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Australian Craig Wright claims to be Bitcoin creator
May 2, 2016--Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
His admission follows years of speculation about who came up with the original ideas underlying the digital cash system.
Mr Wright has provided technical proof to back up his claim using coins known to be owned by Bitcoin's creator.
Source: BBC
OCC Cleared Contract Volume Increased Two Percent In April
Securities Lending Activity Up 46 Percent In April And 44 Percent Year-To-Date-ETF Options Volume Up 13 Percent From 2015
May 2, 2016--OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that cleared contract volume in April was 339,522,257 contracts, up two percent from April 2015 monthly volume of 331,552,965 contracts.
Average daily volume at OCC is up five percent in 2016 with 17,123,650 contracts. OCC's stock loan program reported strong volume numbers in April with year-to-date activity up 44 percent.
Source: OCC
MSCI Peru ruling threatens to unbalance Frontier index
April 29, 2016--Fears the move would drive foreign investment away from $67bn bourse.
Source: FT.com
Yen logs 5% April gain vs. dollar with Fed, Bank of Japan on hold
April 29, 2016--The dollar tumbled to an 18-month low against the Japanese currency Friday after a widely watched gauge of inflation showed upward price pressures abated last month, removing some pressure for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
Initially the data included OECD member countries, but has recently expanded to include IOPS members to create a broader picture of private pensions. The collaboration with the World Bank will help bring data from emerging and developing economies that are not part of the OECD or IOPS. view the Pension Markets in Focus 2015
Source: World Bank
IMF-Global Housing Watch Quarterly Report, April 2016
After sixteen quarters of inching upwards, the global house price index shows a small downtick. But it is too soon to tell if this is a reversal in trend.
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Source: IMF
iShares Silver Trust celebrates 10th anniversary
With more than 330 million ounces of silver valued at over $5.5 billion in U.S. dollars held, the trust is now recognized as the world's largest investment product backed by silver, according to The Silver Institute.
Source: coinworld.com
World Bank Raises 2016 Oil Price Forecast, Revises Down Agriculture Price Projections view the Commodity
Markets Outlook-Resource development in an era of cheap commodities report
Source: World Bank
Infographic-The Global Economy in Pictures: April 2016
In their view, markets have regained a risk appetite following action by central banks, the normalization of commodity prices, and a lack of materialization for tail risks such as a U.S. recession or a Chinese hard-landing...
Source: visualcapitalist.com
April 28, 2016--This Quarterly Update includes an update of the Global House Price Index and our other core charts, and a discussion of house price developments in some cities within major commodity-producing countries (Australia, Canada, China, Norway and the United States).
Ranked as world's largest silver-backed investment product
April 27, 2016--2016 marks the 10th anniversary of iShares Silver Trust.
Oil prices seen rising as oversupply diminishes
April 26, 2016--Amid improving market sentiment and a weakening dollar, the World Bank is raising its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to $41 per barrel from $37 per barrel in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook, as an oversupply in markets is expected to recede.
April 26, 2016--The global economy has regained some composure, according to asset management firm Schroders.
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