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Eversheds global expansion sees Ian Gray appointed as first International Managing Partner
March 17th, 2015
Law firm Eversheds has announced the appointment of Ian Gray as the firm’s first International Managing Partner with executive responsibilities for its fast-growing international operations. Since 2008-09, the firm’s revenue from international offices has grown 41%. At the same ...
Swiss bank UBS settles currency-rigging claims for $135M
March 16th, 2015
Switzerland‘s largest bank, UBS, has agreed to pay $135 million to settle claims that it helped rig currency-exchange rates in a scheme involving some of the world’s biggest banks. The settlement announced Friday by the lead law firm in ...
Citi-linked China broker’s IPO 90 times oversubscribed in $150 bln investor rush
March 13th, 2015
Orient Securities Co‘s $1.6 billion initial public offering, the largest mainland China listing since 2011, was oversubscribed by a factor of over 90 as investors scrambled for a sale boosted by new rules capping IPO prices and soaring industry profits. Under ...
The ECB and its Watchers XVI Conference: M.Draghi
March 11th, 2015
Summary In January, the ECB decided to expand its asset purchase programme to include government bonds after it became clear that there was a need for more monetary stimulus. Asset purchases are unconventional, but not unorthodox, and they have ...
Mario Draghi: Introductory statement to the press conference in Nicosia
March 5th, 2015
Latest Update, March 06, on March 05 release of President of the ECB Introductory statement. The update is regarding Questions and Answers. You can find the Questions and Answers at the end of the following statement. Mario Draghi, President ...
Clients of Alpari (UK) can agree account balances on the Joint Special Administrator’s Claims Portal
March 5th, 2015
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has investigated the nature of Alpari (UK) Limited’s business and has concluded that valid protected claims are likely to arise. As a result, we have been working with the Joint Special Administrator’s (JSAs) ...
CME Group Volume Averaged 15.8 Million Contracts per Day in February 2015, Up 13 Percent from February 2014
March 4th, 2015
Delivered highest February average daily volume ever Reached record energy average daily volume of 2.4 million contracts; bolstered by records in WTI crude oil, Brent crude oil, and heating oil Increased interest rate average daily volume 27 percent CME ...
Statement by Dr. Raghuram G Rajan, Governor, on Monetary Policy
March 4th, 2015
It may be recalled that in its statement on monetary policy of January 15, 2015 the Reserve Bank reduced the policy repo rate by 25 basis points and indicated that ““Key to further easing are data that confirm continuing ...
Saudi plan to open stock market to foreign investors at ‘advanced’ stage
February 26th, 2015
Saudi Arabia’s plan to open its stock market to foreign investors is at an “advanced” stage, and the kingdom has already received substantial interest from overseas, said a senior economic leader. Prince Saud bin Khalid Al Faisal, the executive ...
The Monetary Committee reduces the interest rate for March 2015 by 0.15 percentage points to 0.1 percent
February 24th, 2015
The main considerations behind the decision The decision to reduce the interest rate for March 2015 by 0.15 percentage points, to 0.10 percent is consistent with the Bank of Israel’s monetary policy, which is intended to return the inflation ...
