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Driving Change: Empowering Inclusion and Innovation at Boursa Kuwait
At Boursa Kuwait, inclusion, diversity, and innovation drive the mission to transform Kuwait’s capital markets into a platform for opportunity, empowerment, and resilience. At Boursa Kuwait, we see markets as more than just numbers and charts. They are dynamic platforms
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EY Argentina: New Tax Bill for Argentina’s Congress to ‘Incentivise FDI’
Milei’s new administration considers the realities of reforming a troubled economy. When Right-wing economist Javier Milei took over Argentina’s presidency, he also took on the challenge of transforming a country in the grip of severe economic challenges. The international business
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Vector Casa de Bolsa: Five Decades Driving the Growth of the Mexican Economy
As Vector Casa de Bolsa approaches its 50th anniversary, it is time to reflect on the company’s remarkable journey and enduring impact on the country’s economy. Vector Casa de Bolsa has consistently demonstrated its commitment to excellence, innovation, and collaboration, helping shape
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Creating More Strategic Relevance for the Investment Banking Sector
Many people think of investment banks as firms with a rolodex of fixed income and equity investors and companies that could be for sale. Partly true, of course, but the infrastructure behind the larger banks has pushed fundraising and M&A
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Tightening Financial Conditions Bring Impacts to Asset Values
In the first half of this year, US stock markets suffered a fall not seen in more than 50 years. The S&P 500 index on Thursday June 30 was more than 20 percent down compared to January, a drop not
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Biggest Commodity Price Shock in 50 Years is Here
In addition to death and destruction in Ukraine, the Russian invasion brought several significant shocks to the global economy. The geopolitical consequences of the war reinforce the downward trend in trade globalisation and financial integration, with fresh rounds of disruption
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Crypto Jitters: Unhinged Stablecoins Add Volatility to an Already Unstable Market
The dig is impossible to resist. On Thursday, tether – the world’s biggest ‘stablecoin’ – briefly became untethered from its dollar peg. tether’s value sank to 95¢ before recovering to 97¢. That may seem a minor oscillation but indicates a
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Corporate Earnings Fine, Markets Not So Much: Seesawing Stock Markets Rattle Investors
And just like that… the party was over. Wednesday’s stock market rally, sparked by the dovish comments of US Federal Reserve Chairperson Jay Powell, not only fizzled out but reversed with Nasdaq suffering its biggest drop since June 2020. The
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Otaviano Canuto: Are We on the Verge of a New Commodity Super-Cycle?
Commodity prices have recovered their 2020 losses and, in most cases, are now above pre-pandemic levels (Figure 1). The pace of Chinese growth since 2020 and the economic recovery that has accompanied vaccine rollouts are driving demand upward, while supply
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Otaviano Canuto: Dependency and Disconnect of U.S. Financial Markets
U.S. stock and corporate bond markets performed extraordinarily well from the March financial shock caused by covid-19 to the end of last month. Then, three consecutive weeks of decline in the three major stock market indexes have been followed this
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