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Investing in Bonds: Is It Crazy

Most advisers say it’s crazy to invest in bonds. But then they would, wouldn’t they? Nearly all of them, and their clients, missed out on what has been one of the greatest bull markets in history for this asset class. According to BCA Research, since September 1981 the total return for holders of 30-year US […]

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A currency haven for international investors

Norway, like its Nordic cousins, is a welfare state with high living standards, abundant welfare benefits… and very high taxes. But it’s the richest member of the Sauna Club, thanks to its wealth of offshore oil and natural gas. That bounty has been used wisely, with much of the surplus accumulated in the world’s second […]

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After disaster, bounce-back momentum

After disaster, the bounce-back gathers momentum Unlike Eurozone member-nations, Iceland had freedom to manoeuvre because it controlled its own currency, monetary and fiscal policies. It could set its own rules, change its laws, and make independent decisions. Now, recovery is under way. Devaluation has promoted exports, including tourism, and shielded the domestic economy. Foreign trade […]

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World Bank chief prioritises tackling growth

Washington – On his first day as president of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim stressed the role of the 188-member organisation in helping address global growth risks and providing development assistance. The World Bank has an economic and moral imperative to help address risks to global growth, no matter where they emerge. A […]

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These Are the Bad Guys

Economic growth in Western economies will continue to be crippled by the resistance of “extractive elites,” argues The Economist, which are: The banking sector, with its enormous lobbying power. “Much of current economic policy seems to be driven by the need to prop up banks, whether it is record-low interest rates… or the recent provision […]

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Tackling the crisis head-on

Estonia, across the Baltic, with close linguistic, historical and economic ties with Finland and Sweden, is a nation of just 1.3 million. After it regained its independence in 1991, it opted for free trade, flat taxes, fiscal and monetary restraint and stable exchange rates. Its economy grew fast, and Estonia sought close ties with its […]

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Lessons from the Sauna Club

Investor attention now is focused on the “Pigs” – the member-nations on the periphery of the Eurozone whose debt bubbles threaten to explode and fragment the currency union. In lost jobs, destroyed businesses and higher taxes, the peoples of those temperate lands on the coasts of the Med and the Atlantic are starting to pay […]

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RKH Group receives funding

RK Harrison Group Ltd (RKH), a leading London-based, independent insurance broker, recently secured a new £30 million refinancing deal with Clydesdale Bank and RBS. The new revolving credit facility is a club deal with Clydesdale Bank and RBS both holding 50% of the funding and replaces RKH’s existing £23 million debt facility. RKH employs around […]

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IMF to assist Cyprus

IMF to assist Cyprus

IMF to assist Cyprus

Washington – The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that the global lender was ready to join European countries in providing a financial aid package for Cyprus. [Read more…]

SA, Switzerland boost trade ties

Pretoria – South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, has arrived in Zurich, Switzerland, on an official visit to deepen bilateral economic relations between the two countries. The main purpose of the SA-Switzerland Joint Economic Committee (JEC) is to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, and it takes place alternatively in […]

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