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Japanese shares near a 15-year high
April 8th, 2015
Japan’s shares neared a 15-year high on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) maintained its asset purchase program in an effort to boost the economy. In Tokyo, benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.4% at 19,723.42. The central bank has ...
ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of FX provider AGM Markets Pty Ltd (AGM)
April 2nd, 2015
Following an investigation, ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of FX provider AGM Markets Pty Ltd (AGM). The move is part of ASIC’s ongoing crackdown on the margin FX industry and work around retail investment in ...
Oil retreats from large jump as focus returns to Iran talks
April 2nd, 2015
Oil prices fell on Thursday as attention returned to nuclear talks with Iran, with the prospects for a deal and an increase in Iranian crude exports helping to keep pressure on prices. Major powers and Iran have stretched talks on Tehran’s nuclear ...
Oil extends losses as deadline for Iran nuclear deal looms
March 31st, 2015
Oil futures extended losses on Tuesday, as Iran and six world powers ramped up the pace of negotiations to reach a preliminary deal that could ease sanctions and allow more Iranian crude onto world markets. With a deadline less than 24 ...
We’re All Hedge Funds Now, Part 2: Tech Startups and Nigerian Bonds
March 27th, 2015
Watching formerly risk-averse investors adapt to a negative interest rate world is almost as much fun as watching Europe try to keep Greece and Germany in the same financial family. In each case, success depends on all the parties ...
Volatility shakes currency markets
March 27th, 2015
Nervous markets will favour the greenback as a traditional safe-haven asset, but not the Australian dollar. Volatility is creeping back into the market and creating headaches for foreign exchange traders as they second-guess the timing of United States interest ...
BaFin imposes fine on BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd
March 20th, 2015
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) has imposed a fine of EUR 3.25m on BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. This constitutes the largest fine that BaFin has ever imposed. BlackRock has announced that it will accept the fine. BlackRock group companies had ...
China Economic Data Weaker Than Expected
March 11th, 2015
Growth in China’s investment, retail sales and factory output all missed forecasts in January and February and fell to multi-year lows, leaving investors with little doubt that the economy is still losing steam and in need of further support ...
Hungry Market Eats Up Oil Bonds
March 10th, 2015
Drop in oil prices has producers raising cash Investors are snapping up new stock and bonds from energy producers as they search for bargains amid the tumult caused by the plunge in oil prices. The buyers are betting these ...
S&P Dow Jones Indices and NZX Limited Enter Into Strategic Index Agreement
February 26th, 2015
S&P Dow Jones Indices (“S&P DJI”), one of the world’s leading providers of financial market indices, and NZX Limited today announced a strategic agreement to jointly develop, produce and commercialize co-branded investable indices featured on NZX platforms and related ...
