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Oil Prices Slip on Bearish Inventory Data
November 20th, 2015
$40 a barrel seen as a key level by market participants U.S. oil prices dipped below $40 a barrel several times Thursday, as heavy stockpiles continued to push crude lower. Light, sweet crude for December delivery fell as low ...
Egypt’s new central bank chief faces bitter pill of currency devaluation or IMF aid
November 19th, 2015
Spare a kind thought for the travails that Tarek Amer, the newly appointed governor of Egypt’s central bank, will be facing when he formally takes up his post on November 27. He could have had no illusions how disastrous ...
UAE Investors Spend 4.3bn EUR on Overseas Property in H1 2015
November 19th, 2015
High net worth individuals (HNWIs) and private investors in the UAE spent €4.3bn snapping up properties across the world in the first half 2015, according to CBRE. “Despite low oil prices, Middle Eastern purchasers remain very active, collectively investing ...
U.S. Stocks Rally, Led by Energy Sector
November 17th, 2015
Traditional haven investments such as gold and government bonds tick higher Markets broadly shook off concerns stemming from the deadly terror attacks in Paris, even as oil prices rose on the prospect of greater violence in the Middle East. ...
Oil edges up after Paris attacks, French air strikes in Syria
November 16th, 2015
Crude oil futures rose on Monday as France launched large-scale air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, but analysts said oil and other commodities were expected to remain under pressure as oversupply weighs on prices. Crude benchmarks, which lost ...
Oil Majors Don’t Share OPEC’s Optimism On Oil Prices In 2016
November 12th, 2015
OPEC’s meeting in Vienna is less than a month away, and oil producers – countries and companies alike – have been raising their concerns at an energy conference in the United Arab Emirates over the cartel’s strategy to keep ...
BaFin and the SEC: An international comparison of supervisory practice
November 3rd, 2015
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) is often compared to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the media and by the public. The SEC is frequently perceived as the more powerful authority, in ...
BNP Sued Over $650 Million `Wet Ink’ Error in Al-Sanea Deal
November 3rd, 2015
Golden Belt Sukuk sues French lender in $650 million lawsuit Saudi tycoon’s Saad Group defaulted on the deal in 2009 BNP Paribas SA is being sued by the trustee of a $650 million Islamic finance transaction who said the ...
5 reasons oil could be nearing a new tipping point
October 22nd, 2015
Oil’s bounce back from the summer’s lows has the look of a bottoming in crude prices, but some strategists say the shakeout is not over. “I’m pretty sure we’re going to see a new low. The probabilities are that ...
OPEC Is About to Crush the U.S. Oil Boom
October 21st, 2015
U.S. oil output almost back down to level of last OPEC meeting Saudi-led strategy is paying off, says Societe Generale After a year suffering the economic consequences of the oil price slump, OPEC is finally on the cusp of ...
