Gambling lobby gives big to political parties, and names names

Feb 28, 2017 07:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment Politics

The gambling industry declared A$1,294,501 in donations to Australian political parties in 2015-16. Our analysis of the latest Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) donation disclosures shows various branches of the...

Push for longer hours makes headlines, but more Australians want to work less

Feb 28, 2017 07:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) abandoned plans requiring its staff to work 37.5 hours per week following an employee backlash. This would have been an increase of 45 minutes per week, or nine minutes per day, over whats...

FxWirePro: “Pulling forward to Fed call”, divergence between S&P and UST 10Y - What’s buzzing in US treasury? Why is annuity hedge in unwinding phase?

Feb 28, 2017 07:13 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

Treasury yields have remained stuck in the same range they have held since early December, even as equities have continued to rise and are now up 5% YTD (refer above diagram). In the recent times, UST yields initially rose...

Warnings over wine prices are enough to make you hit the bottle

Feb 28, 2017 07:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

As uncertainty over the Brexit effect continues, every line of business seems to have its own brand of questions about the future. And maybe it was a coincidence that shortly after the end of that driest of months,...

Kerala was a beacon of hope for India on gender issues, but things are changing for the worse

Feb 28, 2017 06:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The alleged abduction and assault of a well-known actress in the southern Indian state of Kerala has caused outrage among activists who say the case highlights the dangers faced by all women in India and a lack of justice...

South Africa’s airports company faces a hard landing. Why this is bad news for the country

Feb 28, 2017 06:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Business

The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) until recently held as a model for other South African state-owned enterprises to emulate now faces a drastic reversal of fortune stemming from a regulatory decision to reduce...

How years of IMF prescriptions have hurt West African health systems

Feb 28, 2017 06:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) provides financial assistance to countries in economic trouble. But its policy proposals dont always yield positive results for the countries it purports to help. For instance, critics...