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OECD, International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS), and World Bank join forces to improve private pension statistics
April 28, 2016--The OECD, IOPS, and World Bank announced today that they are collaborating to help expand global data on private pensions. The OECD and IOPS currently collect a market-leading suite of statistics on private pensions as part of the OECD's Global Pension Statistics database and annual Pensions Markets in Focus report.
Initially the data included OECD member countries, but has recently expanded to include IOPS members to create a broader picture of private pensions. The collaboration with the World Bank will help bring data from emerging and developing economies that are not part of the OECD or IOPS.
view the Pension Markets in Focus 2015
Source: World Bank
IMF-Global Housing Watch Quarterly Report, April 2016
April 28, 2016--This Quarterly Update includes an update of the Global House Price Index and our other core charts, and a discussion of house price developments in some cities within major commodity-producing countries (Australia, Canada, China, Norway and the United States).
After sixteen quarters of inching upwards, the global house price index shows a small downtick. But it is too soon to tell if this is a reversal in trend. Figure 1
Source: IMF
iShares Silver Trust celebrates 10th anniversary
Ranked as world's largest silver-backed investment product
April 27, 2016--2016 marks the 10th anniversary of iShares Silver Trust.
With more than 330 million ounces of silver valued at over $5.5 billion in U.S. dollars held, the trust is now recognized as the world's largest investment product backed by silver, according to The Silver Institute.
Source: coinworld.com
World Bank Raises 2016 Oil Price Forecast, Revises Down Agriculture Price Projections
Oil prices seen rising as oversupply diminishes
April 26, 2016--Amid improving market sentiment and a weakening dollar, the World Bank is raising its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to $41 per barrel from $37 per barrel in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook, as an oversupply in markets is expected to recede.
view the Commodity Markets Outlook-Resource development in an era of cheap commodities report
Source: World Bank
Infographic-The Global Economy in Pictures: April 2016
April 26, 2016--The global economy has regained some composure, according to asset management firm Schroders.
In their view, markets have regained a risk appetite following action by central banks, the normalization of commodity prices, and a lack of materialization for tail risks such as a U.S. recession or a Chinese hard-landing...
Source: visualcapitalist.com
Market Vectors Index Solutions Announces Rebranding
Market Vectors Indices to be renamed MVIS Indices
April 25, 2016--Market Vectors Index Solutions today announced that the Market Vectors Indices will adopt a new name and be known as MVIS Indices and Market Vectors Index Solutions will adopt the name MV Index Solutions (MVIS).
The name change is part of a global rebranding initiative by MVIS' parent company VanEck that will be implemented in stages across the firm's business lines worldwide.
IMF Survey-External Shocks Hurt Growth in Caucasus, Central Asia
April 25, 2016--Oil price drop, Russia's recession continue to weigh on growth
Inflation and financial sector vulnerabilities have increased
Shocks underscore the urgency of reducing reliance on commodities, remittances
Growth in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) this year is expected to slow to a two-decade low as a result of a sustained decline in the prices of key commodities, spillovers from Russia’s recession, and China’s slowdown, the IMF said in its latest assessment. The IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook Update for the Middle East and Central Asia, released on April 25, predicts growth in the CCA region to decline to 1.2 percent in 2016.
view the IMF Middle East & Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook update
Source: IMF
Infographic-What Happens in an Internet Minute in 2016?
April 25, 2016--Today, we enter into the digital realm to see what happens every minute on the internet. The statistics are mind-boggling and put in perspective how scalable platforms have taken over the world.
Source: visualcapitalist.com
Market Vectors ETFs to be renamed on 2 May 2016
April 21, 2016--Van Eck Global is uniting its businesses and investment offers under a single brand: "VanEck". In order to implement the rebranding for its Irish UCITS ETFs, the directors of Van Eck Global Investments Ltd. and Market Vectors UCITS ETF plc have approved the following changes with effect of 2 May 2016
Source: Van Eck Global
Leaders Set Landmark Global Goals for Pricing Carbon Pollution
Call for faster action on carbon pricing to deliver on Paris climate change agreement
April 21, 2016--Six heads of state and government, two city and state leaders and the heads of the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund and the OECD today agreed on an ambitious global target for putting a price on carbon pollution.
The leaders, who are all members of the Carbon Pricing Panel, convened by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, challenged the world to expand carbon pricing to cover 25 percent of global emissions by 2020-double the current level-and to achieve 50 percent coverage within the next decade.
Source: World Bank
