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Banks announcements following Fed’s “Stress Tests”
March 12th, 2015
Following Federal Reserve “Stress Tests”, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America issued press releases informing that: Morgan Stanley Announces Share Repurchase of Up to $3.1 Billion of Common Stock and the Increase of Its Quarterly Dividend to ...
RBS Trader Admits Defrauding Customers in Multimillion Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme
March 12th, 2015
U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly of the District of Connecticut, Special Inspector General Christy Romero for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) and Special Agent in Charge Patricia M. Ferrick of the FBI’s New Haven Division announced that Matthew ...
European equity funds to draw strong inflows on ECB move
March 12th, 2015
European stocks are poised to become the darlings of 2015 on the back of the European Central Bank‘s 1 trillion euro government bond-buying programme. The ECB’s programme, which began on Monday, will likely spur already surging demand for European ...
Big Banks Struggle to Pass Fed’s ‘Stress Tests’
March 12th, 2015
Bank of America must resubmit proposal to address certain weaknesses Four of the biggest names on Wall Street struggled to pass the Federal Reserve’s 2015 “stress tests,” and the U.S. units of two foreign banks fell short, underscoring the ...
Asia stocks regain footing after US rate hike jitters fade
March 12th, 2015
Asian stock markets mostly rose Thursday, finding a firmer footing after several days of volatile trading linked to anxiety over a probable rate hike in the U.S. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index rose 1.2 percent to 18,945.97. ...
Fed Likely to Remove ‘Patient’ Barrier for Rate Increase as Soon as June
March 11th, 2015
Shift at March meeting would create policy flexibility; inflation outlook key on Fed-funds increase The Federal Reserve is strongly considering removing a barrier to raising short-term interest rates as early as June by dropping its promise to be “patient” before acting. ...
U.S. banks’ buybacks, dividends may be no reason for shareholder celebrations
March 11th, 2015
Big U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Citigroup Inc(C.N), are expected to win Federal Reserve backing on Wednesday to buy back more shares and increase their dividends in the coming year, but the approvals may be as much about the institutions’ financial ...
Dollar at 12-year peak on euro, emerging markets spooked
March 10th, 2015
The U.S. dollar scored multi-year highs against the euro and yen in Asia on Tuesday amid starkly diverging outlooks for interest rates globally, while currencies from emerging markets came under mounting pressure from risk aversion. The skittish mood spread to Asian ...
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
March 9th, 2015
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Yannis Seitanidis on 8 March 2015 The ECB’s Governing Council had a meeting in Nicosia, two years after the “bail-in” agreement on the recapitalisation of ...
ECB Buying Starts New Era for Bonds, Euro
March 9th, 2015
Currency heads toward parity with dollar; paying to hold debt The arrival of the European Central Bank’s huge bond-buying plan Monday is forcing investors to prepare for the once unthinkable: paying to hold debt issued by the eurozone’s one-time ...