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Markets mixed as oil plunge resumes
January 13th, 2015
Markets were mixed on Monday as oil resumed its fall. US stocks fell for a second straight trading session as investor confidence was hit by further plunge in oil prices ahead of the start of the fourth-quarter earnings season. ...
Oil Prices Fall to Fresh Lows
January 13th, 2015
Global Benchmark Brent Is 17% Lower for the Year The global oil benchmark settled below $50 a barrel for the first time in nearly six years Monday after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. slashed its forecasts, saying lower prices are ...
Euro to Decline to Lowest Versus Yen Since October BOJ, IG Says
January 13th, 2015
The euro is poised to decline against the yen to the weakest since the Bank of Japan unexpectedly boosted monetary easing in October, IG Markets Securities said, citing trading patterns. The euro dropped to 139.46 yen, the lowest since ...
Greece will need EU/IMF consent to cover funding needs via T-bills
January 12th, 2015
Greece‘s leftist opposition Syriza party will need EU/IMF approval to issue short-term debt to cover funding needs in the first quarter if it takes power after a January 25 election, the finance ministry said on Monday. Syriza, which is ...
HSBC, RBS Expected to Cut Bonuses After FX Fines
January 12th, 2015
HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc are expected to reduce bonus pools after deducting part of the fines paid for foreign-exchange manipulation, the Financial Times reported. Bonus pools at banks including Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) and Barclays Plc (BARC) were also ...
UK-based business and IT consultancy Rule Financial officially becomes GFT, following acquisition by the global GFT Group
January 9th, 2015
GFT now has over 400 specialists in the UK and over 3,100 worldwide The combined GFT team in the UK now delivers a wider range of services for clients UK-based business and IT consultancy Rule Financial has officially become ...
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 ...
Asia stocks gain on hopes for solid U.S. job report, euro probes new lows
January 9th, 2015
Asian stocks rose on Friday on upbeat expectations for the closely-watched U.S. jobs data, while the euro continued to flirt with fresh nine-year lows against the dollar. But spreadbetters expected the rebound in equities to peter out in Europe ...
Markets advance as oil rebounds
January 8th, 2015
Markets rebounded and oil rose on Wednesday. US stocks recorded solid gains, with the S&P 500 index snapping a five-day losing streak and recording its first gain in 2015. Investor optimism was boosted as oil markets stabilized and better ...
Oil-Product Prices Fall as Supplies Climb
January 8th, 2015
U.S. Inventory Data Confirm the Market Is Still Oversupplied Prices at the gas pump are heading even lower. Gasoline futures fell to nearly a six-year low on Wednesday after U.S. government data showed oil and fuel supplies rising to ...
