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As Highlighted by Natixis, after Brexit, the Italian referendum and the Austrian presidential elections, political uncertainty has reached new heights in Europe. Brexit in particular led to high volatility in money markets which may have curbed growth. Despite the...

1. EDITORIALThe political landscape has changed in the last weeks. The political scenarios started changing across the Atlantic Ocean with the unexpected election of Donald Trump in the United States. Elections that following the polls should had been finished in the...

INTROMalta has positioned itself as a strong, reliable and flexible jurisdiction attracting EU-regulated financial services businesses. Malta’s entry in the EU and the adoption of the Euro were the key catalysts that have strengthened Malta’s financial services...

1. EDITORIALFinally, the time has come. We have been waiting all the year for the US elections to come and finally here they are. The final clash between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take place next Tuesday 8th November. The election’s results will have some...

Framont & Partners Management Ltd suggests you read this interesting article published today by Finance Malta. During these last months, the local financial industry has been characterised by some crucial improvements relating to the Malta Fund Industry and the...

1. EDITORIALAs we described in the last number of this newsletter market volatility is to be watched out actually as the catalyst of the last part of the year are fast approaching.The catalysts for the global markets will be the US presidential Elections (8th...

1. EDITORIALMarket volatility during summer periods tends to be very low and this year has been no exception.US economy is keeping contrasting bells on economic data, some good some bad, such as the weak August payroll number had been flagged by weak industrial...

1. EDITORIALThe whole world, not only the financial one, has seen what happened after a referendum held in one of the major economies of the world. Britain’s unexpected decision to leave the EU triggered a market panic on Friday 24th and Monday 27th as assets...

1. EDITORIALThe European Central Bank didn’t shy away from the region’s riskier securities when it began buying corporate bonds on last Wednesday, 8th June.The Central Banker is showing he’s planning to make the biggest impact possible on the first day of corporate...