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Report Date 30 Jun 2015 Cause and FX: the key judgements in the UK Fair and Effective Markets Review The UK Fair and Effective Markets Review (FEMR) was conducted jointly by the Bank of England, the UK FCA Conduct Regulator and the UK Treasury and released its recommendations on... Read more
Report Date 23 Jun 2015 Brexit: the impact on the UK and the EU This report examines the impact Brexit would have not only on the UK, but also on other countries in the EU. The key findings of the report are: Deep trading... Read more
Report Date 8 May 2015 Europe’s capacity for Energy Union The UK election campaign may have been boring, but it has revealed quite a bit about the current state of British politics and the prospects for the next government regardless... Read more
Report Date 8 May 2015 Private equity in Africa: context, opportunities, and risks In many ways private equity - with its combination of capital and management expertise - is a perfect fit for Africa. As the scale of Africa’s potential has become recognised... Read more
Report Date 6 May 2015 UK Election Takeaways The UK election campaign may have been boring, but it has revealed quite a bit about the current state of British politics and the prospects for the next government regardless... Read more
Report Date 21 Apr 2015 Why the SNP will win whatever happens on 7 May The Scottish National Party looks set to return a large, visible and potentially powerful group of MPs after the British general election on 7 May which promises to be the... Read more
Report Date 15 Apr 2015 Why Iran may need to open quickly if Iran is to open up at all The political framework agreed by Iran and the P5+1 on 2 April is a major milestone towards a comprehensive nuclear deal that could stop a military conflict in the Middle... Read more
Report Date 2 Apr 2015 Spain: four party politics At the end of 2015 the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy will face re-election. Andalusia’s regional elections last week provided further evidence that this will not be a two, but... Read more
Report Date 25 Mar 2015 The AIIB: Political influence and infrastructure policy The decision by the UK to participate in the founding of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) provoked an intemperate response from Washington, which it as a challenge to the... Read more
Report Date 11 Mar 2015 India Budget 2015: the long election campaign At its heart, the February Indian budget was a calculation that a renewed pace of growth buys the Modi government time to get its political house in order to deliver... Read more
Report Date 4 Mar 2015 Jokowi: the second hundred days The inauguration of Joko Widodo as President of Indonesia in October 2014 was a landmark event in Indonesian politics. The subsequent hundred days have fulfilled some of the huge expectations... Read more
Report Date 4 Mar 2015 Ukraine’s embattled reformers One year on from the downfall of Viktor Yanukovich, Ukraine remains in a state of chronic crisis. The mood in Kiev is bleak, however the last twelve months have seen... Read more
Report Date 3 Feb 2015 Brit Risk 2015: Britain’s uncertain election The outcome of the UK's May 2015 election is uncertain. It is the most open and unpredictable British national election for a generation This election may well lead to the... Read more
Report Date 21 Jan 2015 An Uber problem with Chinese characteristics: Beijing and the market for taxis Strikes by taxi drivers against disruptive taxi apps such as Uber have become a common occurrence around the world in recent months, including last week across a number of major... Read more
Report Date 22 Dec 2014 Coalition without consensus: Germany in 2015 For almost exactly one year the German Grand Coalition government has preserved Angela Merkel in power and handed the centre-left SPD exceptional influence over energy and microeconomic policy. The trade-offs... Read more
Report Date 15 Dec 2014 Spanish politics in 2015: uncharted waters Three years ago, the Spanish two-party political system looked comparatively stable. Now, and with three major electoral contests scheduled in the Spanish calendar for 2015, everything looks very different. At... Read more
Report Date 1 Dec 2014 Stockholm syndrome: Europe’s new Northern Radicals After only two months in office, the Social Democrats’ precarious minority government in Sweden is already facing a crisis over their first budget. The government is likely to prevail, but... Read more
Report Date 13 Nov 2014 Trade, regulation and TTIP’s political troubles The issue of Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) has surfaced in the EU as a focus of political opposition to a possible TTIP trade and investment deal with the United... Read more