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Aussie near 3-week highs, kiwi steady after OPEC deal
September 29th, 2016
The Australian slid lower against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday, after hitting a three-week high earlier in the session, while the New Zealand dollar held steady following news an production cap deal was struck by major oil producers. AUD/USD fell ...
Saudi riyal falls in forwards mkt after U.S. Congress vote
September 29th, 2016
The Saudi riyal fell moderately against the U.S. dollar in the forwards market on Thursday after the U.S. Congress voted to allow relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. The Senate and House of ...
Asia markets rally after oil prices surge on OPEC production cut deal
September 29th, 2016
The overnight rally in oil prices amid reports that oil producers finally agreed to cut production levels sent Asia markets higher on Thursday. Australia’s ASX 200 was up 1 percent in afternoon trade, with the energy sector rallying 6.54 percent, while ...
CFTC Expands Interest Rate Swap Clearing Requirement
September 29th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today expanded the existing clearing requirement for interest rate swaps. The Commission voted unanimously to approve an amendment to Commission regulation 50.4(a) that establishes a new clearing requirement determination. The new clearing ...
What Blows Up First, Part 3: Really, Deutsche Bank?
September 28th, 2016
Calling Wall Street’s banks stupid and dangerous is like calling the sun “big and warm.” It’s a clear understatement of an obvious fact. The same goes for calling Japan and China economically clueless. Their actions pretty much guarantee that ...
Oil prices slip on profit-taking as investors await U.S. stockpile data
September 27th, 2016
Crude futures slipped in Asian trade on Tuesday as investors took profits after prices climbed more than 3 percent in the previous session. The dollar was also weighing on oil prices after rising against a basket of currencies, suggesting ...
Deutsche Bank Shares Drop on Fears of Capital Raising
September 27th, 2016
Intensifying concerns about Deutsche Bank AG’s financial health caused its shares to drop Monday and pushed the company into the awkward position of publicly denying that it had sought help from the German government. Shares of Deutsche Bank, one of the ...
Japan banks target fintech start-ups after law change
September 26th, 2016
Change to 5% ownership cap part of national effort to push financial technology Japan’s biggest banks are looking to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into fintech start-ups after the abolition of a law that prevented them from owning more than ...
Asia Stocks Fall as Oil Rebounds Before Output Talks; Lira Sinks
September 26th, 2016
Turkey’s lira extends slide after Moody’s cut rating to junk Crude rebounds ahead of OPEC talks aimed at limiting output Asian stocks dropped by the most in two weeks and futures foreshadowed losses in European and U.S. equities as ...
Japan issues fresh warning against excessive yen rises
September 23rd, 2016
Japanese authorities are ready to act against excessive yen rises, the government’s top spokesman said on Friday, issuing a fresh warning to markets against recent yen gains that could hurt the country’s export-reliant economy. The dollar fell to a ...
