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Euronext Amsterdam welcomes 52 UBS Asset Management ETFs
February 1st, 2016
New issuer marks strong growth of Dutch ETF market Euronext Amsterdam welcomed UBS Asset Management,a large-scale asset manager with long experience in the field of ETFs and index investing,as its new ETF issuer. UBS Asset Management listed 52 new ...
Russia holds key rate at 11% as economy lags
February 1st, 2016
Russia kept its interest rate steady on Friday but announced it wouldn’t rule out tightening monetary policy if inflation risks rise, after a month in which the ruble dropped to record lows as oil prices deteriorated. January marked a ...
Bank of America is going big on blockchain
February 1st, 2016
Bank of America is trying to steal a march on the latest developments in the technology behind digital currency bitcoin by loading up on blockchain-related patents. Blockchain works like a huge, decentralized ledger for the digital currency bitcoin which ...
Asia trades mixed after data shows January fall in China factory activity
February 1st, 2016
Asia markets traded mixed Monday afternoon, with major indexes in Australia, Japan and South Korea extending gains after the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) surprise move into negative interest rates on Friday sent stocks higher from Tokyo to New York. ...
Liquidnet Posts Record 2015 Performance in APAC
January 29th, 2016
Liquidnet Posts Record 2015 Performance in APAC, Driven by Japan and Hong Kong Volumes jump 18% amid higher demand from institutions for block-sized executions Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, announced a record year in Asia Pacific for ...
China shares lower, but ‘real economy’ sound says state media
January 28th, 2016
China’s volatile shares were lower again on Thursday, taking losses this month to about 23 percent or 12 trillion yuan ($1.8 trillion), while state media insisted that the market ructions did not reflect the real economy. The benchmark Shanghai ...
Gold near 12-wk top as dollar slips ahead of Fed statement
January 27th, 2016
Fed expected to keep rates unchanged, cite gloomy global outlook Dollar weaker versus currency basket, Asian stocks subdued SPDR Gold holdings at highest since November Coming Up: Federal Reserve releases statement; 1900 GMT (Updates prices) Gold beamed near a ...
China shares tumble again, taking 2016 losses to $2 trillion
January 27th, 2016
Chinese shares fell sharply again on Wednesday after plunging in the previous session, taking losses in 2016 to nearly 25 percent or 13 trillion yuan ($2 trillion). The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index SSEC was down 3 percent in afternoon ...
Philips Shares Rally on Earnings
January 26th, 2016
Dutch electronics firm says its operational performance continued to improve Shares in Royal Philips NV rallied Tuesday after the Dutch electronics company reported earnings that beat market expectations, giving investors some comfort ahead of the planned sale of its ...
OPEC, Russia talk of oil teamwork, but Saudi talks of investment
January 26th, 2016
Senior OPEC and Russian oil industry officials stepped up vague talk on Monday of possible joint action to remedy one of the worst supply gluts in decades, while Saudi Arabia signaled its resolve to allow the market to balance ...
