Traders want fewer working hours at UK and European exchanges
By Hal Williams
EVERY computer programme, algorithm and robot introduced to the workplace theoretically enhances efficiency and cuts the workload — but the real cut...
IMF warns of debt ‘timebomb’ thanks to ‘cheap money’ borrowing policies
THE International Monetary Fund warns that low interest rates are encouraging companies to take on a level of debt that could become a “timebomb”.
The...
Argentina slaps controls on forex in bid to salvage peso
ARGENTINA has imposed capital controls to halt a slump in foreign currency reserves and save the peso.
The central bank has set a five-day limit...
‘Ground-breaking’ link to free-up Sino-British stock exchange trade
THE BRITISH Treasury has announced a stock link to allow UK-listed firms to become the first foreign entities to list in mainland China.
Chancellor Philip...
How Adam Smith became a (surprising) hero to conservative economists
By Glory M Liu*
PEOPLE like to fight over Adam Smith. To some, the Scottish philosopher is the patron saint of capitalism who wrote that...
Brazilian meeting shines light on potential of fintech future
JOSÉ Lino Sepulcri, president of the Espírito Santo Trade Federation, and Gutman Uchôa de Mendonça, the regional director of the association of Brazilian banks...
Venezuela’s cash crisis, coupled with blackouts, leaves country’s population in the direst of straits
VENEZUELA has the world’s largest oil reserves — and no money.
Rampant inflation and depleted reserves of almost worthless bolivar banknotes have created a nightmare...
Analytics key to African countries’ ability to share in services trade
UNCTAD-UNECA projects’ experts pool wisdom to grow regional economies and increase benefit from value chains
AFRICA needs to step-up its analytics game to play a...
The Year That Wasn’t (but really, really wanted to be)
Nearly all financial and commodity markets stumbled in 2018. Canada-based STUART DUNN, chairman of the Holdun Family Office, looks back at a year some...
Sharia banking weaves moral fibre into the West’s oft-flawed system
No pork, no porn, no booze: this traditional Islamic take on finance and funding relies on ancient ethical codes — and ensures lender and...
