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Newmark Grubb – Knight Frank – The 2016 Report – Global Cities – This report includes graphs, charts and data. “The Global Cities are about to see huge growth, and their real estate markets need to be ready for new waves of citizens, firms and global investor.” The list of most expensive cities for office …
World Bank: Shock waves: managing the Impacts of climate change on poverty – “Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change are the two objectives of this report. It is discussed how the two objectives should be addressed together. Climate change has an impact on eradicating poverty. Climate related shocks (natural disasters, spike in food prices, waterborne …
“In addition to investing in ongoing operations, the Board will prioritize investments and dedicate sufficient resources to six pillars over the 2016–19 period, which will allow the Board to advance its mission and respond to these continuing and evolving challenges. The six pillars are •Project development and resource allocation. Improve project management capabilities and align …
“Vanguard examined gender differences in participants of defined contribution (DC) plans, finding that women exhibit better savings behaviors but trail men in outcomes. A new white paper reviewed participation, savings rates, and investments to investigate the substantial imbalance in 401(k) wealth accumulation for men and women. Despite the seemingly equalizing influences of autopilot plan design, …
TPP Final Table of Contents: “The text of the Agreement (30 Chapters, 2000+ pages) was released by TPP Parties on 5 November 2015 and can be accessed by chapter. The text will continue to undergo legal review and will be translated into French and Spanish language versions prior to signature.”
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision – Haircut floors for non-centrally cleared securities financing transactions – consultative document. November 5, 2015. “In October 2014, the FSB published a report on Strengthening Oversight and Regulation of Shadow Banking – Regulatory framework for haircuts on non-centrally cleared securities financing transactions and introduced a framework for haircut floors for non-centrally …
“The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today released OTC derivatives statistics at end-June 2015. November 2015. • Activity in global OTC derivatives markets fell in the first half of 2015. The notional amount of outstanding contracts declined from $629 trillion at end-December 2014 to $553 trillion at end-June 2015. Even after adjustment for the effect …
“Household debt in the United States expanded before the Great Recession, contracted afterward, and has been recovering since 2013. But how has the distribution of debt across different income groups evolved over time? Who has been driving the recovery of household debt over the past two years? To date, there has been little work on …
“Global Diversity List is first assessment of individuals and companies with outstanding commitment to diversity nominated by readers of The Economist. The first ever assessment of the world’s leading authorities on diversity was announced on Saturday 31 October 2015. The Global Diversity List, a comprehensive guide to the individuals who are putting diversity at the …
“In conjunction with today’s publication by the Financial Stability Board of the updated list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has released further information. This information includes: • a list of all the banks in the assessment sample; • the denominators used to calculate the scores for banks in …
“The 2012 Economic Census concludes the Geographic Area Series for the real estate and rental and leasing sector. This series includes statistics for real estate, rental and leasing services and lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works). The files provide statistics on the number of establishments, revenue, payroll, number of employees and other data …
“The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) members today issued a statement alerting financial institutions to the increasing frequency and severity of cyber attacks involving extortion. The statement describes steps financial institutions should take to respond to these attacks and highlights resources institutions can use to mitigate the risks posed by such attacks. Cyber attacks …
