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Stock Markets update: UBS launches on Xetra & HSBC uses EurexOTC clear
August 28th, 2015
New UBS equity index ETF launched on Xetra ETF provides first-time access to Japanese companies focussed on sustainability A new equity index ETF issued by UBS ETF Sicav has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday. ETF ...
Greece debt crisis: Interim PM Thanou is first woman leader
August 28th, 2015
Greece‘s top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou, has been appointed caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections next month. President Prokopis Pavlopoulos named Ms Thanou after efforts to form a coalition failed. Last week, Alexis Tsipras resigned as prime ...
Greek bourse calms down after rocky start – Tsipras Risks a Fragmented Parliament
August 27th, 2015
Following the roller-coaster ride during the first two sessions of the week, trading was stable on the Athens Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The general index moved up just 0.16 percent to 622.72 points. Turnover, however, was down considerably on ...
Greek stocks nosedive amid China jittters
August 25th, 2015
The Athens Stock Exchange experienced one of its worst days in the last few years on Monday, when the general index plummeted 10.54 percent to land at 558.38 points. The sudden fall came amid concern about the impending snap ...
Global Selloff Deepens as Stocks Sink With Oil
August 24th, 2015
Equity investors took flight across Asia, sending the region’s benchmark stock gauge toward a bear market and Chinese stocks plunging by the most since 2007 as U.S. futures tumbled. Ten-year Treasury yields dropped below 2 percent. China’s Shanghai Composite ...
Greek Prime Minister resigns: Greece under Tsipras
August 21st, 2015
Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s prime minister, resigned on Thursday August 20th and called a snap election, to be overseen by an interim administration. The decision follows a split within his left-wing Syriza party over a new bail-out deal with Greece’s ...
Greece made a crucial 3.2 billion euro debt repayment
August 20th, 2015
Greece made a crucial 3.2 billion euro debt repayment on Thursday using newly released bailout funds, a government source said, as a senior minister argued for rapid elections following a rebellion in the ruling party. The repayment to the ...
Greek lawmakers back 3rd bailout after all-night debate
August 14th, 2015
Greek lawmakers approved their country’s draft third bailout in a parliamentary vote Friday that relied on opposition party support and saw the government coalition suffer significant dissent. The vote came after a marathon all-night session marked by procedural delays ...
Greece debt crisis: Tension rises ahead of vote on third bailout
August 13th, 2015
Faced with opposition to a new Greek bailout at home and abroad, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday expressed confidence that the deal would gain approval in what promises to be a tough vote in Greece’s Parliament in ...
Greece and lenders agree bailout, shares rally
August 11th, 2015
Greece and its international lenders reached an 85 billion euro bailout agreement on Tuesday after nailing down the terms of new loans needed to save the country from financial ruin. The deal, which came after 23 hours of talks ...
