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Oil prices rise as investor sentiment turns upbeat
April 22nd, 2016
Oil prices rose on Friday, setting crude futures on course for solid weekly gains, as market sentiment turned more upbeat despite ongoing oversupply. International benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading at $44.88 per barrel at 0713 GMT, up ...
Bridgepoint and Summit Partners acquire financial software company Calypso Technology
April 19th, 2016
Calypso Technology, Inc. (‘Calypso’), a leading provider of capital markets software, announced today that it is to be acquired by European private equity fund Bridgepoint and global growth equity investor Summit Partners. The acquisition will support Calypso’s next phase ...
Asian Stocks Advance as Oil Holds Near $40; Aussie, Kiwi Climb
April 19th, 2016
Korean won climbs to five-month high as gold declines Japan’s Topix jumps by most in a month as yen weakens Asian equities jumped by the most in a month as crude oil stayed within sight of $40 a barrel, ...
Kuwait oil strike to support Brent, Dubai, reduce fuel exports -analysts
April 18th, 2016
Kuwait oil outage supports Brent, Dubai Fuel exports to fall as Kuwait cuts refinery output A workers’ strike in Kuwait that has cut its crude output by more than 60 percent could support oil price benchmarks Brent and Dubai, ...
Accenture and Leading Financial Institutions Call for Applicants for the Asia-Pacific FinTech Innovation Lab 2016
April 18th, 2016
The Asia-Pacific accelerator program, now in its third year, mentors financial technology entrepreneurs to help accelerate product and business development Applications open today for Asia-Pacific’s third annual FinTech Innovation Lab, Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) 12-week program that helps early- and ...
The Panama Papers: This Is the Consequence of Centralized Money and Power
April 11th, 2016
Technologies such as the blockchain are enabling alternative ways of creating and distributing money outside central banks and states. If we don’t change the way money is created and distributed, we will never change anything. This is the core ...
A&O and Linklaters win advisory roles on $965m financing of Travelex and UAE Exchange
April 7th, 2016
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have won roles advising on a $965m combined financing deal for UAE Exchange Centre and Travelex Holdings backed by nine banks, to support both forex companies’ growth plans. The $890m loan financing with a $75m accordion ...
Deutsche Bank just lost its prime position in a prominent investment banking league table
April 4th, 2016
Deutsche Bank is suffering — it lost £5.1 billion ($7.4 billion) in 2015, shares tumbled, it is cutting thousands of jobs to shore up costs, and some of its key businesses continue to suffer. So it comes as no surprise that ...
UBS, Credit Suisse interested in advising on Russia privatization
March 30th, 2016
Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are interested in advising the Russian government on several privatizations as long as the deals do not violate sanctions, three banking sources told Reuters. The banks responded to a request for proposals that ...
Wall Street closes flat to end five-week rally
March 25th, 2016
Wall Street snapped a five-week winning streak on Thursday, with the three major indexes closing mostly flat, as a strengthening dollar weighed on commodity-related shares. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 13 points, or 0.08%, to 17,516, the S&P ...
