According to a forecast of the United Nations, more than 68% of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2050, and smart technology can help to tackle the challenges emerging from this trend of rapid urbanization...

Progress in trade talks between the U.S. and China and in Brexit negotiations knocked down safe assets last week. Bond yields rose in most developed countries and gold prices fell, as the stance on both thorny issues reversed and turned positive.

GAM Investments' Tim Love reflects on the performance of his frontier market plays, Vietnam, Argentina, Romania, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia (VARPS) so far this year and discusses the investment opportunities and risks associated with these economies.

Nomura, Asia's global investment bank, today announced a working partnership with Marco Patuano, who will act as a Senior Advisor. Based in Milan, Mr. Patuano will provide market advice across Nomura's European investment banking business with a focus on Italy.

Solactive announces the launch of the Solactive ARC ESG Big Data Europe Index, which was developed with ARC Responsible Investment earlier this year, and is designed to track the performance of European stocks with a high consensus Environmental, Governance, and Social (ESG) Score, based on data provided by OWL Analytics and Investment Research.