CONTENTS


4-5 George Eddell


20-21


Feeding the world in 2050 Headline forecasts from the UN’s ‘The future of food and agriculture’ forecast global population of just under 10 billion people and a 50 percent growth in agricultural demand to boot.


6-7 Andy Ash


MIFFED At school I was a master of precis. I would take a large piece of work- The Encyclopaedia Britannica was a good place to start- re-jig it, condense it and present it. I was renowned for dull but accurate essays.


8-11 Marc Ostwald Brexit: “Time is of the essence, visibility


Alan Bush Will Tax Reform Delays Derail this Stock Index


Futures Bull Market? Since the recession lows were made in March 2009, there have been a multitude of U.S. and overseas “risk- off” events that, at the time, caused many analysts and traders to warn of the disastrous effects they would have on global stock markets and on the world economy.


22-23 Susan Kilsby Brexit and the dairy industry


– disaster or opportunity? No matter whether you are of the “glass half full” or “glass half empty” mentality, everyone agrees that Brexit is currently causing uncertainty for the dairy industry.


is low” - Due to publication timelines, please note that this article was written before the UK Budget, and assumes that the Budget will not contain any items that are material to the Brexit negotiations -


12-13


Chad Thomson Between a Rock and Hard


24-25 Selwyn Figueras Cryptocurrencies and the mainstream – bridging the gap to mass market adoption


Place – Brexit Gibraltar The impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU, despite Gibraltar’s overwhelming vote in favour to remain has sent shock waves around this territory.


14-15 Howard Jenkins


Tweeting up a storm! Virtually all living creatures communicate in some form or other. The basic methods of sound, movement and colour has been expanded by humans who have added language and, therefore, the written word.


16-17 Eddie Tofpik Virtual heists and Ponzi schemes! Bitcoin/ Blockchain is NOT the


18-19 Steve Freed USDA November Crop


Defining the intangible, balancing innovation with the application of ‘good old’ regulation, and managing crypto’s emergence into the mainstream of financial services beyond its statistical systematic significance.


26-27 Adrian Hogg AIFMD,an alternative to MiFID II


28-29 David Hightower /Steve Freed China’s One Belt One


Road Initiative While the One Belt One Road (OBOR) policy initiative in China came into existence over four years ago, it was given fresh life in the most recent party meeting and by the most recent five-year plan.


cutting edge! No protection… your assets and cash stolen within an hour!


30-31 David Hightower Natural Gas – Laying the Groundwork for a Bottom


32-37


Report and Beyond In 2017, U.S. farmers produced a corn crop near 14,578 million bushels versus 15,148 last year.


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Maleeha Bengali “New World Order – Should Fundamentals Matter?”


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