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Why Companies Suffer Large, Unexpected Credit Losses
March 26th, 2014
For companies that sell business-to-business products and services, many things can contribute to a company incurring a loss from a bad debt. The most important factor is probably the quality of the organization’s finance and credit management process. But ...
U.K. Treasury Raises 4.2 Billion Pounds in Lloyds Share Sale
March 26th, 2014
The U.K. government sold a 4.2 billion-pound ($6.95 billion) stake in Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LLOY), its second disposal since rescuing the lender in the financial crisis. The government sold the shares to money managers for 75.5 pence apiece, ...
Billionaire Sought by U.S. Holds Key to Putin Gas Cash
March 24th, 2014
A detained billionaire who made a fortune as a middleman in Russia’s murky gas trade with Ukraine may hold the key for U.S. lawmakers seeking harsher sanctions against President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. Ukrainian Dmitry Firtash, arrested in Vienna ...
Russia Staring at Recession on Sanctions
March 24th, 2014
Western sanctions are pushing Russia toward recession and the pain could intensify if U.S. and European leaders turn the screw over tensions in Ukraine. Banks including state-run VTB Capital say the world’s ninth-biggest economy will shrink for at least ...
CySec: warning
March 21st, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority has issued a press release warning the investors that the companies: ‘Mercuria Technologies Ltd’ (http://www.optionsmarter.com) ‘Frontiers Group Investment Ltd’ (http://frontierforex.com/) Are not permitted to provide investment and ...
India’s Bonds Snap Two-Week Gain as Fed Signals Rate Increase
March 21st, 2014
India’s 10-year bonds capped the first weekly decline in three on concern fund inflows into high-yielding assets will slow after the Federal Reserve signaled U.S. interest rates will be raised. The Fed cut its monthly debt purchases by $10 ...
ESMA consults on major shareholders disclosures
March 21st, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the revised Transparency Directive relating to the notification of major shareholdings and the indicative list of financial instruments subject to notification ...
Avoid Those Rose-Colored Dividends
March 21st, 2014
Don’t let investor communication objectives stand in the way of making sound dividend policy decisions during a downturn. Although there are numerous dividend-related metrics, including dividend yield and dividend-payout ratio, any thorough discussion of dividend policy should focus heavily ...
FCA bans and fines trader for manipulating gilt price during QE
March 20th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority has announced that Mark Stevenson, a bond trader with nearly 30 years’ experience, has been banned from the industry and fined £662,700 for deliberately manipulating a UK government bond (gilt) ...
European Central Bank: review mission to Greece
March 20th, 2014
Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have concluded their review mission to Greece. The teams have reached staff-level agreement with the authorities on policies that could serve as the ...
