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Central bankers may have no quick fix as markets swoon, economy weakens
October 16th, 2014
Global central bankers, eager to see the economy stand on its own feet, faced the rude reality this week of market turmoil threatening already faltering growth and prolonging world reliance on easy money. Stocks slumped again on Wednesday pushing ...
FMA: New Zealanders underestimate investment risk and prefer lower risk investment options
October 15th, 2014
Research conducted for the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) shows Kiwis are switched-on about straightforward, low-risk investment options. But when responding to questions about investments with more risk, people are far less confident. The FMA ran the survey as part ...
FCA targets those most at risk of investment fraud
October 15th, 2014
FCA in an effort to inform investors and prevent investment frauds has issued a campaign to raise awareness on the issue. Investment scams generally involve high-pressured selling, using boiler room tactics, for products which often do not exist, including ...
Draghi’s Whatever It Takes Bid Saved Euro Area, ECB Says
October 15th, 2014
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi helped save the euro with his pledge to do “whatever it takes” as lenders prepared for a collapse of the currency, an ECB lawyer told a hearing today. The European Court of Justice, ...
U.S. banks ramp up credit card lending but margins may suffer
October 13th, 2014
As traditional Wall Street money makers like stock and bond trading suffer, banks are growing increasingly willing to invest in less glamorous operations: their credit card businesses. JPMorgan Chase & Co, (JPM.N) Citigroup Inc (C.N) and other big banks ...
I.M.F. warns of Global Financial Risk
October 13th, 2014
Policy makers at a meeting of the International Monetary Fund said that high debt in China and a lack of spending in Europe, among other factors, could provoke a market convulsion. A more immediate concern drew the attention of ...
Mario Draghi urges governments to help fight deflation
October 10th, 2014
Mario Draghi is determined to tackle low inflation in the Eurozone, and has called upon governments to also play their part in the fight against possible deflation. The president of the European Central Bank (ECB) today announced a new ...
Pimco Loss Is MetWest Gain as New Gross Fund Slow to Win
October 9th, 2014
Pimco’s pain isn’t Bill Gross’s gain, at least not yet. The Janus Global Unconstrained Fund, managed by Gross, received $66.4 million in September, according to Morningstar Inc., a fraction of the $23.5 billion that left his former fund at ...
Where Next? A peek through the Macro Lens
October 9th, 2014
Financial markets have been on a heady ride since the financial crisis began in 2008. It looks like we are now at a very critical juncture which will define how things play out over the next 18-24 months. There ...
Asia shares stumble, oil skids to 27-mth lows
October 8th, 2014
Asian share markets were mostly in the red on Wednesday as worries about waning global growth lifted safe-haven bonds, while shoving oil prices to their lowest in more than two years. Extending a three-month-long decline, Brent oil sank $1.18 ...
