Previously Deputy Head of the investment platform dedicated to Emerging Markets, Yerlan Syzdykov is appointed Global Head of Emerging Markets at Amundi. In this role, he is responsible for managing and developing the investment platform covering all expertise (debt and equity) of the emerging markets universe. Amundi’s Emerging Markets platform… Read More »
With economic data being on the weaker side, and surveys not suggesting any imminent improvement, we think that the Bank of England is likely to remain prudent and abstain from raising the Bank rate at this month’s meeting. Looking at activity data, we note the weak expansion in first quarter… Read More »
A new three-year partnership between two of the United States’ largest players in solar energy was announced at the GTM Solar Summit in southern California today. The collaboration between Array Technologies, Inc., the pioneer of solar tracker technology, and sPower, the largest private owner of operating solar assets in the… Read More »
Kontron’s flexible in-vehicle platform provides valuable building block that accelerates on and off-road application innovation Augsburg, Germany, April 25, 2018 – Kontron, a leading global provider of embedded computing technology (ECT), today introduced the EvoTRAC(TM) G102 In-Vehicle Rugged Cellular Gateway for on and off-road vehicle use. The EvoTRAC(TM) G102 is… Read More »
The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) starts 2018 by welcoming three new members to the #BankingOnValues movement. The three new members to join the Global Alliance and the #BankingOnValues movement include:Bancompartir www.bancompartir.co (Colombia)Banco Mundo Mujer www.bmm.com.co (Colombia)National Cooperative Bank www.ncb.coop (USA) With the two new members coming from… Read More »
Rising yields in the US are not primarily due to rising inflation or an over-heating economy. They are due to a major shift in the balance of supply and demand. The US Treasury needs to refinance massive amounts of short term Bills, the rising budget deficit pushes up issues of… Read More »
As widely expected, the European Central Bank kept the parameter of its monetary policy and forward guidance unchanged at today’s meeting. However, the ECB acknowledged that recent indicators point to a moderation in growth momentum whilst remaining consistent with a solid and broad-based expansion of the euro area economy. The… Read More »
VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH reached place 607 of the “Financial Times 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies 2018” and was named as winner of the Innovation Award IT for Schleswig-Holstein. The Financial Times released a list of Europe’s fastest growing companies, the FT 1000. The list includes the top… Read More »
Latest inflation figures for March suggest that inflation has peaked earlier this year, and is likely to stabilize at current, low levels. Looking at March data, we note that the Bank of Japan’s favored core measure (which is CPI inflation minus fresh food and energy product prices) stood at 0.5%… Read More »
World growth stepped up a pace in 2017 as a result of a policy mix that was heavily on the side of demand, while effective monetary accommodation worldwide combined with loose fiscal policy to further drive this recovery. This extra demand had a positive impact on manufacturing activity in particular,… Read More »
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