Tuesday, October 16, 2012
History is full of examples of crises triggered by unregulated derivatives trading, with the global financial crisis putting the spotlight on the serious inadequacies of the OTC derivatives market and the risks these contracts present to the broader economy. To mitigate this risk, regulatory initiatives, spearheaded by the G20, are now in place to change how they are traded and cleared.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2012
The recent drop in China’s GDP growth has raised concerns with many who hoped the country’s economy would underpin a global financial recovery. For China’s government, the speed at which it becomes a ‘new entrant’ in the global financial markets needs to be balanced by its necessity to protect the region’s economic stability.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
In 1967, the American psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment to determine how many acquaintances it would take to pass a letter between two randomly selected people. He concluded that it took six steps or fewer to connect any two people in the world and coined the term ‘six degrees of separation’. Rapid technological progress and the advent of social networks have further reduced the number of hops required to connect different people and organizations around the globe.
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Monday, February 06, 2012
Interest in direct investment in emerging market equities is increasing but has always been difficult due to regulations on foreign ownership and capital controls. The most relevant of these markets is the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), a collection of the largest of the emerging markets.
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