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Brexit comes to a head. By nearly all reckoning, the Withdrawal Bill will be resoundingly defeated in the House of Commons on March 12. The margin of defeat may not match the first rejection, but it will be the death knell to the path that had been negotiated for a year and a half. On March 13, the House of Commons will vote on leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement. Most, except the most extreme partisans, think...

The important events take place in the second half of the week ahead: the ECB meeting and the US employment report.  A dovish hold by the ECB is the most likely outcome.  US jobs growth is bound to slow from the heady 304k gain in January, but there won’t be anything in it that lends credence to ideas that the world’s largest economy is on the precipice of a recession. The Brexit drama could be moving into its...

An extension of the Brexit deadline looks likely, but for what?Recent political developments in the UK and the increased focus on an extension to the current Brexit deadline in particular, have reduced the risk of a ‘no deal’ Brexit on 29 March. Prime Minster Theresa May will put her divorce deal to another Parliament vote on 12 March. While the vote will likely be much narrower than the initial vote in January, we assume that it will also be rejected.This will open the door for another vote...

Bild: Unsplash Die Hochschule Luzern hat zum vierten Mal eine Bestandsaufnahme des Schweizer FinTech-Marktes vorgenommen. Gemäss der Studie ist der schweizerische FinTech-Sektor erneut stark gewachsen und gewinnt weiter an Bedeutung. Auch dieses Jahr bestätigt sich laut der "IFZ FinTech-Studie 2019" der Hochschule Luzern, dass der FinTech-Sektor in der Schweiz gute Rahmenbedingungen geniesst. Im...

We tried a CNBC hook-up in Asia via Skype on February 25. I did not think there would be a clip, but I stumbled on it looking for something else. Click here for the roughly 2.5-minute interview done from my apartment in NYC. The discussion is on Brexit and sterling. [embedded content] Related posts: Cool Video: Clip from CNBC Squawk Box FX Daily,...

Bild: Unsplash Sorgen über die Stärke des US-Dollars, innenpolitische Unsicherheiten und den Handelskonflikt zwischen den USA und China haben laut Will Ballard von Aviva Investors die Schwellenländer 2018 erschüttert. Die Einbindung von ESG-Kriterien hilft jedoch, Risiken zu reduzieren. "Der wachsende Einfluss der Schwellenländer ist allgemein bekannt. Wenn wir die Regionen hinsichtlich ihrer...

According to legend, the person who unraveled the Gordian Knot would rule the world. No one succeeded until Alexandar the Great took his mighty sword and sliced the knot in half. A young boy saw him afterward, crying on the steps of the Temple of Apollo. “Why are you crying?” the boy asked, “you just conquered the world. “Yes'” Alexander wept, ” now there is nothing else for me to do.” Investors are not as cursed as...

Some historians give Adlai Stevenson credit for inventing the word “brinkmanship” as part of his criticism of US foreign policy under Dulles, who said that “if you are scared of going to the brink, you lost.” But surely we can agree that the tactic is as old as civilization.   The idea is you take the issue to the very edge, risking a significant confrontation, to force a deal, is the way it may seem. The Cuban Missile...

Bild: Unsplash Das Fintech-Unternehmen Loanboox, eine Geld- und Kapitalmarkt-Plattform, konnte insgesamt CHF 22 Millionen in der Series B Finanzierungsrunde einsammeln. Zu den Investoren gehören unter anderem die Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB), die LGT Gruppe und weitere Kapitalanleger aus Europa und Übersee. Die Unternehmensbewertung steigt auf CHF 122 Millionen. Mit der DKB und der LGT Gruppe...

Zürich (Bild: Unsplash) Das Fintech Descartes Finance expandiert das Geschäftsmodell weiter und schliesst mit der Bank BSU einen Zusammenarbeitsvertrag ab. Damit können die Kunden und Kundenberater der Bank ab sofort über die digitale Investmentplattform ihre Anlagengeschäfte abwickeln. Descartes Finance hat für die Bank BSU in Uster nicht nur einen Robo-Advisor sowie eine digitale...