Germany’s Finance Minister Calls on Lawmakers to Back Greek Bailout Extension
February 27th, 2015
Wolfgang Schäuble spoke to German lawmakers ahead of a parliamentary vote Germany’s finance minister called on lawmakers to back a four-month extension of Greece’s bailout, arguing that voting against the bill would cause Germany’s future “great damage.” “Greece needs much ...
FMA warns public to be wary of misleading advertising promoting “risk-free, money-back investments”
February 27th, 2015
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is warning people to beware of a company offering a risk-free, high-return investment programme. The company trades as Eco Investments Group and the FMA warns anyone dealing with them to exercise extreme caution before obtaining any ...
Events – Conferences – Seminars
February 26th, 2015
Stay updated with coming Live Events, Conferences and Seminars for Forex Market, Accounting, Legal Banking and in general on Business, Finance and Investments
Apple Throws a Wrench Into Nasdaq’s Gearbox
February 26th, 2015
Shares of tech company slump, helping to end a 10-day winning streak for the index The Nasdaq Composite Index’s longest winning streak in more than five years ended with a whimper at the hands of a surprising culprit: a pullback in ...
CySec and Central Bank of the Russian Federation signed today an updated “MoU”
February 25th, 2015
CySec has issued a press release informing that: The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) signed today an updated Memorandum of Understanding (‘MoU’) with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (‘Bank of Russia’), following the transfer of the functions of ...
IG Group introduces stocks and shares ISA
February 25th, 2015
As the end of the tax year approaches, IG Group introduces its stocks and shares ISA. Available on IG’s stockbroking platform, launched in September 2014, the IG stocks and shares ISA enables investors to competitively invest in a tax ...
Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis: We didn’t u-turn on reforms (Video)
February 25th, 2015
Greece’s latest deal with its fellow euro zone countries to secure an extension of its bailout program doesn’t mean the country’s new government has bowed to pressure, the country’s finance minister told CNBC. “We didn’t get elected in order ...
Yellen Signals Fed’s Patience With Zero Interest Rate Has Limits
February 25th, 2015
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled that the central bank’s patience with holding interest rates near zero has its limits as she began laying the groundwork for a possible increase in borrowing costs later this year. While she made ...
The Monetary Committee reduces the interest rate for March 2015 by 0.15 percentage points to 0.1 percent
February 24th, 2015
The main considerations behind the decision The decision to reduce the interest rate for March 2015 by 0.15 percentage points, to 0.10 percent is consistent with the Bank of Israel’s monetary policy, which is intended to return the inflation ...
International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (Part A)
February 24th, 2015
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place does. It has been accepted that this problem requires both ...
