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Asian Stocks Rebound From Biggest Decline in Seven Months
March 21st, 2014
Asian stocks rose, with a regional index of shares outside Japan rebounding from the biggest loss yesterday since August. Li & Fung Ltd. surged 18 percent in Hong Kong after the world’s largest supplier of clothes and toys to ...
ESMA publishes list of authorised CCPs and OTC derivatives
March 20th, 2014
Following the authorisation of NASDAQ OMX as the first EU-based CCP on 18 March 2014, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published information about Nasdaq OMX and the contracts it is authorised to clear. In accordance ...
Stocks slump on Yellen rate hike remark
March 20th, 2014
Investors weren’t too thrilled by what they heard from Janet Yellen during her first meeting in charge of the Fed. The Dow fell more than 100 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also finished lower. Stocks were relatively ...
Asia Stocks Drop on Fed; H-Share Index Near Bear Market
March 20th, 2014
Asian stocks fell, with a gauge of Chinese shares in Hong Kong poised to enter a bear market, after the Federal Reserve signaled it may raise U.S. interest rates from the middle of next year. Newcrest Mining Ltd. (NCM), ...
CySec: Administrative fines
March 19th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has issued an announcement giving the following firms the administrative fines as follows: SAFS Holdings Public Ltd – €1.600 Firstdelos Group Plc – €1.600 Empire Capital Investments ...
Dollar Strengthens as Gold Declines Before Fed Decision
March 19th, 2014
The dollar gained against most major currencies and gold fell for a third day before the Federal Reserve decides monetary policy. The ruble strengthened for a fourth day and Russian stocks fell as the nation pushed on with the ...
Bank of England launches strategic plan
March 19th, 2014
The Bank of England today launched its Strategic Plan, following a six month exercise led by the Executive Committee of the Bank. The Plan, to be implemented over the next three years, provides an ambitious agenda to transform the ...
IMF’s Lagarde to be questioned in court over ‘Tapie Affair’
March 19th, 2014
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrived Wednesday at a Paris court to face more questions over her role in a 2008 arbitration that awarded a massive state payout to controversial businessman Bernard Tapie. It is Lagarde’s third visit ...
Dollar Gains as Stocks Fluctuate With Bonds Before Fed
March 19th, 2014
The dollar gained against most major currencies while Treasuries and German bunds fluctuated with European stocks before the Federal Reserve decides monetary policy. China’s yuan dropped to the lowest in 11 months amid concern that more companies will default ...
EU approves IASB funding with strings attached
March 19th, 2014
EUROPEAN POLITICIANS have voted to approve EU funding for the body that oversees the setting of global accounting standards, but with the proviso the funding could be pulled if it fails to meet certain conditions. The funds, which equate ...
