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Goldman’s BRIC Era Ends as Fund Folds After Years of Losses
November 9th, 2015
BRIC fund loses 21% in five years, leading to investor exodus Acronym-based investment strategy comes under greater scrutiny The BRIC era is coming to an end at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The bank’s asset-management unit folded its money-losing BRIC ...
Broadridge hired three senior executives to its London office
October 22nd, 2015
Kimberly Jewell, Mike Thrower and Peter Morris join Broadridge’s London office Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) has hired three senior executives to its London office to expand the firm’s support for global financial institutions in key market-centers internationally. The ...
Xi Jinping to sign Hinkley Point nuclear power deal in UK
October 21st, 2015
China‘s leader is expected to put the seal later on its contribution to what will be the first UK nuclear power plant to be built in a generation. The plant could be opened by 2025 at Hinkley Point, in ...
U.S. Stocks Steady, Despite Pressure From Lower Oil Prices
October 20th, 2015
Energy shares tumble on concerns about higher production in Iran, China’s economy U.S. stocks edged higher Monday, though a slump in energy shares kept a lid on the gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 14.57 points, or ...
Facebook paid £4,327 corporation tax despite £35m staff bonuses
October 12th, 2015
Social networking firm paid average of £210,000 to staff in Britain, but overall loss in UK of £28.5m meant very little corporation tax was due Staff at Facebook’s UK arm took home an average of more than £210,000 last ...
Why Are The IMF, The UN, The BIS And Citibank All Warning That An Economic Crisis Could Be Imminent?
October 9th, 2015
The warnings are getting louder. Is anybody listening? For months, I have been documenting on my website how the global financial system is absolutely primed for a crisis, and now some of the most important financial institutions in the ...
Asian stocks extend losses on weak China PMI survey; dollar strong
September 23rd, 2015
Asian stocks fell on Wednesday as fears of an entrenched global economic slowdown gripped investors, underlined by a weak factory survey from China, while the greenback firmed as investors fled to relatively safe-haven assets. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific ...
Ultra-low Interest Rates: Dangerous or Just a Price?
September 22nd, 2015
Two recent reports start by observing that long-term interest rates have been at extraordinarily rock-bottom levels for several years now. But from that common starting point, the analysis of the reports heads in different directions. The Council of Economic ...
Global Markets: Stocks end solid week on cautious note
September 11th, 2015
Stocks stay on track for best week in eight Fed rate decision next week hangs in the balance “Quite a fragile time” – equity fund manager Global stocks around the world slipped into the red on Friday but remained ...
Why Vladimir Putin Won’t Be Helping OPEC to Cut Oil Production
September 11th, 2015
Past attempts at cooperation proved `dismal and disappointing’ Siberian winter makes it difficult to be swing oil producer Few things have more potential to spook the oil market than the prospect of Russia joining forces with OPEC. Speculation that such ...
