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GFG Weekly Market Insight – 5 Themes For 2015 (week 05 Jan 2015)
January 9th, 2015
5 Themes for 2015 A look back at 2014 may shed some light on what could be ahead for 2015 with multi-asset class trading dynamics suggesting that a slow-motion repricing of risk and/or flight to liquidity may be underway. Possible ...
How OPEC Weaponized the Price of Oil Against U.S. Drillers
January 9th, 2015
If there ever was doubt about the strategy of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, its wealthiest members are putting that issue to rest. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait stressed a dozen times in ...
Goldman Sachs sparks outrage by paying staff highest UK bonuses
January 2nd, 2015
Goldman Sachs has paid the highest bonuses to senior staff among banks operating in the UK, sparking outrage and leading to calls the firm must return to “planet earth”. Overall, the US investment bank paid 121 London bosses and ...
Asia to test bond record again in 2015
December 30th, 2014
Asia could set another record for international bond issues in 2015 if Chinese companies continue to borrow offshore at the same voracious pace they did this year, while bankers expect a heavy redemption schedule and larger pipelines from India ...
Law Firms Awards
December 29th, 2014
MERGERMARKET EUROPEAN M&A AWARDS 2014 Top investment banks and law firms gathered at the Savoy Hotel in London, to recognise the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and reward innovative advisory work on some of the region’s most transformative deals ...
Dollar Matches Two-Year High Against Euro as Rupiah Strengthens
December 22nd, 2014
The dollar rose to match a two-year high versus the euro amid speculation the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates as early as April while other major central banks maintain monetary easing. A gauge of the U.S. currency was ...
RBS and Lloyds scrape through BoE stress tests as Co-op fails
December 16th, 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group scraped through the Bank of England’s stress tests with only Co-op of the eight institutions under scrutiny failing to meet the capital requirements. Although RBS and Lloyds were deemed ‘susceptible ...
HSBC sets aside head of European forex trading
December 11th, 2014
HSBC has sacked its European currency trading chief in the wake of a huge $618m (£394m) fine for manipulating the £3.3trn a day foreign exchange market. The bank is understood to have “let go” Stuart Scott on Tuesday following ...
Asian Currencies in Longest Weekly Declining Streak in Six Years
December 5th, 2014
Asian currencies dropped for a sixth week, the longest declining streak since 2008, as economic data boosted demand for the dollar and supported the case for higher U.S. interest rates. Malaysia’s ringgit led losses, falling to a five-year low ...
Mr. Yen Sees Drop He Forecast Nearing End on Economy
November 26th, 2014
The 14 percent plunge in Japan’s currency since mid-year has about run its course, according to the former Ministry of Finance official known as “Mr. Yen.” Eisuke Sakakibara, who got his nickname in the 1990s for his influence over the exchange ...
