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Banks battle to maintain dominance of UK’s Business Foreign Exchange market
January 18th, 2016
As businesses across the UK seek to minimise the risks of currency fluctuations, the business foreign exchange market shows strong growth as well as fierce competition, according to new research from market analysts East & Partners. The firm’s UK ...
ECB policymakers divided over China risks
January 15th, 2016
Policymakers at the European Central Bank disagreed at their last meeting over how big a threat turmoil in China and other emerging markets pose to Europe’s modest economic recovery. The result of the Dec. 3 debate, for which a ...
China doesn’t restrict forex sales to individuals: regulator
January 14th, 2016
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said Wednesday it does not limit foreign currency sales to individuals, although China faces dropping forex reserves. SAFE denied media reports that Chinese banks put restrictions on foreign currency sales as many ...
Asia markets retrace some losses, China bucks trend
January 14th, 2016
Major Asian stock markets retraced some of their downward slide but stayed in negative territory, following a massive sell-off on Wall Street overnight. Japan’s Nikkei 225 retraced morning losses to trade down 2.86 percent, weighed by commodities and machinery sectors. Earlier, ...
China’s downturn could affect law firms
January 13th, 2016
The slowing Chinese economy will have a big impact on the Australian economy that could flow on to law firms, according to industry experts. Commonwealth Bank associate director economics Diana Mousina said the Australian economy is doing well domestically, but ...
More foreign institutions allowed on China’s forex market
January 13th, 2016
China’s central bank allowed more overseas central banks and similar institutions to enter the country’s inter-bank foreign exchange market on Tuesday. Seven such institutions completed registration with the China Foreign Exchange Trading System, which signaled their official access to ...
Chinese regulator asks banks to cut wealth management yields
January 12th, 2016
China‘s banking regulator and main bond clearinghouse have asked commercial banks to reduce rates they offer on high-yielding wealth management products (WMPs), five sources told Reuters, an apparent back-pedalling on commitments to let markets price credit. The move to ...
China Stock Selloff Abates on State Efforts to Stabilize Yuan
January 12th, 2016
Offshore yuan climbs to one-week high amid intervention Shanghai Composite’s RSI signals oversold conditions China’s stocks rose in volatile trading after the benchmark index briefly fell below the 3,000 level as policy makers intensified efforts to stabilize the yuan. ...
European markets: FTSE and European stocks shrug off worries over China slowdown
January 11th, 2016
European equity markets kicked off the week on an upbeat note, as investors shrugged off yet another dismal session in Asia, which saw stocks plunge to their lowest level in more than four years. Early on in the European ...
ICBC Standard Bank buys Deutsche’s London bullion vault – sources
January 11th, 2016
ICBC Standard Bank growing bullion footprint Chinese-South African lender looking to become bullion clearer ICBC Standard Bank is buying the lease on Deutsche Bank’s London gold and silver vault, enlarging its footprint in the city’s bullion market, four industry ...
