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Schäuble on his meeting with Varoufakis: We agreed to disagree
February 5th, 2015
February 5, Thursday – Statements of the two Finance Ministers after the conclusion of their meeting. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’ crucial meeting with his German counterpart Wolfgang Schäuble in Berlin begun at around 12.30 (Athens time) and lasted for ...
It Is About To Get Ugly: Oil Is Crashing And So Is Greece
February 5th, 2015
The price of oil collapsed by more than 8 percent on Wednesday, and a decision by the European Central Bank has Greece at the precipice of a complete and total financial meltdown. What a difference 24 hours can make. ...
Euronext announces monthly trading volumes for January 2015
February 5th, 2015
Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris – 4 February 2015 Euronext, the leading exchange in the Eurozone, today announced trading volumes for January 2015. The January 2015 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at ...
Markets mixed as oil plunge resumes
February 5th, 2015
US stocks pulled back on Wednesday on the backdrop of resumed slide in oil prices and news that European Central Bank will no longer accept Greek bonds as collateral. Energy, utilities and health-care stocks led the losses, with six ...
UBS Faces a New Tax-Evasion Probe
February 5th, 2015
Authorities Investigate Whether Swiss Bank’s Clients Used ‘Bearer Securities’ to Hide Cash Federal prosecutors have launched a new probe into whether Swiss bank UBS AG helped Americans evade taxes through investments largely banned in the U.S., according to people familiar with ...
Yanis Varoufakis expresses surprise at free market endorsement
February 5th, 2015
Here’s why Adam Smith Institute agrees with Syriza The world’s most interesting finance minister has expressed his surprise at being backed one of Britain’s leading free-market think-tanks. Yanis Varoufakis, the man appointed by Greece’s radical left wing party Syriza ...
Asia stocks, euro hit as ECB takes hard line on Greek debt
February 5th, 2015
Asian stocks were mostly lower and the euro slipped on Thursday after the European Central Bank said it would not accept Greek bonds as collateral – a robust early response to Athens’s efforts to renegotiate bailout terms with creditors. ...
Merkel Says Greek Diplomatic Offensive Is Failing
February 5th, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that a diplomatic offensive by newly elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to ease his nation’s bailout-aid requirements is failing to win over converts. “I don’t think that the positions of the member states ...
Greek Finance Ministry says ECB decision aimed at Eurogroup
February 5th, 2015
The Greek Finance Ministry interpreted a European Central Bank decision to stop accepting Greek government bonds as collateral from local lenders as a moved aimed at pushing Athens and its eurozone partners towards a new debt deal. “By taking ...
MFSA: Circular to the financial services industry on the issue of the PRIIPS Regulation
February 4th, 2015
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) would like to draw the attention of the financial services industry to the publication of Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the 26 November 2014 on key information ...
