The UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has just published the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2009: Trade-Led Recovery and Beyond. The study provides an in-depth analysis of recent trends and developments in trade and investment in the region just prior to and during the current crisis and seeks to explore issues [...]
UNCTAD, WTO and OECD have just launched a Report on G-20 Trade and Investment Measures in response to the G20 leaders’ request made at their last summit in London on April 2, 2009. The study observes that during the period under review there was no widespread resort to trade or investment restrictions as a reaction [...]
This just-released McKinsey Report reviews the performance of the so-called “new power brokers”. The global financial crisis and recession altered the paths of four influential groups of investors: oil exporters, Asian sovereign investors, hedge funds, and private equity. While Asian sovereigns and petrodollar investors emerged more influential than ever, hedge funds and private equity saw [...]
Wine investment houses have, in the past 6-9 months, offered investors the flexibility of choice and an opportunity to take cover in the tax-free asset class of Bordeaux wines during a period when traditional investment products have failed to perform.
As the economic crisis worsens, many investors are seeking out alternative methods of spreading their portfolio [...]
