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One of the worst markets hit in the last two-weeks has been Italian banks
July 6th, 2016
While most of the post-Brexit headlines have centred on the fall in value of sterling and the surge of interest in safe havens such as gold and government bonds, one of the worst markets hit in the last two-weeks has been Italian banks. ...
Global stocks slide, bonds surge as Brexit fears resurface
July 6th, 2016
Asian share markets turned tail on Wednesday as fears over instability in the European Union returned with a vengeance, sending the pound to three-decade lows and hammering risky assets of all stripes. In frantic trading reminiscent of the fateful ...
London Stock Exchange Shareholders Approve Merger With Deutsche Börse
July 5th, 2016
London Stock Exchange shareholders on Monday voted strongly in favor of a planned $30 billion tie-up with Germany’s Deutsche Börse, but after the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union, bigger obstacles may lie ahead. As expected, shareholders controlling ...
Something Huge Is Coming From Japan
July 4th, 2016
Pretend, for a minute, that your country responds to the bursting of a credit bubble by borrowing unprecedented amounts of money and using it to prop up banks and construction companies. This doesn’t work, so you create record amounts ...
Time to Go Long the British Pound?
July 4th, 2016
Well they did it. British voters opted to leave the European Union, and in the process sent the financial markets into a tailspin. But the biggest victim here would appear to be the British pound. The night of the ...
Asian stocks recoup losses, Aussie wobbles on uncertain election
July 4th, 2016
Asian shares shrugged off early losses and edged higher on Monday, while the Australian dollar was under pressure after no clear winner emerged from a weekend election. Activity across much of the region was subdued ahead of the U.S. ...
Israel Gov’t plan to change the aim of Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
June 30th, 2016
Minister of Finance Kahlon will present a plan to reinvigorate the ailing Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by changing its aim and its ownership structure. The reform of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has picked up pace. On Sunday, Minister of Finance ...
Global banks sink in AsiaPac first-half ECM rankings; fees down 33 percent
June 30th, 2016
Global banks tumbled in league table rankings for equity capital market (ECM) deals in Asia Pacific in the first half of 2016, as share offerings outside China that they typically rely on dried up, preliminary Thomson Reuters data showed. ...
Plus500 appoints a Non-Executive Director who will chair the newly formed Risk and Compliance Committee
June 29th, 2016
Plus500 has issued a press release to announce the appointment of Mrs. Penelope Ruth Judd (née Partridge), aged 53, as Non-Executive Director of the Company and a member of the Board of Directors with effect from 28 June 2016. She will ...
Most Asia markets end higher as region weathers a global rout after Brexit vote
June 28th, 2016
Most Asian markets closed higher on Tuesday, managing to hold up better than global peers amid a rout that wiped out as much as $3 trillion of market capitalization, according to data from S&P Global, in the wake of the ...
