International

  • Oct 19, 2012
  • 6 min read

'Responsible investment' adds pressure on global firms

Over the past five years, there has been a significant growth in the number of institutional...

International
  • Oct 17, 2012
  • 7 min read

Further private pension reforms to be adopted globally

Most developed and many developing economies have ageing populations and face the challenge of...

International
  • Oct 16, 2012
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Democracies rarely choose deep austerity to cut debt

The end of the post-2001 boom left most developed-world governments with depressed tax receipts,...

International
  • Oct 15, 2012
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China is deepening renminbi internationalisation

China has continued to make steady progress to promote the international use of the renminbi. To...

International
  • Oct 12, 2012
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Poor US money market fund regulation is global risk

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Mary Schapiro recently withdrew plans to...

International
  • Oct 11, 2012
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Iran still faces many barriers to nuclear status

The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) on October 8 published a report...

International
  • Oct 11, 2012
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South Africa's Sasol emerges as synthetic fuels leader

Sasol, South Africa's pioneering apartheid-era coal-to-liquids (CTL) firm, is rapidly emerging as...

International
  • Oct 10, 2012
  • 6 min read

LIBOR changes will have global impact

Recently published proposals by a commission led by Martin Wheatley of the UK Financial Services...

International