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China Inflation Drops to Five-Year Low in January
February 10th, 2015
China’s Consumer-Price Index Rose 0.8% in January From a Year Earlier Inflation in China fell to a five-year low in January, spurring calls from economists for more stimulus measures to counter deflationary pressure in the world’s second-largest economy. China’s ...
Australia central bank acting like it ‘just woke up’
February 6th, 2015
Australia’s record low interest rates are about to head way lower, analysts tell CNBC, as the country’s central bank scrambles to play catch up in the race to the bottom for borrowing costs. “The RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) ...
Can India match up?
February 4th, 2015
“India may never quite match China’s rapid ascent, but even at a slightly slower speed it will make waves” As China matures, double-digit growth seems even less likely to return. Where, then, is the next story of hyper-charged growth? ...
ICAP to face EU fine over yen cartels
February 3rd, 2015
ICAP faces an EU fine this week for allegedly facilitating cartels on yen-denominated inter-rate benchmarks, as Brussels tackles the holdouts in rate-rigging probes that have already resulted in about €1.7bn in penalties. The world’s largest interdealer broker has strongly ...
Russian Central Bank Defends Its Independence After Surprise Rate Cut
February 2nd, 2015
Ruble Slides Lower Against the Dollar The Bank of Russia has defended its independence after Friday’s surprise cut in interest rates raised concerns about the influence of the Kremlin, industrialists and bankers over the central bank’s policy. Amid complaints ...
Standard Chartered CEO Is Under Pressure From Shareholders, Regulators, Staff
January 29th, 2015
Bank’s Top Shareholders Privately Push for New Leadership Amid Investor, Regulatory Anxiety Hundreds of Standard Chartered PLC’s most senior executives gathered earlier this month on Singapore’s Sentosa island to address the global bank’s dimming fortunes. From a lectern at ...
Gold Heads for Longest Losing Run This Year Before Fed Meeting
January 27th, 2015
Gold fell for a third day to the lowest level in a week before Federal Reserve policy makers gather and as European finance ministers agreed to work with the new Greek prime minister to keep the country in the ...
Markets edge higher anticipating ECB stimulus plan
January 22nd, 2015
US stocks finished Wednesday’s volatile session with marginal gains as investors expect the European Central Bank to unveil the monetary stimulus program at its meeting on Thursday. Investor confidence was further boosted by rising oil prices. The market advance ...
London Capital Group – Conversion of Loan Notes
January 22nd, 2015
The Company announces that, on 20 January 2015, the Company approved a notice from GLIO Holdings Limited (“GLIO”) to convert 1,688,000 loan notes of £1.00 each in LCG at a price of 25.02p in accordance with the terms of ...
British law firms dominate 2014 sukuk issuance sector
January 2nd, 2015
Allen & Overy, Dentons and other UK law firms are dominating the sukuk issuance sector, along with British banks, even though Malaysia remains the geographical capital. Other leading firms are Linklaters, Slaughter and May, King and Spalding and Clifford ...