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World Economic Outlook Update: Subdued Demand, Diminished Prospects
December 19, 2016--Global growth, currently estimated at 3.1 percent in 2015, is projected at 3.4 percent in 2016 and 3.6 percent in 2017. The pickup in global activity is projected to be more gradual than in the October 2015 World Economic Outlook (WEO), especially in emerging market and developing economies.
In advanced economies, a modest and uneven recovery is expected to continue, with a gradual further narrowing of output gaps. The picture for emerging market and developing economies is diverse but in many cases challenging. The slowdown and rebalancing of the Chinese economy, lower commodity prices, and strains in some large emerging market economies will continue to weigh on growth prospects in 2016-17. The projected pickup in growth in the next two years-despite the ongoing slowdown in China—primarily reflects forecasts of a gradual improvement of growth rates in countries currently in economic distress, notably Brazil, Russia,, and some countries in the Middle East, though even this projected partial recovery could be frustrated by new economic or political shocks.
view the World Economic Outlook Update: Subdued Demand, Diminished Prospects report
This has occurred despite the global population increasing by around 400 million people during that period. Meanwhile, the wealth of the richest 62 has increased by more than half a trillion dollars to $1.76tr. The report also shows how women are disproportionately affected by inequality-of the current '62', 53 are men and just nine are women.
Source: Oxfam
World Economic Forum-The Future of Jobs
This is the finding of a new report, The Future of Jobs, published today by the World Economic Forum.
Source: World Economic Furom (WEF)
Vanguard attracts record cash for fourth year running
Tumbling oil prices and convulsions in emerging markets made 2015 a difficult year for many asset managers...
Source: FT.com
JPMorgan adds 1,240 fund management staff
Source: FT.com
State Street Global Advisors-2016 ETF & Investment Outlook
In equities, we favor areas of growth with macro-economic tailwinds such as the Eurozone, Japan, and financial and consumer related sectors in the US.
In fixed income, we favor taking a balanced approach with a mix of interest rate and credit sensitive sectors such as high yield and senior loans.
Source: State Street Global Advisors
Infographic-The World's Most Famous Case of Hyperinflation-Part I & PART II
The world's most famous hyperinflation event, which took place in Germany from 1921 and 1924, was a financial calamity that led millions of people to have their savings erased.
Source: visualcapitalist.com
More Walls, More Warming, Less Water: A World at Risk in 2016
Evidence is mounting that inter-connections between risks are becoming stronger, for example climate change and involuntary migration or international security, often with major and unpredictable impacts. view the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2016
Source: World Economic Forum
Revised framework for market risk capital requirements issued by the Basel Committee
The revised market risk framework is a key component of the Basel Committee's overall efforts to reform global regulatory standards in response to the global financial crisis. view Minimum capital requirements for market risk (January 2016)
Source: BIS
January 18, 2016--The Fourth Industrial Revolution, which includes developments in previously disjointed fields such as artificial intelligence and machine-learning, robotics, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, and genetics and biotechnology, will cause widespread disruption not only to business models but also to labour markets over the next five years, with enormous change predicted in the skill sets needed to thrive in the new landscape.
January 17, 2016--Investors have entrusted a record amount of new money to Vanguard, the low-cost asset manager, for a fourth successive year, piling pressure on more expensive fund houses to cut fees.
January 17, 2016--US bank pushes further into investment industry.
January 17, 2016--Key Points
In 2016, we expect continued low growth, subdued inflation and generally accommodative monetary policy.
Risks are skewed to the downside as fragile markets could quickly turn volatile on a single bad data point or negative news event.
January 15, 2016--The Great War ended on the 11th hour of November 11th, 1918, when the signed armistice came into effect.
Though this peace would signal the end of the war, it would also help lead to a series of further destruction: this time the destruction of wealth and savings.
January 14, 2016--From the environment to international security and the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution, the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2016 finds risks on the rise in 2016.
January 14, 2016--The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today issued the revised minimum capital requirements for market risk as agreed by its oversight body-the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS).
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