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Greece: Capital controls relaxed for corporations
September 10th, 2015
The Greek Finance Ministry eased capital controls on corporate transactions on Wednesday by doubling from 7 to 14 million euros the daily limit each of the country’s four systemic banks is allowed to approve in response to demands by ...
AMF: list update of unauthorised websites offering binary options trading
September 9th, 2015
The AMF is publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is once again warning retail investors against aggressive ...
Reserve Bank hires outside talent to boost market nous
September 4th, 2015
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has hired a former Nomura algorithmic trader, officials said, taking a rare step to recruit externally as it seeks expertise needed to make India’s financial markets deeper and more responsive to monetary policy ...
History of Bitcoin: The journey of a virtual currency
September 3rd, 2015
The biggest thing to hit the global market since the invention of currency is the word “Bitcoin”. What started merely as an alternate electronic payment system soon became the seventh wonder of modern economy. But while most of us ...
China tightens trading rules on forex, stock markets
September 3rd, 2015
China has announced tougher rules on trading stock index futures and foreign exchange derivatives as it seeks to steady jittery markets whose weakness has raised concern over the health of the world’s second-largest economy. Facing slowing economic growth and ...
UBS Unit to Pay More Than $2.9 Million to Investors in Puerto Rico
September 2nd, 2015
Bank’s wealth-management unit ordered to pay two investors for losses tied to island’s municipal bonds UBS AG’s wealth-management unit was ordered to pay more than $2.9 million to two investors in Puerto Rico for losses tied to funds holding ...
China central bank sets reserve requirements for all FX derivatives
September 2nd, 2015
China’s central bank will require reserves to be set aside for purchases of all currency derivatives from October, according to a document seen by Reuters, as Beijing moves to make it more expensive to bet on further depreciation of ...
Morgan Stanley: Central Banks Are Playing a Game of Chess That Results in an Endless Cycle of Easing
September 2nd, 2015
The struggle for inflation is real and strategic After the European Central Bank decided to initiate an asset purchasing program, President Mario Draghi reportedly elected to unwind with a game of chess on his iPad during the plane ride back to ...
China c.bank to clamp down on forwards trading to curb yuan depreciation
September 1st, 2015
Banks must hold 20 pct reserve vs nominal FX forwards value Reserves to be denominated in U.S. dollars, no interest paid Move seen as increasing risk control, discouraging speculation Yuan lost 2.6 pct in August, worst monthly performance on ...
Is the EU losing the Western Balkans? What local experts think
August 31st, 2015
No business as usual in the Western Balkans The Western Balkans remain Europe’s unfinished business, not only for the continuing stalemate in Bosnia or tensions in Macedonia and Northern Kosovo, but also because broader geopolitical developments shaping the EU’s ...
