Slave heritage is big business, tainting the diaspora's bonds with Africa
Jan 11, 2017 16:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Ghanas meandering coast is dotted with numerous forts and castles. These monuments were built between the 15th and 17th centuries by early modern European chartered companies. They were initially used for trading gold and...
If Africa is serious about a free trade area it needs to act quickly, and differently
Jan 11, 2017 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Africa is moving towards crystallising an ambitious integration agenda of establishing a continental free trade area by October. This comes against a backdrop of an apparent trend away from mega-regional trade agreements...
South Africa's foreign policy has been at sixes and sevens – here's why
Jan 11, 2017 15:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views
South Africas notice to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has once again raised questions about the ethics of its foreign policy. Responses to the move have highlighted inconsistencies and...
Is the crisis in the NHS as bad as the Red Cross says it is?
Jan 11, 2017 15:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views
There have been many warnings over the past few years about the problems facing the NHS and social care. But the British Red Cross is the first to describe the situation as a humanitarian crisis. The Red Cross is one of...
Economics is fundamentally flawed – far worse than the Bank of England realises
Jan 11, 2017 15:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Bank of Englands chief economist, Andy Haldane, recently criticised his very own profession. This led to a bout of soul searching for economists as we face, again, the familiar criticism that nobody predicted the 2008...
Jan 11, 2017 12:17 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
As we do not expect the USDJPY to exceed 126 (multiyear double top since 2002), we prefer for a call spread ratio 1x1.5 instead of vanilla structures, such that the topside breakeven is at this level. Shorting volatility...
FxWirePro: Should you blame BoJ for USD/JPY vol and risk reversal shift?
Jan 11, 2017 11:48 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Although the Yen appears under pressure momentarily as BoJ caps nominal yields and risk sentiment holds up, but the move in relative real yields between Japan and the US represents a clear case for a weaker yen. The risk...
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’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects