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The fiscal benefits of free trade
August 18th, 2017
The fiscal benefits of free trade Western governments have an overriding problem, and that is they have reached or exceeded the bounds of taxation, at a time when legally mandated welfare costs are accelerating. Treasury departments in all ...
Australian FinTech Launches Australia’s Only Dedicated FinTech Jobs Platform
August 16th, 2017
The team behind the highly successful Australian FinTech website have soft-launched their FinTech employment marketplace platform, Australian FinTech Jobs. Founder and CEO, Cameron Dart, says AustralianFinTechJobs.com.au has been born on the back of the highly successful Australian FinTech website ...
Safe-haven currencies rise as North Korea tensions brew
August 10th, 2017
Traditional safe-haven currencies including the Swiss franc and Japanese yen rose on Wednesday, boosted by worries about increased tensions between the United States and North Korea. The greenback slipped 0.83 percent to a near two-week low against the Swiss ...
Proposed Binary Options Law Implementation in Israel Postponed to Early 2018
July 31st, 2017
As it now stands, the passed bill considers all activities connected to binary options trading to be a criminal offense and can be punishable with up to two years in prison. It seems that the new binary options law ...
Oil prices stable as strong demand meets ongoing supply glut
July 18th, 2017
Oil prices were stable on Tuesday, supported by strong consumption but weighed by ongoing high supplies from producer club OPEC and also the United States. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $48.55 per barrel ...
The logic of a modern gold standard
July 14th, 2017
The logic of a modern gold standard In last week’s Insight, I analysed the current geopolitical situation and concluded that it was now in the interest of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to break from the US dollar completely, ...
Swiss bank becomes first to offer bitcoin to its richest clients
July 14th, 2017
A Swiss bank is now offering to buy bitcoins for its clients. As of Wednesday, investors can ask their asset manager at Falcon Private Bank, a boutique investment firm headquartered in Zurich, to purchase and store bitcoin on their ...
Cryptocurrencies Down 23% for July. Is This the Bottom?
July 13th, 2017
The great digital currency bull run of 2017 came to a screeching halt in early June. Shortly after hitting all-time highs—bitcoin broke $3,000 and Ethereum nudged $400—the party ended, and cryptocurrencies of all stripes plunged. Now, almost two weeks ...
Why free trade and open markets in financial services matter; Andrew Bailey, FCA Chief Executive
July 11th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has released a speech by Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the FCA, at Reuters Newsmaker event. According the release: Note: this ...
The dollar extended its losses
June 30th, 2017
Dollar despairs on hawkish central banks, Asia stocks join global slump The dollar extended its losses on Friday as major central banks signalled that the era of cheap money was coming to an end in a boon to sterling, ...
