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How the EU Plans to Turn $26 Billion Into $390 Billion
November 24th, 2014
The European Union is planning a 21 billion-euro ($26 billion) fund to share the risks of new projects with private investors, two EU officials said. The new entity is designed to have an impact of about 15 times its ...
Forex Magnates London Summit – OSB Independent Review
November 24th, 2014
We attended the Forex Magnates summit in London on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th November which we found very interesting, well organised and deeply insightful with regards to the where the retail forex industry is heading. Key industry figures ...
Chinese, Russian Lenders to Back Israel’s eToro
November 24th, 2014
Chinese financial powerhouse Ping An and Russia’s largest lender Sberbank are in advanced discussions to back Israeli online trading company eToro, according to people familiar with the matter, as Chinese interest in Israel’s technology sector heats up. The company ...
OPEC’s Easy Days Setting Oil Production Are Over, Veteran Says; You Need Russia, Norway, Mexico
November 24th, 2014
The days when OPEC members could all but guarantee consensus when deciding production levels for oil are long gone, according to a veteran of almost two decades of the group’s meetings. The global glut of crude, which has contributed ...
Euro Near Two-Year Low as Ifo to Spur Draghi Push; Aussie Gains
November 24th, 2014
The euro was near a two-year low versus the dollar before a German report that economists said will show business confidence declined for a seventh month. The shared currency held declines against most major peers after European Central Bank ...
HSBC says target of French tax fraud probe
November 24th, 2014
HSBC Private Bank, the Swiss subsidiary of British banking group HSBC, said Friday (Nov 21) it had been placed under formal investigation as part of a French tax fraud probe. The bank said magistrates were “examining whether the bank ...
How a $5,000 IRA Can Grow to $196 Million in Six Years: GAO
November 21st, 2014
Individual retirement accounts were created to help ordinary Americans build a nest egg for later life. But the IRA has also enabled some affluent investors to accumulate multimillion-dollar tax-sheltered accounts, often by using assets that aren’t publicly traded. Unless ...
Former financial adviser jailed for two years
November 21st, 2014
A former Perth-based financial adviser today was jailed for two years for stealing almost $1.5 million worth of shares. Todd Michael King was sentenced to two years jail and was made eligible for parole. In September 2014, following a ...
Yen Set for Fifth Weekly Loss on Elections
November 21st, 2014
The yen rose, paring the sharpest five-week drop since 1995, after Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso said the currency had depreciated too rapidly. Japan’s currency has fallen against all except one of its 31 major counterparts this week before Japan ...
5 ways fraudsters trick investors
November 20th, 2014
Fraudsters use sleights of hand and other trickery that even magicians would be envious of. Americans lose an estimated $50 billion a year to fraud, including Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes and other types of investment fraud. “People fall for ...
