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China has ‘no choice’ but to hit back at Trump’s $200 billion tariffs
— kicking the trade war up another level September 18, 2018/Business Insider Will Martin The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Tuesday morning that it had “no choice” but… Read more
Managing Debt Vulnerabilities in Low-Income Countries
September 13, 2018/IMF By Christine Lagarde IMF Managing Director Delivered at the Sovereign Debt Conference, Washington, DC As prepared for delivery Honored guests, ladies and gentlemen—it is a pleasure for… Read more
London Slips From Top Spot In Global Financial Centre Rankings, New York Now No 1 – Full List
Culled—Proshare 12/9/2018/LongFinance / FA The Z/YEN Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 24) released today found New York overtaking London to take the index top spot for first time since March… Read more
MoU: China-Africa CEO on High level Dialogue
September 12, 2018/FirstBank of Nigeria Ltd Recently, officials and business executives from China and Africa convened in China for a High-Level dialogue among Chinese and African Business representatives. The MD/CEO,… Read more
WFE Calls for Global Reform of Leverage Ratio
September 9, 2018/WFE The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), the global industry group for CCPs and exchanges, has today published its response to the four global standard-setting boards assessing the… Read more
Angola – the times they are a changing: João Lourenço, infrastructure investment and moving forwards
September 7, 2018/Dentons Angola has seen changes in the last 2 years. This began with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos stepping down after 38 years. President João Lourenço (aka “JLo”)… Read more
Doraleh Port Terminal May in Future be Leveraged as a Processing Center for the Illegal Arms Trade – Report
September 3, 2018/EXX Africa EXX Africa (www.EXXAfrica.com) published a special report on the arms trade in the Horn of Africa. Download the report: https://bit.ly/2CcF7hr The trade of illegal weapons implicates senior… Read more
Oil Holds Gains Despite Downward Pressure
28/8/ 2018/OilPrice.com Trader Update: Imagine having the same intel as energy ‘insiders’ or even high level government officials. Information that traders and money managers pay $50,000 and more to access…. Read more
US senator John McCain dies aged 81 after battle with brain cancer
August 26, 2018/The Telegraph US senator John McCain, a celebrated war hero known for reaching across the aisle in an increasingly divided America, died Saturday after losing a battle to… Read more
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Passes Away At Age 80
18/8/2018/US SEC Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80 after a short illness. A statement shared on the Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s official account said… Read more
