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Hong Kong Continues To Attract Record FDI
January 9th, 2015
Invest Hong Kong, the territory’s inward investment agency, has announced that it assisted a record number of businesses to establish operations in 2014. InvestHK’s Director-General of Investment Promotion, Simon Galpin, said: “2014 was another record year for InvestHK in ...
How OPEC Weaponized the Price of Oil Against U.S. Drillers
January 9th, 2015
If there ever was doubt about the strategy of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, its wealthiest members are putting that issue to rest. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait stressed a dozen times in ...
Asia stocks gain on hopes for solid U.S. job report, euro probes new lows
January 9th, 2015
Asian stocks rose on Friday on upbeat expectations for the closely-watched U.S. jobs data, while the euro continued to flirt with fresh nine-year lows against the dollar. But spreadbetters expected the rebound in equities to peter out in Europe ...
Trader doubles down on bearish oil bet
January 9th, 2015
One trader who has already made big money on the decline in oil services stocks is doubling down and betting big on further downside for the sector. On an active day for options on the Market Vectors Oil Services ...
Standard Chartered PLC today announced the closure of its institutional cash equities, equity research and equity capital markets “ECM” activities
January 8th, 2015
Standard Chartered PLC (“The Group”) continues to exit or reconfigure non-core and underperforming businesses This decision is in addition to a number of actions being taken to deliver at least US$400m of cost saves targeted for 2015, as communicated ...
Alternative Investment Manager has selected Thomson Reuters KYC Managed Service
January 8th, 2015
Thomson Reuters will work with Man Group to accelerate & streamline the KYC process Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that Man Group plc (“Man”), one of the world’s largest ...
Markets advance as oil rebounds
January 8th, 2015
Markets rebounded and oil rose on Wednesday. US stocks recorded solid gains, with the S&P 500 index snapping a five-day losing streak and recording its first gain in 2015. Investor optimism was boosted as oil markets stabilized and better ...
Woman swindles investors out of SR500 million
January 8th, 2015
A young Saudi woman has fled the Kingdom accompanied by her husband with SR500 million in fake investments obtained from unsuspecting citizens, a local daily reported. In Jeddah, Al-Salama police received complaints from 25 citizens who reported that they ...
Credit Suisse says Milan offices searched by Italian tax police
January 8th, 2015
Credit Suisse said on Thursday its offices in Milan were searched by Italian tax police last month, following reports of an investigation into whether a Bermuda subsidiary of the Swiss bank helped wealthy Italians hide undeclared funds. “We can ...
Euro hovers near 9-yr lows, undermined by ECB QE bets
January 8th, 2015
The euro extended losses into a sixth straight day to trade near a nine-year low on Thursday, as investors bet the European Central Bank was getting closer to adopting quantitative easing to ward off deflation. A slump in German ...
