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Local investors regain largest share of HKEx’s securities market trading
February 17th, 2015
Local investors have regained the largest share of securities market trading at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), according to the findings from HKEx’s Cash Market Transaction Survey 2013/14. The survey found local investors contributed 45 per cent ...
Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout
February 17th, 2015
Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country’s debt crisis broke down on Monday when Athens rejected a proposal to request a six-month extension of its international bailout package as “unacceptable”. The unexpectedly rapid collapse raised doubts about Greece’s future ...
Italy’s Economy Fails to Rebound
February 13th, 2015
Italy’s economy stagnated in the three months through December, failing to rebound from its longest recession on record. Gross domestic product was unchanged from the previous quarter when it dropped 0.1 percent, national statistics institute Istat said in a ...
Merkel Says Greek Diplomatic Offensive Is Failing
February 5th, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that a diplomatic offensive by newly elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to ease his nation’s bailout-aid requirements is failing to win over converts. “I don’t think that the positions of the member states ...
How Greece could accidentally stumble out of the euro
February 4th, 2015
In less than four weeks the international lifeline that has kept Greece afloat for five years is due to expire. Debt repayments are looming and the country is running out of funds. Lenders won’t forgive Greece’s huge debts so ...
Richest Russians Repatriate Assets After Putin Turns Tax Screw
January 20th, 2015
President Vladimir Putin is pushing harder on Russia’s richest citizens to repatriate offshore assets amid a slump in the ruble and the imposition of sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union. Under new tax rules signed into law ...
CySec requests further information from CIFs after the recent move on Swiss Franc
January 19th, 2015
The recent move on the Swiss Franc has urgent CySec to ask information from the investment firms under its supervision, on the impact of the move on their business. With a circular, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) ...
CySec imposes administrative fine of €100.000
November 3rd, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement to inform investors that, in its meeting held on October 20, 2014, decided to impose a total administrative fine of € 100.000 to Hellenic Bank Public Company Limited ...
CySec and FSC warn against LiveFX
October 27th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) and the FSC Mauritius have recently been made aware that LiveFX is displaying a fraudulent copy of an Investment Dealer, Full Service Dealer (excluding underwriting) Licence portraying the logo FSC Mauritius which is accessible ...
Russia Brain Drain Saps Talent as Sanctions Hit Financing
October 27th, 2014
Artem Kulizhnikov, founder of a startup designed to help musicians annotate music, is packing his bags to leave Moscow in December. His destination: Dubai or Singapore, where he sees a better chance of securing funding for his second company. ...
