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Investors warn on crisis plan for derivatives
October 9th, 2014
Institutional investors and pension funds have warned they may resist a plan by the world’s biggest banks to rewrite their derivatives contracts as part of reforms aimed at preventing a failing institution from destabilising global markets. More than 90 ...
I.M.F. Asks Rich Nations for Support
October 8th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund said that cash-rich countries needed to step up large public investments to help keep the flagging global recovery on track. The International Monetary Fund, showing heightened concern over a slowing world economy, said on Tuesday ...
Asia shares stumble, oil skids to 27-mth lows
October 8th, 2014
Asian share markets were mostly in the red on Wednesday as worries about waning global growth lifted safe-haven bonds, while shoving oil prices to their lowest in more than two years. Extending a three-month-long decline, Brent oil sank $1.18 ...
TRADOLOGIC expands and updates its services in China
October 8th, 2014
TRADOLOGIC, the well-known binary options software provider, has a strong new force in the face of the new Business Development Manager for Asia, Slavena Savcheva. Ms. Savcheva recently joined TRADOLOGIC as a very perspective professional who will be in ...
A.I.G. Bailout, Revisionists’ Version
October 7th, 2014
Maurice R. Greenberg, A.I.G.’s former chief and a large shareholder, has spun a ludicrous tale in court that the bailout of the insurer was unfair to its investors. Was the bailout of the American International Group by the government ...
When the carnival is over: Australia’s surprising G20 legacy
October 6th, 2014
The genesis of the G20 is a tale of two crises. The first — the Asian financial crisis — led to the creation of the G20 as a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 of ...
Stocks Gain With Dollar Before Jobs Data; Hong Kong Rises
October 3rd, 2014
Stocks gained, with a European index recovering from its biggest loss in 15 months, and the U.S. dollar strengthened versus major peers before the world’s largest economy reports payrolls data. Hong Kong shares rallied. As investors assess the strength ...
Putin sees strong Russian Economy, but advisers disagree
October 3rd, 2014
Though the president depicted an open and stable economy, senior officials acknowledged slow growth and the flight of foreign investors. President Vladimir V. Putin did his best to paint a rosy picture of the Russian economy in a speech ...
How to spread the risk of energy investing for income
October 2nd, 2014
As the world continues to recover from the recession of 2008-09, those who depend on their investments for income have faced a challenge. Central banks in all of the major developed nations responded to the financial crisis and the ...
Russia debt freeze is lesson for Hong Kong
October 2nd, 2014
Beyond a few wobbles, global markets have proved remarkably indifferent this year to political risks – whether Russia’s incursions into Ukraine, Iraq’s descent into chaos or democracy protests in Hong Kong, which have this week tested China, the world’s ...
