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UBS Said to Suspend FX Traders in New York, Zurich and Singapore
March 27th, 2014
UBS AG suspended foreign-exchange traders in the U.S., Singapore and Switzerland as its investigation into the alleged rigging of currency markets widened, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. They include Onur Sert, an emerging-markets spot trader ...
Italians Join Greeks Selling Bank Stock to Once-Wary Investors
March 27th, 2014
Eight Italian banks are preparing to sell at least 8 billion euros ($11 billion) of stock to shore up their balance sheets, as nations shunned during the sovereign-debt crisis return to favor with investors. Leading the pack is Banca ...
European Stocks Fall After Two-Day Rally; H&M, RBS Drop
March 27th, 2014
European shares fell, halting a two-day rally, on concern that the crisis in Ukraine may escalate. U.S. stock-index futures and Asian shares rose. Hennes & Mauritz AB fell 2.9 percent after reporting quarterly profit that missed analysts’ estimates. Royal ...
ASIC: Melbourne man pleads guilty to $1 million fraud
March 27th, 2014
Australian Securities and Investment Commissions has issued the following announcement: Mr Carlo Cini, 56, of Altona North, Melbourne, pleaded guilty today in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to 22 offences following an ASIC investigation. The charges relate to Mr Cini’s ...
Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Coordination of Monetary and Macro-Prudential Policies
March 27th, 2014
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, sees a case to coordinate its monetary and macro-prudential policies, such as loan to value ratios, when the effects of those policies overlap, Deputy Governor Grant Spencer says in a speech today to ...
EUR/USD declines from weekly PP
March 27th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook EUR/USD remains trapped between the resistance at 1.3846/31, represented by the weekly PP and 20-day SMA, and the down-trend support line. And while most long-term technical indicators continue giving ‘buy’ signals, on the daily time-frame the outlook ...
GBP/USD probes monthly PP
March 27th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The Cable stayed on a bullish path and, as a result, rose up to one of the key resistances. At the moment it is testing supply area at 1.6620/1.6581, which consists of various studies, such as monthly ...
USD/JPY under pressure from 55-day SMA
March 27th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook USD/JPY remains unable to penetrate supply zone created by the 20 and 55-day SMAs. Yesterday the moving averages even pushed the rate below the support at 102.07/00, forcing the monthly PP to come into play and prevent ...
Airbus to supply 70 jets to China, worth more than $10bn
March 27th, 2014
European aviation giant Airbus has signed a deal to supply 70 jets, worth more than $10bn (£6bn), to China’s state-owned purchasing agency. The deal had been on hold because of a row between the EU and outside countries over ...
‘Big six’ face competition inquiry
March 27th, 2014
Regulators will investigate whether the “big six” UK energy suppliers are preventing effective competition in the UK energy market. The investigation will be by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and is expected to take 18 months. Regulators have ...
