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Is the ECB allowed to buy sovereign bonds?
January 13th, 2015
The European Court of Justice is looking into whether the ECB’s plan to buy sovereign bonds is really within its mandate. Experts expect the central bank to start its program soon, in a bid to head off deflation. “The ...
Markets mixed as oil plunge resumes
January 13th, 2015
Markets were mixed on Monday as oil resumed its fall. US stocks fell for a second straight trading session as investor confidence was hit by further plunge in oil prices ahead of the start of the fourth-quarter earnings season. ...
Greece will need EU/IMF consent to cover funding needs via T-bills
January 12th, 2015
Greece‘s leftist opposition Syriza party will need EU/IMF approval to issue short-term debt to cover funding needs in the first quarter if it takes power after a January 25 election, the finance ministry said on Monday. Syriza, which is ...
HSBC, RBS Expected to Cut Bonuses After FX Fines
January 12th, 2015
HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc are expected to reduce bonus pools after deducting part of the fines paid for foreign-exchange manipulation, the Financial Times reported. Bonus pools at banks including Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) and Barclays Plc (BARC) were also ...
Goldman Sachs sparks outrage by paying staff highest UK bonuses
January 2nd, 2015
Goldman Sachs has paid the highest bonuses to senior staff among banks operating in the UK, sparking outrage and leading to calls the firm must return to “planet earth”. Overall, the US investment bank paid 121 London bosses and ...
ECB President Draghi says that the Eurozone Is Facing ‘A Long Period Of Weakness’
January 2nd, 2015
The eurozone faces a growing risk of unstable prices, the head of the European Central Bank said in an interview published Friday, at a time when concerns are mounting the bloc could slip into deflation. “The risk that we ...
Dollar Extends Rally on Fed View; Euro Slumps to Two-Year Low
January 2nd, 2015
The dollar extended gains against its major peers after posting its best year since at least 2005 amid speculation the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year. The euro slumped to the lowest level in more than two ...
Greek stocks tank after key vote fails
December 29th, 2014
Greek stocks plunged today after a key vote failed to result in a new president, pushing the country further towards political crisis. Greece’s blue chip index fell as much as 11 per cent weighed down by banks such as ...
Law Firms Awards
December 29th, 2014
MERGERMARKET EUROPEAN M&A AWARDS 2014 Top investment banks and law firms gathered at the Savoy Hotel in London, to recognise the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and reward innovative advisory work on some of the region’s most transformative deals ...
Vatican Bank Joins 100 Nations In FATCA Offshore Account Hunt
December 29th, 2014
In his annual Christmas messages to more than one billion Catholics, the Pope may have left out something: offshore account compliance. Maybe, but the U.S. Treasury is more than happy to fill in the blanks. Just before Christmas, the ...
