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Dollar slips on Fed minutes, Aussie eyes jobs test
July 10th, 2014
The dollar started at one-week lows against a basket of major currencies on Thursday, coming under some pressure after minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June meeting gave no clear indication on when interest rates will rise. The minutes confirmed ...
Fed, Confident in Economy, Details End of Bond-Buying Program
July 10th, 2014
The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it planned to stop adding to its bond holdings in October, in a sign of its confidence that the economy is gaining strength even as the central bank gradually withdraws its support. ...
Why UBS Says Brazil’s 7-1 Trouncing Is Bearish for Stocks
July 9th, 2014
Conventional wisdom has been that a Brazil loss at home in the World Cup would be a positive for the country’s financial markets. A defeat, the argument went, would sour the national mood and prompt voters to oust President ...
Portugal Bonds Drop With Europe Stocks as Gold Advances
July 9th, 2014
Portugal and Italy led declines in European bonds and stocks dropped while gold climbed. Emerging-market shares fell from a 16-month high. The yield on Portugal’s 10-year bond jumped 19 basis points to 3.84 percent by 9:53 a.m. in London. ...
Asian Equities Lower with Eyes on China
July 9th, 2014
Asian equities extended losses into a third session on Wednesday following a selloff on Wall Street overnight and steady Chinese inflation data. Consumer prices in the mainland rose an annual 2.3 percent last month, versus estimates for a 2.4 ...
FMA issues New Zealand’s first licence for peer-to-peer lending services
July 8th, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued its first peer-to-peer lending service licence. Auckland-based Harmoney is the first provider of this new financial service, under the provisions of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013. “This is a new service ...
Top banks face wait for detail of new buffer to protect against bailouts
July 8th, 2014
According to a global banking regulator, details of a new buffer of bonds to shield taxpayers from having to rescue a big bank won’t become clear for at least a year or more. Lenders like Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank ...
U.K. Stocks, Power-Tax Rebates, Bonus Remarks: Compliance
July 7th, 2014
Britain’s markets regulator should investigate whether the closing prices of stocks are being manipulated, according to lawmakers. Conservative Mark Garnier pressed for the investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority at a July 3 hearing of the Treasury Committee in ...
Bond Anxiety in $1.6 Trillion Repo Market as Failures Soar
July 7th, 2014
In the relative calm that is the market for U.S. Treasuries, a sense of unease over a vital cog in the financial system’s plumbing is beginning to rise. The Federal Reserve’s bond purchases combined with demand from banks to ...
Top investor Neil Woodford buys into AstraZeneca
July 7th, 2014
Britain’s highest-profile fund manager, Neil Woodford, has begun building a stake in AstraZeneca in a move that could scupper rival Pfizer’s chances of buying the pharmaceutical giant later this year. AstraZeneca rejected a £69bn bid from the maker of ...
