World's largest smart beta ETF provider launches nine new multifactor sector ETFs
Record demand for smart beta products 'democratizing' factor investing and driving innovation
Source: BlackRock
World Gold Council-Gold Demand Trends Q1 2016
Higher prices and industrial action in India pushed global demand for jewellery down (-19%), while total bar and coin demand was marginally higher (+1%). Central banks remained strong buyers, purchasing 109t in the quarter. Total supply increased 5% to 1,135t. Hedging by producers (40t) supported an increase of 56t in mine supply, although countered by a marginal decline in recycling. view the Gold Demand Trends Q1 2016
Source: World Gold Council
State Street Global Advisors Strengthens its Global ETF Business
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), today announced that it has strengthened its ETF business globally through new roles for several leaders and by unifying distribution and infrastructure accountability under a new Global SPDR business.
Source: State Street Global Advisors
First ever FinTech bridge established between Britain and Singapore
Singaporean officials and FinTech companies gathered with UK FinTech companies in Downing Street today to celebrate the launch of the UK's first ever FinTech Bridge, which included the signing of a regulatory cooperation agreement between the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
Source: HM Treasury
May 12, 2016--Gold demand reached 1,290 tonnes Q1 2016, a 21% increase year-on-year, making it the second largest quarter on record. This increase was driven by huge inflows into exchange traded funds (ETFs)-364t-fuelled by concerns around the shifting global economic and financial landscape.
May 11, 2016--Jim Ross Named Chairman of New Global SPDR(R) Business and Industry Veterans Nick Good and Rory Tobin Named Co-Heads
May 11, 2016--The new FinTech Bridge will help UK FinTech firms and investors access the Asian market and expand to Singapore, as well as attracting Singaporean FinTech companies and investors to the UK.
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