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Greek Signals of Compromise Send Markets Soaring
February 4th, 2015
Greece’s new leaders, on a hopscotch tour of European capitals, convinced markets on Tuesday they are eager for a deal with creditors, but their still fuzzy proposals await a harder hearing from Athens’s toughest lender: the German government. Investors ...
Swiss central bank ready to intervene: official
January 27th, 2015
The Swiss franc fell on Tuesday after a senior official at the Swiss National Bank was quoted as saying the central bank was still prepared to intervene to keep the currency relatively weak. The euro jumped to over 1.03 ...
Law Firms Awards
December 29th, 2014
MERGERMARKET EUROPEAN M&A AWARDS 2014 Top investment banks and law firms gathered at the Savoy Hotel in London, to recognise the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and reward innovative advisory work on some of the region’s most transformative deals ...
FOREX – Euro dips as Spanish consumer prices fall more than expected
November 27th, 2014
The euro fell against the dollar on Thursday after data showed Spanish consumer prices falling more than expected, firming up expectations that the European Central Bank will have to resort to more aggressive easing of monetary policy. The euro ...
Officials will interview Traders about currency market manipulation
November 25th, 2014
U.S. prosecutors will travel to London in the coming weeks to interview traders about currency market manipulation, the latest sign that authorities are closer to filing criminal charges stemming from the long-running probe, sources told Reuters. Officials from the ...
Pound Falls a Fourth Day as Carney Signals Disinflation Risks
November 17th, 2014
The pound fell for a fourth day against the dollar, approaching a 14-month low, as Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and Chief Economist Andy Haldane signaled they’re concerned that inflation is slowing. U.K. government bonds rose along with Treasuries, pushing 10-year gilt ...
Swiss officials search Sarasin bank in German tax probe
October 24th, 2014
Swiss authorities have searched the offices of private Bank J. Safra Sarasin as part of a probe led by German prosecutors into dividend stripping, an investment strategy that can be used to help clients avoid taxes, a Zurich prosecutor ...
New sanctions cause Russian shares and rouble to tumble
July 17th, 2014
The United States imposed its toughest sanctions yet on Moscow on Wednesday, and Russian stocks and the rouble tumbled on Thursday. Safe-haven assets such as gold, yen and German bonds rose. The rouble-traded MICEX stock market dropped 2.5 percent ...
Canada-Dollar Bears Turn Bullish First Time in 16 Months
July 8th, 2014
Speculators have reversed bets that helped make the Canadian dollar the worst performer in the developed world, with sentiment swinging in the currency’s favor for the first time in 16 months as inflation quickens. Futures wagers by hedge funds ...
Dutch Regulator Says Banks Benefit More Than They Pay for
May 26th, 2014
Banks will draw benefits from the European Central Bank’s direct oversight that will outweigh the extra supervisory costs they face, according to the Dutch central bank’s chief supervisory official. “They said it’s a lot of money, but it’s worth ...
