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The Economist: Finance and economics articles summarised (19 May 2019)

Private Equity Abraaj Group was a well known emerging markets buy-out firm based in Dubai, with over 30 funds across Africa, Asia, etc. At the end of 2017 investigators were hired to track missing money. Executives have been arrested and it’s doubtful much of the $1.2bn owed to creditors will be recovered. This has had…

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Irrelevant

So cross-party Brexit talks have broken down, Boris Johnson is “going to go for it” (Tory leadership obvs), both major parties are losing the majority of their voters at the European Parliament elections, and the Brexit Party (in light blue) are expected to take all of UKIP’s 24 MEP seats plus 9 more:

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Binary

Who will win the US/China trade war? Will winning politically mean losing economically? What kind of Brexit will we end up with? Hard, Soft or none at all? Will we have a Corbyn PM before any of those even happen? When will the next recession hit and when will the Fed cut rates? All good…

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We need to talk about Volatility

May Day May Day! Markets have been wobbling. In May of this year as in May of last. Back then, it was the UK and US bank holiday at the end of the month which provided illiquidity amidst the creation of the new anti-establishment Italian government which led to market turbulence. Remember ‘Italian Bonds Suffer…

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