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Greek PM seeks meeting with top EU leaders as cash crunch deepens
March 17th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has requested a meeting with top European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel at this week’s EU summit, a Greek official said on Tuesday, as his cash-strapped government scrambles to stave off bankruptcy. As ...
SafeCharge announced Record Financial Results
March 17th, 2015
SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), the global provider of payments services, technologies and risk management solutions for online and mobile businesses, announced its maiden preliminary results for the full year ended 31 December 2014. Financial highlights Revenues up 78% to US$76.9 ...
Eversheds global expansion sees Ian Gray appointed as first International Managing Partner
March 17th, 2015
Law firm Eversheds has announced the appointment of Ian Gray as the firm’s first International Managing Partner with executive responsibilities for its fast-growing international operations. Since 2008-09, the firm’s revenue from international offices has grown 41%. At the same ...
Bank of Japan: Statement on Monetary Policy
March 17th, 2015
At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will ...
Greece Grabs Cash as More Than $2 Billion in Payouts Loom
March 17th, 2015
Greece will begin debating measures to boost liquidity as the cash-starved country braces for more than 2 billion euros ($2.12 billion) in debt payments Friday. Unable to access bailout funding and locked out of capital markets, the government will ...
ECB Warns Cyprus as Government Pushes for Georghadji’s Dismissal
March 16th, 2015
The European Central Bank warned Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades to respect central-bank independence after the country’s government started proceedings to dismiss Governor Chrystalla Georghadji. A year after previous Cypriot central-bank chief Panicos Demetriades resigned his post following months of ...
New President of the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
March 16th, 2015
As from the beginning of March, Felix Hufeld is the new President of BaFin. He took over from Dr Elke König at the beginning of March. Dr König will be moving to Brussels to help set up and head ...
Speech by Hans Hoogervorst: ‘Bad accounting breeds bad policies’
March 16th, 2015
Speaking today at the NAPF Investment Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), said everybody is best served by accounting that reflects the economic reality, even if it makes for uncomfortable reading. ...
Germany’s DAX 30 index jumps above 12,000 for first time
March 16th, 2015
Germany’s DAX 30 index DAX, +1.07% jumped to an all-time intra-day high on Monday, climbing above the 12,000 mark for the first time ever. The index briefly touched 12,001.98, but fell back to trade up 0.8% at 11,991.92 at the latest. The ...
Greek PM Tsipras says there is no going back to austerity
March 16th, 2015
Greece will not accept any return to austerity, leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday, adding that he was convinced he would strike a deal with international partners to keep finances afloat. “The key for an honorable compromise (with ...
