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Bad loans haunt Greek banks seeking new start
September 8th, 2015
Turned down for a 10,000 euro ($11,100) loan, George Sarris is one of hundreds of thousands of small business owners shunned by Greek banks. Pointing to the parliament building overlooking his small cafe in Athens’ Syntagma Square, the 35-year-old ...
Gold Price Slips as China Adds Another 16 Tonnes of Bullion
September 8th, 2015
Gold prices slipped in quiet trade in London on Monday, retreating near the lowest levels since mid-August at $1119 per ounce as European stock markets held flat, ignoring another sharp drop in Asian equities. New data overnight showed China’s People Bank growing ...
Bats Chi-X Europe Reports Strong Market Share In July 2015
September 7th, 2015
Market share rises year-on-year in 12 of the 15 markets in which the exchange operates BATS Chi-X Europe today reported July data and highlights, including pan-European market share of 23.4%. The exchange, which is Europe’s largest destination for equities ...
London Stock Exchange Group And Boat Services To Build Mifid Ii Trade Reporting Solution
September 4th, 2015
Heads of Terms signed to create MiFID II compliant, multi-asset reporting platform Complements UnaVista’s MiFID II transaction reporting service London Stock Exchange to apply for Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) status London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) today announced it has ...
The Current Global Financial Crisis
September 3rd, 2015
During the last month global markets has been roiled by the financial crisis that emanated from China, but propagated to other parts of the world. To put things into perspective, during the month of August more than $5 trillion ...
China’s Economic Woes Jeopardize Putin’s Pipeline, Energy Trade Between Russia, China
August 28th, 2015
For the past decade, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been putting plans in place to free Russia from energy dependency on European markets with a series of projects that aim to capitalize on the economic clout of China. But ...
Bank of Cyprus: Group Financial Results for the six months ended 30 June 2015
August 27th, 2015
Key Highlights • Improving funding structure; loans to deposits ratio (L/D) declined to 136% (138% at 31 March 2015) and customer deposits accounting for 54% of total assets (51% at 31 March 2015) • ELA reduced by €1 bn ...
U.S. Stocks Come Charging Back
August 27th, 2015
Six-day losing streak ends as Fed official calls case for September rate increase ‘less compelling’ Stocks snapped a six-day losing streak Wednesday, soaring by the highest percentage in nearly four years amid signs of strength in the U.S. economy ...
ECB’s economist says bank will act to combat China, oil impact on inflation target
August 26th, 2015
The risk has increased that the European Central Bank won’t get inflation back up to where it wants, the bank’s chief economist said on Wednesday, pledging to beef up its anti-deflation asset-buying programme if necessary. Peter Praet, who is ...
Investors and brokers agree landmark share-dealing code
August 26th, 2015
The investment industry has taken a major step to improve client returns by agreeing a new code of conduct with brokers to help large share deals complete at the best possible price. The code will help to ensure that ...
