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Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as clock ticks on EU bailout (Video)
February 12th, 2015
Greece‘s radical new prime minister Alexis Tsipras was in Brussels on Thursday to lay out his case for more financial help to fellow EU leaders following finance ministers’ failure to narrow differences overnight. The summit chairman, conservative former Polish ...
Europe Stocks Near Seven-Year High on ECB Stimulus After Greece
January 26th, 2015
European stocks traded near a seven-year high amid optimism about central-bank stimulus, while Greek shares dropped as opposition party Syriza won an election. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index slipped less than 0.1 percent to 370.20 at 2:50 p.m. in ...
Syriza win in Greece set to put markets on edge
January 26th, 2015
In a week where the focus would ordinarily have been on the latest FOMC meeting as well as US and UK GDP numbers, its events in Europe that are at the epicentre of the markets focus once again, and ...
Revenge of Disaffected Europe Risks Crisis Sparked in Greece
January 22nd, 2015
They speak different languages, they come from different backgrounds, yet all have the same message of frustration that’s threatening to redraw the European political map over the next year. Starting with elections this Sunday in Greece and heading west ...
Commission To Probe All EU Advance Tax Rulings
January 19th, 2015
The European Commission has announced that its ongoing inquiry into advance tax rulings will be expanded to cover all European Union member states. The Commission said on December 17 that it will ask member states to confirm whether they ...
Intercontinental Exchange Launches Clearing for Additional Sovereign CDS Instruments
January 7th, 2015
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced that ICE Clear Credit and ICE Clear Europe are introducing credit default swap (CDS) clearing for additional sovereign single names, beginning today. ICE Clear Credit ...
5 Worst Performing Markets of 2014
December 29th, 2014
These indices have been hit hard by headwinds over the past 12 months, resulting in losses for investors. What does the future hold for these five indices? MSCI Russia Russian corporates this has been a terrible year, though it ...
All EU member states told to release tax ruling information
December 18th, 2014
All EU member states have now been drawn into the European Commission’s investigation into the use of tax rulings to offer preferential tax treatment to multinationals The Commission has extended the scope of its enquiry into tax rulings practice ...
Euronext launches app for retail investors
December 16th, 2014
Downloadable from the Apple App Store, the new iOS app provides investors with access to market information, direct to their mobile devices, from Euronext’s cash markets and other equity exchanges. The app offers comprehensive information on the world’s leading ...
Worst Greek Stock Slump Since 1987 Proves Bears Right: Options
December 10th, 2014
Investors began giving up on Greek stocks even before the latest rout. A U.S. exchange-traded fund tracking the nation’s equities has had a record streak of redemptions, losing money for four straight months. The wagers proved well-timed: the benchmark ...
