China Shares Hit New Low Since Depth of Selloff
August 21st, 2015
Early gauge of China’s factory activity falls to multiyear low China’s stock market set a new low since the depths of the summer selloff that wiped out roughly a third of its value, despite massive intervention from Beijing. The ...
Asian stocks hit three-week lows as China gloom spreads
July 28th, 2015
Asian stocks fell to three-week lows on Tuesday as a deepening rout in Chinese stocks erased risk appetite – sending investors flocking to safe-haven instruments such as government bonds and the Japanese yen. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ...
Eurozone shares show biggest decline as investors surge towards safe haven assets
July 21st, 2015
Eurozone shares sees largest annual decline in sentiment since the start of the survey Gold and UK government bonds are the only asset classes to enjoy a monthly increase in sentiment Actual market performance shows price declines for nine ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Quantitative Easing in 5 key questions
June 25th, 2015
On January 22, 2015, the European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi launched the institution’s Quantitative Easing (QE) program. QE is an exceptional measure, taken when traditional means of stimulating activity and growth prove ineffective. Learn more about the concept via five ...
Asian shares edge higher after Fed vote, China, Greece eyed
June 19th, 2015
Asian shares rose for a third consecutive day on Friday, and the dollar remained on the back foot against the region’s currencies as investors bet U.S. interest rates will not as rise quickly as expected. “This removes a source ...
Is The Age Of Negative Interest Rates Ending Already?
June 12th, 2015
History teaches that long trends end only when everyone is finally convinced that they’ll keep going. Maybe no trend in modern times has been as convincing as interest rates. The yield on long-term Treasury bonds, for instance, has been ...
Asian shares swoon, dollar on defensive
June 9th, 2015
Asia shares sank in a sea of red on Tuesday as speculation of U.S. rate rise as early as September hit emerging markets generally, while failing to give a lasting lift to the dollar. A steady start soon gave ...
Asian shares rise as weak China data spurs stimulus bets
May 4th, 2015
Asian stocks bounced off lows on Monday and the Australian dollar pared early losses as weak China factory activity reinforced views that Beijing will roll out fresh support measures soon for the world’s second-largest economy. Spreadbetters expected the equity ...
Fitch Downgrades Japan to ‘A’; Outlook Stable
April 27th, 2015
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Japan’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘A’ from ‘A+’. The issue ratings on Japan’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds are also downgraded to ‘A’ from ‘A+’. The Outlooks ...
