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OUR RESEARCH

Crude oil prices: at a rebound?
When Russia, the biggest crude oil producer outside the OPEC cartel, announced last week plans to cut output, the market price of crude...


Deutsche Bank will live to see a new day, but a darker one
Deutsche Bank’s decline in profitability culminating with a gargantuan 2015 loss and a US Department of Justice fine of $14 billion...

Switzerland: a way out for Britain?
Since Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union on 23 June, world media outlets and analysts have been speculating how and what...


Will China's VAT reforms add value?
China's tax reforms, namely the full-scale implementation of Value-Added Tax and the introduction of a new cross-border E-Commerce Tax,...

SOE reform in China
The role of China in today’s global economy cannot be understated. While the rest of the world was hit hard by the global financial...


Money Falling From the Sky: A Utopia?
Since 2014 the European Central Bank has launched a series of unconventional monetary policies aimed at stimulating its stagnant economy...


Goldman Sachs - Follow the Money
After 150 years of existence in the investment-banking field, the Wall Street titan is opening up its operations to the public by...


The Great Crisis: Behind the Scenes
The economic crisis exploded in 2008 had disastrous effects on the world’s economy, forcing governments to undertake massive...


Offshore Financial Centers: A Necessary Evil?
Benjamin Franklin once noted that ‘nothing in this world is certain except death and taxes’. For rich and well-advised individuals and...


Will Shadow Banking remain in the shadows?
As banks reduce their lending in response to new banking regulations, ‘shadow banks’ are taking on a growing share of their business....
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