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India Says New Tax Won’t Apply to Foreign Institutional Investors
September 3rd, 2015
Move on minimum alternate tax is aimed at calming investors’ concerns India said Tuesday that it wouldn’t go through with plans to apply a controversial tax to international portfolio investors, hoping to calm concerns about the country amid global ...
OPEC oil output in Aug falls from record on Iraq disruption – survey
September 3rd, 2015
OPEC oil output fell in August from the highest monthly level in recent history, a Reuters survey found on Wednesday, as disruptions to flows on Iraq’s northern pipeline halted supply growth from the group’s second-largest producer. Largely stable output ...
In The Month Of September 2015 We Officially Enter The Danger Zone
September 1st, 2015
Is September 2015 going to be one of the most important months in modern American history? When I issued my first ever “red alert” for the last six months of 2015 back in June, I was particularly concerned with ...
Global 100 firms expand in Europe as Hill Dickinson hires a captain
September 1st, 2015
Last week saw Global 100 firms building their presence in Europe, with White & Case bolstering its private equity (PE) practice and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton expanding its competition offering in Brussels. Meanwhile Hill Dickinson hired two partners for its ...
Oil prices drop 3 percent as investors retreat from overnight gains
September 1st, 2015
Oil prices fell nearly 3 percent in Asian trade on Tuesday, with investors covering short positions and taking profits after Brent and U.S. crude soared more than 8 percent in the previous session. Both Brent and U.S. crude prices ...
KPMG Forms Exclusive Alliance with Fintech Platform Matchi
August 31st, 2015
KPMG has issued a press release to inform that it has become the exclusive advisory alliance partner with Matchi.biz, the innovative fintech matchmaking platform that connects banks and insurance companies with financial services technology start-ups and innovations sourced from ...
City Legal Index suggests UK recovery may stall
August 31st, 2015
The Law Society City Legal Index for the first half of 2015, published in partnership with Legal Monitor every six months, has been released. The index tracks publicised business deals facilitated by the top 50 UK law firms and ...
U.K. Looks to Relax Money Laundering Rules to Help Businesses
August 31st, 2015
The U.K. government said it will look to relax anti-money laundering controls as part of a plan to save British companies 10 billion pounds ($15.4 billion) over the next five years. Britain will look at ways to make the ...
How Many Hedge Funds Will Die Next Year? (Answer: A Ton)
August 31st, 2015
For those who keep hearing about hedge funds but aren’t quite sure what they are: Think mutual fund with no rules. A hedge fund is an investment company that can do pretty much anything, from shorting currencies to betting ...
Economics of a crash
August 31st, 2015
This month has seen something that happens not very often: it appears to be the early stages of a global stock market crash. For the moment investors are in shock, seeking reassurance and keenly intent on preserving their diminishing ...
