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Euronext celebrates the bond listing of the Belgian Debt Agency on its Euronext Brussels market
February 18th, 2015
Euronext Brussels announces the successful admission to listing of the 15 years benchmark Government bonds issued by the Belgian Debt Agency, responsible for public debt management in Belgium. The Debt Agency’s main objective is to minimize the financial costs ...
Investment Plan: Green light for SME financing before the summer
February 18th, 2015
Following a decision by the Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) today, small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) across Europe should be able to benefit from the first funds from the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) before ...
Asia shares rise on reduced Greek pessimism, dollar firm
February 18th, 2015
Asian equities rose on Wednesday as pessimism over the Greek debt saga receded somewhat, while the dollar held firm against the yen after spiking up on higher U.S. debt yields. Equities in Europe were also expected to gain. Spreadbetters ...
Indonesia Stocks Rise to Record as Rupiah Falls After Rate Cut
February 18th, 2015
Indonesian stocks headed toward a record close and government bonds advanced, while the rupiah fell, after the central bank unexpectedly cut borrowing costs. The benchmark rate was lowered to 7.5 percent from 7.75 percent after local markets closed Tuesday, ...
Citi Board Elects Peter Blair Henry to Board of Directors
February 17th, 2015
Citi‘s Board of Directors today announced that it has elected Peter Blair Henry as a new independent director, with his service commencing July 1, 2015. Dr. Henry is the Dean of New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of ...
ESMA publishes annual report and supervisory focus for CRAs and TRs
February 17th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an annual report (Report) on its direct supervisory activities in 2014 regarding credit rating agencies (CRAs) and trade repositories (TR). The report summarises the key actions taken during 2014 ...
Global dividend income hits new record of $1.167 trillion
February 17th, 2015
The total dividend income paid to shareholders around the world rose by 11% last year to $1.167 trillion, according to investment firm Henderson Global Investors. The biggest increase in cash payouts came from US firms at $52bn. Henderson said ...
Asia stocks mostly rise, gains tempered by Greek standoff
February 17th, 2015
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday but gains were tempered after Greek debt talks broke down, raising the prospect Athens might leave the euro currency. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was little changed at 18,001.58 while the Shanghai ...
Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout
February 17th, 2015
Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country’s debt crisis broke down on Monday when Athens rejected a proposal to request a six-month extension of its international bailout package as “unacceptable”. The unexpectedly rapid collapse raised doubts about Greece’s future ...
Japan crawls out of recession, but GDP misses (Video)
February 16th, 2015
Japan‘s economy crawled out of recession in the fourth quarter of 2014, data on Monday showed, although the growth figures came in much weaker than expected. Gross domestic product grew an annualized 2.2 percent, helped by a rebound in ...
