Online Retail Sales Growth Shows Lockdown 2.0 killed the High Street’s Revival, Says ParcelHero

Irving H. Picard, Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS), has filed a motion in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking approval of a recovery agreement with Senator Fund SPC, a Cayman Islands incorporated investment fund invested exclusively with BLMIS.

The current weakness in Latin American currencies versus the U.S. dollar is placing pressure on infrastructure projects in Latin America that have direct or indirect foreign exchange exposure according to Fitch Ratings.

Gold prices continue to rally this month as the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 continues. The precious metal closed at a little above $2,000 (£1523.05) on August 5th - a record high in the history of gold. Its earlier record peak was in 2011, a few years into the global financial crisis, when investors pushed the price of gold past the $1,900 (£1446.90) threshold.

Predicting the ebb and flow of the global financial markets can often be likened to gazing into a crystal ball. This outlook becomes even more opaque when climate change impacts are thrown into the mix. One possible future, however, is that the climate transition’s reshaping of the global economy may trigger a global financial crisis.

Over £20 billion of high net worth individuals’ investable wealth could be passed on to their loved ones every year, but as many as 80% of wealth manager’s don’t have an existing relationship with these beneficiaries. Digitisation is key to addressing this challenge.

Arbitrage Search is a boutique search firm focusing on recruitment for macro hedge funds. Based in the West End of London the company have been in business for six years to date. The company’s director Chris Apostolou shares his thoughts on the issues involved with Macro Trading.

A recent report by security firm Egress has highlighted the increasing role that quishing is playing in phishing attacks.

More than half of over-55s currently in the workforce are happy to work past the default retirement age of 65, according to new research* from MetLife.

Asia and Australia will lead the way in beginning to shape the response of global currency markets to the Leave/Remain decision come Friday. “This is because they will be open when the polls close and when the Leave/Remain decision is finally made public,” says Greg Secker, the millionaire Currency Trader and Founder of Learn to Trade, one of the world’s leading trader training companies.

Harvey Law Group (HLG) is an International law firm founded in 1992 in Montreal. For over twenty- four years, HLG has built a solid reputation in both investment immigration and business law, becoming a leading multi-national law firm with a worldwide presence. We spoke to Bastien Trelcat, Managing Partner of HLG-Thailand and South East Asia, to get his unique insight into the currently thriving region of Vietnam.