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Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to visit London
January 30th, 2015
Yanis Varoufakis to meet George Osborne and City bankers on whistlestop tour of Europe to drum up support for Athens’ Syriza government The new Greek finance minister is to call on George Osborne and City bankers next week as part of ...
Improvements needed in CRAs surveillance of structured finance credit ratings
December 17th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a report on the findings of its investigation into the way credit rating agencies (CRA) conduct surveillance of their structured finance credit ratings. The investigation, which took place between October ...
Two Sydney men plead guilty to insider trading
December 5th, 2014
Two Sydney men, including a former analyst with ratings agency Moody’s, today pleaded guilty to insider trading that netted a profit of more than $180,000. Daniel Joffe, 37, of Vaucluse, passed on information acquired in the course of his ...
Dollar’s Strongest Rally in Six Years Stalls Before Jobs Report
December 2nd, 2014
The dollar’s strongest annual rally in six years stalled amid speculation the currency’s advance has been too rapid before U.S. data tomorrow forecast to show job growth slowed. Australia’s currency rebounded from near the weakest in four years after ...
Moody’s: Cyprus Government Bond Upgraded to B3
November 17th, 2014
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Cyprus’ government bond rating to B3 from its previous rating of Caa3. The rating agency has also changed the outlook on the government bond rating to stable from positive and affirmed Cyprus’ Not-Prime (NP) ...
Twitter Debt Rated as Junk
November 14th, 2014
Twitter Inc. ’s debt was rated as junk on Thursday by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a sobering grade that comes a day after executives of the social media service tried to reassure skeptics on Wall Street of its long-term ...
China Stocks Fall on Last Day Before Link Start as Brokers Drop
November 14th, 2014
Chinese stocks fell on the last trading day before the start of the trading link between Hong Kong and Shanghai amid concern recent rallies were excessive. China Communications Construction Co. (601800) and ChinaCAMC Engineering Co. led declines for industrial companies with losses of more than 3 ...
A Recent Surge of Leveraged Loans Rattles Regulators
November 5th, 2014
As regulators hunt for the next financial bubble, they are homing in on an obscure corner of Wall Street: the debt market where Tom Shannon’s company, a chain of flashy bowling alleys, recently borrowed nearly half a billion dollars. ...
China Expands Access to $4.3 Trillion Interbank Bond Market
November 3rd, 2014
China is opening its 26.31 trillion yuan ($4.3 trillion) interbank bond market to non-financial firms after tightening trading rules following a crackdown on illegal transactions. Qualifying participants will require minimum net assets of 30 million yuan and use a ...
Businesses, trade to support U.S. third-quarter growth
October 30th, 2014
A robust pace of business spending likely buoyed U.S. economic growth in the third quarter, a sign corporate chieftains have confidence in the sustainability of the recovery. Gross domestic product likely grew at a 3.0 percent annual pace, according ...
