Why UK universities are returning to the public debt markets
Feb 29, 2016 12:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The University of Leeds has recently become the latest higher education institution to raise money by issuing a public bond. The bond is worth 250m, has a maturity date of 2050 and a fixed interest rate of 3.125%. The...
Sustained downside pressures on EUR/CHF could see SNB action ahead of its 17 March meet
Feb 29, 2016 10:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
As we head into policy meetings from the ECB and SNB scheduled on 12 March and 17 March respectively, with the rates market pricing 12bp cuts for both central banks, we can expect some EUR/CHF downside if ECB cuts but SNB...
Feb 29, 2016 09:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
When equities tanked globally in January and world stock markets had their worst start to a new year, several risks emerged as guilty behind the move. As doldrums continued, investors withdrew billions of dollars from...
Feb 29, 2016 08:49 am UTC| Insights & Views
Please be noted on delta risk reversals indication as to how the OTC markets are positioned for hedging downside risks, and sentiments are getting higher negative values gradually in a long run as well (flashing at -2.6...
Feb 29, 2016 05:59 am UTC| Insights & Views
Do people have to put up with poor quality jobs because thats the only way to get enough jobs? Are the quality and quantity of jobs at odds with each other? There have been variations on this idea for a while. They say...
Powerful supermarkets push the cost of food waste onto suppliers, charities
Feb 29, 2016 05:59 am UTC| Insights & Views
At a time when one billion people globally experience hunger, as much as 50% of all food produced - up to two billion metric tonnes - is thrown away every year. In Australia alone, as much as 44 million tonnes of food is...
Automation won't destroy jobs, but it will change them
Feb 29, 2016 04:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The last few years have seen numerous studies pointing to a bleak future with technology-induced unemployment on the rise. For example, a pivotal 2013 study by researchers at the University of Oxford found that of 702...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects