Knight Frank has compiled a list of cities that will be particularly attractive to ultrarich in the coming years. Knight Frank's experts defined the top 5 cities that would potentially be interesting for real estate investments. They analyzed factors that will contribute to the economic growth of cities and increase the well-being of their inhabitants. In addition, the experts took into account...

International investors are rapidly reducing investment in defensive assets. The total assets of the funds investing in gold have updated a month and a half minimum, dropping below 2.24 thousand tons. Hopes for the conclusion of a trade agreement between the US and China, as well as the increased risks of a new hike in the US Federal Reserve rate, are forcing investors to reduce investments in...

According to the estimates of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), political uncertainty in the UK has had a negative impact on the country's construction sector. In the last quarter of 2018, RICS notes, almost no applications were submitted for the construction of commercial and industrial facilities, and this is the first time in the last six years. In a review of the...

Business hacker attacks indirectly promise deterioration of access to lending and increased cost of debt service. Analysts at rating agency Moody’s studied possible risks of cyber attacks for the credit ratings of companies from 35 sectors with a total debt of $ 70 trillion. “We view cyber risks as event risk that can have a significant impact on sectors and individual organizations. Data leakage...

The chief economist of the American investment bank Goldman Sachs Jan Hatzius believes that the world economy has already passed the lowest point and will only be growing in the near future. Such findings, based on an analysis of February activity indicators, are markedly different from other forecasts, which predict a further slowdown in the economy. “There are certain signs of recovery, which...

At the end of 2018, the world bond debt of companies peaked at $ 13 trillion. Given deterioration in the quality of issuers in the event of a crisis, it threatens with a large number of defaults, the OECD warns. However, the peak of placement has already been passed back in 2017. In 2018, after raising the US Federal Reserve rate and increasing the required yield on bonds, taking into account the...

On Monday, the world market prices for palladium updated the historical maximum, rising to the level of $ 1,534 per troy ounce. As a result, the value of this metal exceeded the value of gold by $ 200 per ounce. The rise in prices contributes to the shortage of metal against the backdrop of record demand from the automotive industry. On Monday, the cost of palladium updated the historical...

The demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the transportation sector will grow rapidly throughout the world largely due to the fight against climate change, German scientists predict. The global gas industry is expecting a boom largely due to the growing fight against global warming, which requires a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Until 2040, the demand for natural gas as the most...

The structural problems of the EU economy and the threat of disintegration make the prospects for the euro very vague. It's a difficult time for Europe now. There is a recession in Italy, and the country's populist government demands increased spending. In France, the movement of "yellow vests" is similar to the second, but slow version of Bastille Day. And Germany, which was once a powerful...