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Trading in the Pre and Post-Market Sessions Part I: Liquidity Profile
December 16, 2015--This is the first post in a three part series where the Tradebook Quantitative Research team examines the after-hours trading environment and the opportunities these sessions offer institutional traders.
For U.S.-listed stocks, a significant percentage of the day's volume trades are done in the pre-open and post-close sessions during earnings releases and other high-profile events. Below, we present some statistics that demonstrate that such events are not only associated with higher-than-average volume but also have significant price moves associated with them.
Source: Bloomberg
Bloomberg to Buy Barclays Index Business for $787 Million
December 16, 2015--Barclays said on Wednesday that it had agreed to sell its risk analytics and index solutions business to Bloomberg L.P. for 520 million pounds, or about $787 million.
The deal includes a variety of financial market indexes, including a family of bond indexes, and tools for analyzing and constructing financial portfolios.
Source: NY Times
Despite $28 Billion Drop in Global Private Infrastructure Investment in Energy, Transport, and Water, Strong Showing of Renewable Energy Projects
December 15, 2015-Despite a sharp decline in private investment in energy, transport, and water infrastructure in developing countries in the first six months of 2015, investment in renewable energy projects, mainly solar, rose to nearly half of the total investment-the highest level ever as a share of total investment, according to an update released today by the World Bank Group's Private Participation in Infrastructure Database.
Total private infrastructure investments for the energy, transport, and water sectors in 139 emerging economies dropped by more than half, from $53 billion in first six months of 2014 to $25 billion in the first six months of 2015, mainly due to a decline in the number of projects in Brazil, China, and India. Investments in other countries remained steady.
view the H1 2015 Global Private Participation in Infrastructure Update
Source: World Bank
IOSCO Publishes results of the third annual Risk Outlook Survey
December 15, 2015--The Research Department of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a Staff Working Paper entitled Risk Outlook Survey: Detailed methodology and results 2015, which provides a detailed analysis of responses to its annual Risk Outlook Survey
Source: IOSCO
Closing the Gender Gap of Advice: Reaching and Retaining the Female Investor
December 15, 2015--A comprehensive view of women's investment attitudes and behaviors-explore how to turn these discoveries into actionable insights to better collaborate with female investors.
The face of investing has changed. Investors are more sophisticated and more demanding. They're also more likely to be female.
Less than a generation ago, women were undeniably in the minority of investment decision-makers.1 Just as the retirement plan landscape has gone through a dramatic shift-with the risk of meeting retirement needs transferring from the employer to the employee-women are now more likely to bear the responsibility for their household investment portfolio.
view Reaching and Retaining the Female Investor-Closing The Gender Gap Of Advice
Source: State Street Global Advisors
Swift-Worldwide Currency Usage and Trends
December 14, 2015--This paper focuses on the currency, volume and value of cross-border payments exchanged by financial institutions over SWIFT between 2012 and
2014.
Source: Swift
World Bank-2016 International Debt Statistics Launched
December 14, 2015--Focuses on financial flows, trends in external debt, and other major financial indicators for developing and advanced economies (data from Quarterly External Debt Statistics and Quarterly Public Sector Debt databases).
Includes over 200 time series indicators from 1970 to 2014, for most reporting countries, and pipeline data for scheduled debt service payments on existing commitments to 2022
view the International Debt Statistics 2016
Source: World Bank
Yuan's fluctuations should be gauged against basket of currencies: PBOC
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) also said the yuan has the "conditions" to basically remain stable in the medium to long term, according to a statement posted on its website, citing the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), a unit of the central bank.
Source: Reuters
UNDP-Human Development Report 2015: Work for Human Development
view the UNDP-Human Development Report 2015: Work for Human Development
Source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Nations Approve Landmark Climate Accord in Paris
The deal, which was met with an eruption of cheers and ovations from thousands of delegates gathered from around the world, represents a historic breakthrough on an issue that has foiled decades of international efforts to address climate change.
Source: The New York Times
December 14, 2014--China's central bank said the market should not solely focus on the yuan's fluctuations against the U.S. dollar and should instead take into account a basket of other currencies.
December 13, 2015--This Report starts with a fundamental question-how can work enhance human development? The Report takes a broad view of work, going beyond jobs and taking into account such activities as unpaid care work, voluntary work and creative work-all of which contribute to the richness of human lives.
December 12, 2015--With the sudden bang of a gavel Saturday night, representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change.
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