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Ruble Risks Betrayal at Home in Nation’s Rush for Dollars
October 13th, 2014
More Russians are beginning to keep their cash in dollars and euros as the ruble tumbles to records amid central bank efforts to maintain control over the pace of the decline. The number of people with foreign-currency holdings rose ...
Italy on Sale to Chinese Investors as Recession Bites
October 13th, 2014
Clotilde Narzisi and Luca Soliman have run the Caffe Orefici, 200 feet from Milan’s iconic Duomo Cathedral, for 10 years. Forced to sell their business because of high taxes, they say their only hope now is to leave it ...
Concerns rise over US-EU trade talks
October 13th, 2014
There are rising concerns in Europe over negotiations to liberalise trade with the United States. The project, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, aims to remove a wide range of barriers to bilateral commerce. Demonstrations were taking ...
ASIC: Pepperstone exits the Japanese market
October 13th, 2014
Pepperstone Group Ltd (Pepperstone) has agreed to cease providing financial services in Japan following inquiries by ASIC that revealed they were not licensed by the Japanese Financial Services Agency. Pepperstone is an Australian corporation, which was licensed by ASIC ...
Hong Kong protests about economics as much as democracy
October 10th, 2014
For years, Beijing has feared colour revolutions. Now, it has one on Chinese soil. The Occupy Central movement has morphed into the Umbrella Revolution. Tens of thousands of Hong Kong citizens, including students as young as 13, have taken ...
Espírito Santo Financial Files for Bankruptcy
October 10th, 2014
Espírito Santo Financial, which was a large shareholder of the bailed-out Portuguese lender Banco Espírito Santo, lost a bid last week for creditor protection in Luxembourg. The Espírito Santo Financial Group, which at one point held about 25 percent ...
Interview with St. Louis Fed Vice President on Bitcoin
October 9th, 2014
Dr David Andolfatto, who is Vice President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, has been one of the most forward-looking people at central banks around the world when it comes to crypto-currencies. Here he speaks with Max Rangeley, Editor ...
Pimco Loss Is MetWest Gain as New Gross Fund Slow to Win
October 9th, 2014
Pimco’s pain isn’t Bill Gross’s gain, at least not yet. The Janus Global Unconstrained Fund, managed by Gross, received $66.4 million in September, according to Morningstar Inc., a fraction of the $23.5 billion that left his former fund at ...
SFO in court for Alstom bribery case
October 9th, 2014
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has enlisted Three Raymond Buildings’ Simon Farrell QC and Rachel Scott for its court case against French train giant Alstom, which it accused of paying around $8m (£5m) in bribes to officials over a ...
Banks to change rules governing derivatives market
October 8th, 2014
The world’s biggest banks have agreed to change rules that govern the $700 trillion derivatives market, the Financial Times reported. Eighteen banks, ranging from Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.VX) to Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), have agreed to give ...
