FxWirePro: Is this a necessity for CDS in euro bond market? Unwise to invite "Cowboy hedging"

Feb 23, 2017 05:43 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

We sense that the political risk into the French election is priced more appropriately in bonds (but not in currencies) than going into the Brexit and US vote. In the remote scenario of a Le Pen Presidency with...

Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women

Feb 23, 2017 04:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Science Economy

Female research scientists are more productive than their male colleagues, though they are widely perceived as being less so. Women are also rewarded less for their scientific achievements. Thats according to my teams...

Billionaires Clash Opinions Over Universal Basic Income, ‘One Of The Worst Possible Responses’

Feb 23, 2017 04:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Universal Basic Income (UBI) is one of the best responses that many in the world see to the rising rate of poverty and the inevitable dominance of automation. As expected, opinions conflict on the matter, with some...

Nurses should not participate in executions by lethal injection

Feb 23, 2017 00:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

In some US states, prisoners condemned to die are killed using lethal injections. This takes place in two steps which make the prisoner unconscious and then stop breathing. Nurses are often present, but do they really need...

How 'evolving' technology leads to fewer choices and creates mountains of waste

Feb 23, 2017 00:15 am UTC| Technology Insights & Views

Let me ask you a question. Are you periodically forced to buy a new laptop because the technology hardware or software in your current laptop is no longer supported even though its fully functional? The Microsoft...

Business students willing to sacrifice future salary for good corporate social responsibility: study

Feb 23, 2017 00:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

More than 90% of business students in a study on corporate social responsibility said they would be willing to sacrifice some percentage of their future salary to work for a responsible employer. A surprising number of 14%...

Central Banking Series

Malaysia's Bank Negara likely to hold benchmark policy rate at 3.00 pct despite spike in inflation

Feb 22, 2017 11:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy

The Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in its first monetary policy meeting of 2017 on 16th January held its benchmark overnight policy rate at 3.00 percent and said that the decision was supported by stronger household demand,...