Latest economic data are in line with more subdued economic activity, with surveys pointing to an overall GDP growth rate of 1% during the second quarter. ‘Hard’ economic data – including industrial production and construction output – point to weaker growth last quarter, and the more generalized fall in June… Read More »
Born from the ambition to promote global Excellence across sectors and facilitate benchmarking, the EFQM Global Excellence Index is a platform where organisations will be recognised by EFQM and can profile themselves within their sector and feature their best and role model practices. The EFQM Global Excellence Index is a… Read More »
ScriptX, from UK company MeadCo, provides controlled, consistent and efficient printing from Internet Explorer. Essential for the oil and gas sector, ScriptX enables HTML and PDF documents, daily reports, equipment lists, job cards, certification documents, and more to be printed in a controlled format, from every networked Windows computer. In… Read More »
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Amid fears of an overheated market and uncertainty around Trump’s presidency, Mark Sherlock, Lead Portfolio Manager of the Hermes US SMID Equity Fund, believes there are still great investment opportunities to be found in the US small and midcap space. A market driven by fundamentalsYear-to-date the Russell 2500 has returned… Read More »
International investors have greater opportunity to benefit from China’s continued rise. As long as the apparent mood of compromise set by Trump and Xi persists, investors are likely to feel more confident about raising their allocations to China stocks, and increasing exposure to the country’s new economy sectors. The results… Read More »
Japan is back. Abenomics may not have fully delivered on its much vaunted promises, but the Japanese economic growth engine is steadily springing to life. Strong deflation pressures appear to have been consigned to the past, while the dual tailwinds of increased business confidence and consumer sentiment are boosting domestic… Read More »
Kontron, a global provider of cloud and carrier-class integrated infrastructure platforms, and GENBAND, a leading provider of real time communications software solutions, today announced that they will be showcasing a highly opex-friendly media (audio and video) network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVi) reference solution. A live demonstration will be held at… Read More »
Syngenta announced today that it has received notification of import approval from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture for its Agrisure Duracade® trait. The approval covers corn grain and processing co-products, including dried distillers grains (DDGs), for food and feed use. Erik Fyrwald, CEO, said: “Obtaining this regulatory approval opens up… Read More »
Swissquote remains bullish on Bitcoin, and we target $2500 for one bitcoin in the short-run. The company considers a Bitcoin split into two currencies as unlikely. Bitcoin faces a big day on Tuesday, the 1st of August. Due to some technical complications, the digital currency’s computer-code will on that date be… Read More »
At next Thursday’s meeting of the ECB’s Governing Council (20 July), we expect the Governors to continue their monetary tightening, but to do so in a ‘kind and gentle’ way. That is, they will try to soften the blow so as not to roil markets more than necessary. Next Thursday,… Read More »
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