Introducing and Explaining the Positive Impact of Lower Maintenance Margins
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve our product offering and trading experience for our users, we have recently implemented a series of reductions to our Base Maintenance Margin requirements. The latest reduction set the flagship XBT and ETH...
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How cutting-edge UK university research is at the forefront of the fightback against Covid-19
The pandemic is highlighting the importance of investing in early-stage science and technology, backed by unique research IP On a dreary London evening in early March, Griff Williams, CIO of Milltrust International’s British Innovation Fund, received an urgent call from...
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Winners & Losers Amidst Covid-19, Emerging Trends in Private Banking
2020 is the Year of Rat, the first of the twelve Chinese animals, signifying the start of a new cycle. 2020 is also the first year of a new decade. Yet 2020 will more likely be remembered as the year...
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The New Social Credit System – Corporate Compliance in China
Author: Maarten Roos While some may continue to see China as a country where “anything is possible”, there is no denying that the Chinese government has been trying to create a more compliant business environment. The initiative with the biggest...
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Jersey: A Funds Jurisdiction of Choice
By An Kelles, Director – Greater China, Jersey Finance Asian investors have been looking for jurisdictions that can offer expertise, stability with no regulatory, legal or economic surprises. If ever there was an opportunity for fund jurisdictions to distinguish themselves, the...
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OECD to host Secretariat of new Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)
The OECD will host the Secretariat of the new Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), a coalition launched today that aims at ensuring that Artificial Intelligence is used responsibly, respecting human rights and democratic values. Arrangements for the OECD’s role as...
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UN ESCAP – Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19
The unprecedented socio-economic crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic calls for unparalleled multi-sectoral responses. ESCAP has developed a framework to support the socio-economic response of Asia and the Pacific to the COVID-19 pandemic. The framework's overarching principle supports building back...
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UN ESCAP – Policy Hackathon on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements
This Policy Hackathon is organized as part of a United Nations Initiative on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements, in collaboration with ARTNeT, WTO, CUTS and other organizations from civil society,...
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COVID 19 – Economic Impact
The economic fallout of COVID-19 has severely dampened growth in EAP, significantly hindering poverty reduction efforts. The slowdown in the region is led by sharp decline of economic activity in China. China’s GDP shrank 6.8% yoy in Q1 2020, the...
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OECD – The Forum Network released these two latest thought pieces
These articles form part of a series in which OECD experts and thought leaders from organisations like PBEC – from around the world and all parts of society – address the COVID-19 crisis, discussing and developing solutions now and for the future. It...
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