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‘Perfect Storm’ of events dampens optimism among financial services firms – CBI/PwC
March 29th, 2016
Optimism among firms in the financial services sector has fallen at the fastest rate since 2011, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey. The quarterly survey of 104 financial services firms found that respondents in banking and investment ...
Will London Stock Exchange Merge With Deutsche Börse? Criticism Over Potential Deal Heats Up In UK, Germany
March 29th, 2016
Criticism of the potential sale of the London Stock Exchange Group to its German rival Deutsche Börse is heating up in both countries. Shareholders, industry veterans and politicians are split over the merger outlined this month, which would create one of the world’s largest ...
Asian shares slump as Yellen speech awaited
March 29th, 2016
Asian shares struggled to find their footing on Tuesday and the dollar clawed back ground lost after downbeat U.S. economic data contributed to an uninspiring session on Wall Street. European equities were expected to open around 0.5 percent higher ...
Round tables held by ACCA and Grant Thornton: Audit needs to respond more quickly to change
March 28th, 2016
Round tables point to concerns over Audit in developed countries A series of round tables held by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Grant Thornton in seven countries across the world has revealed a series of highly diverse opinions ...
FSMA warns the public against the activities of supposed law firms
March 24th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued a press release to warn the public against the activities of the supposed law firms Cole & Rushton LLC and Ernst & Taylor LLP, which are offering to help victims ...
LME deploys Shield repository to support Belt and Road initiative
March 23rd, 2016
The London Metal Exchange (LME) today announces a strategic alliance with Henry Bath & Son Ltd, CMST Development Co Ltd and Mercuria Energy Trading to list warehouses for the LME’s new LMEshield repository in regions along China’s ‘The Belt ...
Asia mixed in quiet trading session, with Nikkei up 1.9%
March 22nd, 2016
Asia markets were mixed in a quiet session on Tuesday, with a weaker yen buoying Japanese stocks while Chinese stocks gave up some of their Monday gains. Japan’s Nikkei 225, which reopened after a public holiday Monday, closed up 323.74 ...
HSBC: These are the 12 questions clients are asking about commodities
March 21st, 2016
Commodities have had a rough ride for past 12 months, hit by falling demand from China as its economy slows. The plunge in prices has hit miners and traders, such as Glencore, as well as entire economies, like Venezuela, ...
The ECB and John Law
March 21st, 2016
Last week, the ECB extended its monetary madness, pushing deposit rates further into negative figures. It is extending quantitative easing from sovereign debt into non-financial investment grade bonds, while increasing the pace of acquisition to €80bn per month. The ...
Chinese Brokerages Rally on Revived Support for Margin Trading
March 21st, 2016
State finance agency to resume offering shorter-dated loans Everbright Securities among firms that jumped by daily limit Chinese brokerages rallied after policy makers loosened controls on margin lending, which helped fuel last year’s stock-market boom. Everbright Securities Co. was ...
