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Gold-mining index drops to lowest in 14 years
July 20, 2015--The index of gold-mining stocks fell to the lowest since April 2001 after the precious metal slid to a five-year low and local producers battle rising costs.
The five-member FTSE/JSE Africa Gold Mining Index dropped as much as 5.5%, Harmony Gold [JSE:HAR] Mining led the decline, losing as much as 7.3% to the lowest since January 1998.
Source: FIN24
The Economy of Things
July 19, 2015--The Internet of Things is poised to turn the physical assets all around us into participants in real-time global digital markets-indexed, searched, and traded as any online commodity.
This report, produced by IBM in collaboration with Oxford Economics, explores the impact of this transformation, looking first at a historical case of digital industry disruption, then presenting the findings of macro-economic case studies.
view the The Economy of Things-Extracting new value from the Internet of Things
Source: IBM
Emerging Markets Had Biggest Outflow Since 2009, JPMorgan Says
July 17, 2015--Capital outflows reached $120 billion in the second quarter
Investors pulled $142 billion from China during the period
Capital outflows from developing countries reached $120 billion last quarter, the most since 2009, fueled by an exodus from China amid concern over the strength of the country's economy, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Source: Bloomberg
IG Group to launch ETF portfolios in partnership with BlackRock
July 16, 2015--IG Group clients to be offered a range of ETF-based investment portfolios constructed by IG Group using Model Portfolios from BlackRock
Launch aimed for 2016
IG Group, the online trading platform, will offer IG clients a range of exchange traded fund-based investment portfolios through IG Group's stockbroking platform. This is part of a wider offering from IG Group that includes stockbroking, contracts for difference (CFD) trading and spread betting.
Source: IG Group
BDs Increasing Protection Against Cyber Breaches, Survey Finds
Sutherland, FSI poll gauges BDs' cybersecurity policies
July 15, 2015--Thirty-two percent of broker-dealers polled in a just-released cybersecurity survey experienced a cybersecurity incident in 2013 or 2014,
with a large portion of them (86%) also stating they carry cyber-insurance and have policies covering costs related to cyber-incidents attributable to vendors.
Source: thinkadvisor.com
What The Mainstream Media Missed From The BRICS And SCO Summits
July 15, 2015--The Ufa Summits were so wildly successful that most media outlets couldn't keep track of everything that transpired.
The most widely known achievements to have come out of the BRICS and SCO Summits in Ufa are the BRICS New Development Bank and India and Pakistan's joint accession to the SCO, but that doesn't mean that they were the only takeaways.
Source: emergingequity.org
Bond Traders Face 'Million Dollar Question' on Global Growth Bet
July 14, 2015--What do bond traders know about the world economy that other investors are missing?
That's what's puzzling David Woo, head of global rates and currencies at Bank of America Corp. in New York.
Source: Bloomberg
China stock suspensions opens can of derivatives worms
July 14, 2015--Suspension of China stocks causes valuation problems-dealers
Standard derivatives terms may not apply to China circumstances
More than half of China stocks suspended during stock plunge
Could be wrangling over derivatives valuations--ISDA
The suspension of hundreds of mainland China stocks during a market plunge from mid-June could lead to disputes between banks and their clients over the valuation of billions of dollars of equity derivatives.
Source: Reuters
ISDA Publishes EMIR Classification Letter
July 14, 2015--The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) has published a new classification letter that will enable counterparties to notify each other of their status for clearing and other regulatory requirements under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
Financial and non-financial counterparties are subject to a variety of regulatory obligations under EMIR, but the extent of compliance depends on their categorization under the EMIR taxonomy. The classification also determines whether and when the EMIR clearing obligation applies. The ISDA EMIR Classification Letter allows counterparties to bilaterally communicate their status by answering a series of questions.
Source: ISDA
Bond Traders Face 'Million Dollar Question' on Global Growth Bet
July 14, 2015--What do bond traders know about the world economy that other investors are missing?
That's what's puzzling David Woo, head of global rates and currencies at Bank of America Corp. in New York.
Source: Bloomberg
