World Bank Online Morning Seminar #108 "The Distributional Impacts of Trade: Empirical Innovations, Analytical Tools, and Policy Responses"
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Dewi John: Equity takes a trip – in an ethical way You may not be going abroad any time soon – but here is why your equity allocation is likely to The big success story of late has been global equities. The Refinitiv Lipper classification Equity Global has raked in £16.9bn from UK investors over the 12 months to the end of March. That is heavily loaded towards the back end, with £5.5bn in the last quarter of 2020 and £6.5bn in the first quarter of 2021. Global equities’ popularity is not simply a facet of the broader asset class. Asset allocators and academics have long mourned inves...
The SC recently raided several locations in Kuala Lumpur and seized records and devices used by the syndicate, following complaints and tip-offs from the public PETALING JAYA: The Securities Commission (SC) is investigating a syndicate suspected of unlicensed investment schemes that had duped hundreds of investors of over RM7mil. In a statement yesterday, the SC said the investigation into the syndicate included two clone firm schemes. “The SC recently raided several locations in Kuala Lumpur and seized records and devices used by the syndicate, following complaints and tip-offs from the pu...
Investment Week is hosting its Alternatives Briefing at a pivotal time for investors as they start to position for the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, although risks remain. During this interactive briefing, we will hear from a number of alternatives managers about their response to the extraordinary events of the past year and their outlook for the rest of the year and beyond. The managers will identify where they are seeing the biggest opportunities and risks at the moment for their portfolios and explain the role their strategies could play in helping diversify client portfolios. Atte...
Kenya Ranked Third Poorest Lower-Middle-Income Country Globally Kenya is ranked the third poorest lower-middle-income country globally in a new study released by the World Bank. The World Bank State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 has shown that more than forty per cent of Kenyans currently live in extreme poverty. The level of poverty is approximately 10 times higher than in Pakistan and Egypt which are also categorised as lower-middle income economies. Zambia is the poorest with 61 per cent of its citizens living in poverty followed by Nigeria at 58 per cent while Côte d’Ivoire is fou...