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Australian stock market becomes haven for tech startups
April 11th, 2016
The Asia-Pacific region has been picking up some of the slack we’ve been encountering lately within the technology merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape. While US capital markets are tightening, tech M&A activity in the Asia-Pacific region reached a three-year ...
China Foreign-Exchange Reserves Rise for First Time in Five Months
April 8th, 2016
Increase comes as the yuan has staged a recovery in recent weeks China’s foreign-currency reserves rose during March, the first increase in five months, a sign Beijing may have partially succeeded in stemming heavy capital outflows that destabilized global ...
RBI:India Cuts Rates,First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17
April 5th, 2016
Part A: Monetary Policy Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to: reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 ...
RBA: Monetary Policy Decision, rate unchanged
April 5th, 2016
At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.0 per cent. Recent information suggests that the global economy is continuing to grow, though at a slightly lower pace than earlier expected. While several ...
How PwC is Finding and Hiring External Talent
March 31st, 2016
How PwC and The Washington Post Are Finding and Hiring External Talent Corporations across the globe are increasing their use of external talent. In the U.S. alone, companies are engaging roughly 6.4 million independent contractors, freelancers, and other types ...
Financial Policy Committee statement from its policy meeting, 23 March 2016
March 29th, 2016
1. The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) assesses the outlook for financial stability by identifying the risks faced by the financial system and weighing them against the resilience of the system. In doing so, its aim is to ...
Egypt targets higher growth, deficit reduction in new government program
March 29th, 2016
Egypt promised tough action to restore growth on Sunday with a government program that aimed to reduce the budget deficit while protecting the poor as public anger mounts over a deteriorating economy. Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, reading out a ...
Oil to rebound to around $50 by year end – Saxo Bank
March 28th, 2016
Several factors are helping oil prices gain ground The past two months of oil price volatility have taken its toll on the financial markets, with the main culprits for this dramatic price fall being excess production, concerns about a ...
Broadridge Invests In and Enters Into an Alliance with LiquidX, Inc.
March 24th, 2016
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.(NYSE:BR) today announced that it has made a strategic investment and entered into a referral, sales and marketing alliance with LiquidX, Inc. (LiquidX), the provider of an electronic exchange platform for global trade finance. Founded by ...
UBS and Credit Suisse launch fintech accelerator
March 23rd, 2016
The two largest Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse, are partnering with Swisscom, Swiss Life and Ernst & Young to launch a fintech accelerator with an international target audience. Operating under the umbrella of the Kickstart Accelerator, the programme ...
