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27 Major Global Stocks Markets That Have Already Crashed By Double Digit Percentages In 2015
December 7th, 2015
Anyone that tries to tell you that a global financial crisis is not happening is not being honest with you. Right now, there are 27 major global stock markets that have declined by double digit percentages from their peaks ...
China Begins G-20 Leadership With Ideas to Reduce Dollar’s Role
December 7th, 2015
South Korea, France to lead working group exploring SDR use China exploring ways to make system more resilient to shocks As China takes the reins of the Group of 20 for the coming year, the first indications are emerging ...
Robot financial advisers to march on the UAE
December 4th, 2015
When the Dubai resident Lewis Brown and his wife Penelope wanted financial planning advice, they took what for many is a natural step – they spoke to a financial adviser. The adviser, Will Carling of AES International, spent several ...
The B2 Group corporate customers confirm 2016 will be a year of revolution, not evolution
November 30th, 2015
Pace of change in financial services sector places more pressure on IT system readiness The B2 Group, provider of based payments, investment funds and FX automation software and consultancy solutions for transaction banks, third-party administrators, fund companies and corporates ...
HSBC cuts UAE retail, commercial bank jobs
November 23rd, 2015
HSBC has cut jobs in its retail and commercial banking units in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the bank prepares for lower growth in the Gulf Arab state next year, a source familiar with the matter said on ...
Putin: BRICS Bank & AIIB to strengthen global financial system
November 19th, 2015
The BRICS New Development Bank and China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will contribute to the strengthening and stability of the global financial system, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Russia is actively participating in the work of the new ...
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 ...
Ominous Parallels: The Roman Empire, The European Union, And Mass Migration
November 18th, 2015
This weekend’s Paris attacks, occurring in the middle of one of history’s largest mass-migrations, has the feel of uncharted territory. But it’s actually an eerie echo of something that happened nearly two thousand years ago in more-or-less the same ...
FirstRand joins CLS as new settlement member
November 12th, 2015
CLS Group (CLS) and FirstRand issued an announcement to inform that FirstRand joined CLS as a settlement member. Founded in 1998, FirstRand is one of the most important financial institutions in South Africa and the wider sub-Saharan region. It ...
Dentons and 大成 formalize combination
November 11th, 2015
Dentons and 大成 today formalized their combination. The launch follows the previously-announced timeline set in January 2015, after a vote by partners of both firms endorsing the combination, with both firms indicating that an effective date would be set ...
