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Interactive Data Launches Best Execution Service for Fixed Income Transactions
September 1st, 2015
Continuous Fixed Income Evaluated Pricing Powers Execution Quality Measurement for Bond Trades Interactive Data, a leading, trusted provider of fixed-income evaluated pricing, today announced the launch of its patent-pending Best Execution (Best Ex) service for the fixed income markets. ...
Cooperation holds the key to oil’s future
September 1st, 2015
OPEC Bulletin Commentary July-August 2015 International crude oil prices in July suffered their largest monthly decline since Lehman Brothers collapsed in the United States in 2008, marking the onset of the global financial crisis. Today’s continuing pressure on prices, brought ...
Is the EU losing the Western Balkans? What local experts think
August 31st, 2015
No business as usual in the Western Balkans The Western Balkans remain Europe’s unfinished business, not only for the continuing stalemate in Bosnia or tensions in Macedonia and Northern Kosovo, but also because broader geopolitical developments shaping the EU’s ...
Qatari trade surplus falls in July due to oil and gas price volatility
August 31st, 2015
Qatar’s trade surplus fell last month, largely because of tumbling oil and gas prices. It dipped 1.4 per cent from June to 14.3 billion Qatari riyals (Dh14.4bn) and plunged 55.6 per cent from July last year, according to a government report ...
Latest update on LQD Markets (UK) in Administration
August 31st, 2015
Baker Tilly Restructuring and recovery LLP, Special Administrators’ of LQD Markets (UK) Limited, has issued a press release to inform creditors in relation with the progress made for the period 02 February 2015 to 01 August 2015. Progress’ Report ...
Japan reports inflation, household spending soften in July
August 28th, 2015
The backdrop to the wild drama in financial markets over the past few weeks is a less dramatic but more daunting reality: the deep-seated challenges for sustaining long-term growth, especially for aging economies like Japan’s. Japan released data Friday ...
BlackRock to Acquire FutureAdvisor
August 27th, 2015
Combining high-quality B2B technology-enabled advice capabilities and world-class investment and risk management solutions BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FutureAdvisor, a leader in digital wealth management. FutureAdvisor will operate as a business within BlackRock Solutions (BRS), ...
Why Saudi Arabia Won’t Cut Oil Production
August 27th, 2015
Nine months after OPEC decided to leave its production target unchanged and pursue market share instead of trying to prop up prices, the group is facing a set of complex problems and decisions going forward. At first blush, the ...
ECB’s economist says bank will act to combat China, oil impact on inflation target
August 26th, 2015
The risk has increased that the European Central Bank won’t get inflation back up to where it wants, the bank’s chief economist said on Wednesday, pledging to beef up its anti-deflation asset-buying programme if necessary. Peter Praet, who is ...
Mideast Stocks Fall as Saudi Arabia Mulls Budget Cut on Oil Drop
August 26th, 2015
Dubai’s benchmark gauge is biggest decliner in region Brent crude has dropped almost 60 percent in 12 months Most Middle Eastern stock markets declined amid mounting concern the region’s largest economy will cut spending after oil prices slumped to the ...