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Hong Kong Asset Management Reaches Another Record Level
July 23rd, 2015
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released its annual survey, which showed the combined fund management business in Hong Kong sustaining another year-on-year increase to reach a record high at the end of 2014 of almost HKD17.7 trillion ...
Asian shares slip on weak data, dollar strong
July 23rd, 2015
Asian shares edged lower on Thursday as mixed regional data and overnight declines on Wall Street prompted investors to take profits, while the dollar held steady as expectations for a rise in U.S. interest rates were strengthened by buoyant ...
Does A Commodities Crash Mean Global Depression, Mass-Devaluation Or Both?
July 22nd, 2015
First, precious metals peaked and began drifting lower. Then copper fell, oil plunged and it became obvious that these weren’t isolated events. The entire commodities complex — that is, all the physical inputs a modern economy uses to power, ...
‘Brexit’ fears haunt London’s roaring trade in euros
July 22nd, 2015
If there is a symbol of British ambivalence to Europe then it may be the euro itself. The capital of euro trading prospers outside the euro zone, but London’s dominance of the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market could wane if ...
Singapore fintech startup ApexPeak acquires Netherlands-based Asyx
July 22nd, 2015
Asyx gets long-term financial backing to support expansion ApexPeak gains state-of-the-art financial services platform Singapore-headquartered fintech (financial services technology) startup ApexPeak said it has acquired Netherlands-based supply chain finance and collaboration solutions provider Asyx. Acquisition terms were not disclosed. ApexPeak, founded ...
Asia Stocks Drop With Nasdaq Futures on Apple; Commodities Slide
July 22nd, 2015
Asian stocks retreated with Nasdaq 100 Index futures as Apple Inc. tumbled in after-hours trade and the dollar held losses. Oil and gold resumed declines as a gauge of commodities dropped back to a 13-year low. The MSCI Asia ...
JPMorgan $12.5 Billion Short in Fed Systemic-Risk Charges
July 21st, 2015
JPMorgan Chase & Co. still has a shortfall of as much as $12.5 billion in meeting capital rules approved by the Federal Reserve on Monday. The Fed assigned capital charges totaling more than $200 billion for eight of the ...
Investors Flee Commodities
July 21st, 2015
The prices of raw materials from oil and gold to copper, cotton and sugar tumbled, underscoring an increasing aversion to commodity investments as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. ...
Investors turn to absolute return as volatility spikes
July 21st, 2015
Choppy markets have meant a surge in interest for defensive funds VOLATILITY in bond and equity markets has picked up lately, and risks seem to be cropping up in every part of the globe. Now investors are turning to ...
FSMA Belgium published list of investement firms operating unlawfully in Belgium
July 20th, 2015
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issues a press release to warn the public against the activities of various providers of/intermediaries in binary options and forex products, as well as against the activities of various so-called “boiler ...
