The disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has had a seemingly remarkable effect on Britain’s policy toward the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Even if its response was slow in the beginning, London now sent an explicit warning to Riyadh to “provide a complete and detailed response” to the matter. This was in addition to International ...
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018 Global equities delivered positive returns over the third quarter of 2018. This was principally because of strength in the US market. Political uncertainty and concerns about global trade held back other regions. Generally, government bond yields rose over the quarter. The UK equity market ...
There were renewed concerns in the Eurozone that Italy’s anti-establishment 5-star movement would ditch the Euro. Both the right-wing League, who govern the country with the 5-star movement, campaigned on an anti-euro platform. However, they backed away from the move when they came into power in June. Rumours have since ...
The forex markets revolve around the daily happenings around the world. Geopolitical events, economical new releases, wars and natural disasters, all affect currency prices. And, when world leaders make important decisions, how can they not change at least the currency of their own country? This is why traders need ...
QuotedData’s Economic round up – October 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to ...
Happy PMQs (Austerity is over)…only it isn’t really Rejoice! Walk out into the streets and hug your fellow humans. Austerity is over, the PM literally said: “Better times are coming.” This was just the news we need on World Mental Health Day. But it took that party pooper Corbyn to ...
The UK faces challenges that can only be solved through partnership. In its pre-Budget letter to the Chancellor, the CBI proposes ways to unlock enterprise, increase the country’s competitiveness and attract more investors, all aimed at lifting productivity and sharing prosperity. This is particularly important as the UK has the ...
“If the unpaid time I spent working on this film manages to raise Ben Bradley MP’s profile on social media, then it will have been unpaid time well spent.”
The Conservatives have become a party of “far-right ideology and intolerance”, according to MEP Richard Ashworth. The former leader of the Conservative group in the European Parliament said he is extremely concerned that the party has “deserted the centre ground in favour of far-right ideology and intolerance”. His words come ...