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More Scary Numbers
April 8th, 2015
The list of things hitting cyclical peaks gets longer every day. Besides the nominal amounts (debt, derivatives, money supply) that are now at all-time highs, some “as a share of GDP” indicators are starting to say similar, very scary ...
Former ConvergEx trader admits books and records falsification
April 7th, 2015
Former Convergex Global Markets trader, Michael Craig Marshall, pleads guilty for scheme to falsify books and records A former trader at ConvergEx Global Markets has pleaded guilty in federal court in New Jersey for his role in a scheme ...
Is The Whole World Slowing Down?
April 6th, 2015
The stats just keep getting stranger and, if you’re a policymaker or an investor, scarier. According to a (now widely publicized) McKinsey & Co study, instead of deleveraging after the debt-induced crisis of 2008-2009, the world borrowed another $57 trillion. ...
Commencement of a New Bank to Offer Wealth Management Services for Individual Investors in Hong Kong
April 3rd, 2015
Establishing a wealth management bank through joint investment by Japanese and Hong Kong companies including Shinsei Bank, Monex Group, AD Capital, Convoy and Tokyu Livable, and to commence operations in the First Half of Fiscal Year 2015 Shinsei Bank, ...
Chinese investors trade way more often than Americans
April 2nd, 2015
One of the easiest ways to mess up your investment portfolio is by tinkering with it too much. That’s when pesky fees and human error tend to drag down performance. Unless you get super lucky, this common mistake can ...
We’re All Hedge Funds Now, Part 2: Tech Startups and Nigerian Bonds
March 27th, 2015
Watching formerly risk-averse investors adapt to a negative interest rate world is almost as much fun as watching Europe try to keep Greece and Germany in the same financial family. In each case, success depends on all the parties ...
We’re All Hedge Funds Now
March 26th, 2015
As negative interest rates spread from Switzerland, Japan and Germany to the rest of the developed world, people with money to invest face some life-defining choices. Retirees who need to generate 6% to avoid dipping into principal can’t get ...
First Chinese money market ETF lists in London
March 26th, 2015
First London listed RMB denominated money market ETF to be traded and settled in RMB, GBP and EUR Commerzbank CCBI RQFII Money Market UCITS ETF gives European investors access to China Interbank Bond Market securities Confirms London’s leading role in ...
The Role of Securitization in Dealing with the Banking Problems
March 20th, 2015
One of the main problems that our banking sector is facing is obviously the incredibly excessive amount of non-performing loans (NPLs) on our banks’ balance sheets that reached almost 50% (about €28 billion) of their total loan portfolio! A ...
GFG Market Insight – Will Gold Go Below $1,000?
March 13th, 2015
In Brief: Gold’s charts suggest this precious metal may decline below $1,100 per ounce in the near-term. If this proves true and gold’s buyers fail to step up and support gold at those levels, gold appears poised to drop quickly below ...