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Nikkei closes up, ASX hits one-month low
December 11th, 2015
Asian markets closed mixed on Friday, despite Wall Street’s positive finish overnight, as record low oil prices weighed resources plays and China shares traded in negative territory as another top executive was reported missing by local media. “Most investors ...
Gold price drop could spur jewellery maker profit in India
December 10th, 2015
While a strengthening dollar and an economic slump in China are battering stocks of jewellers from Tiffany & Co to Chow Tai Fook Jewellery, one company in India is predicting a demand pick-up after gold slid to a five-year low last week. ...
Falling Oil + Rising Dollar = Crisis For A Whole Lot Of People
December 10th, 2015
Oil is plunging again, this time in the wake of OPEC’s inability to limit its members’ production. The US dollar, meanwhile, is up on the divergence between Fed tightening and ECB/BoJ/BoC easing. This widening gap is a perfect storm ...
PwC pushes further into legal services
December 9th, 2015
PwC has continued its aggressive push into the legal space, aided by the firm’s appointment of a former Gilbert + Tobin partner as head of projects. Tony O’Malley, PwC Australia and Asia Pacific legal services leader, told Lawyers Weekly’s sister publication AccountantsDaily that the ...
Asian stock markets end lower; economic data in focus
December 9th, 2015
Asian equities ended lower on Wednesday as major markets such as Japan and China released economic data. Oil prices also ticked up during Asian trading session after closing near six-year lows overnight. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were ...
A Fateful Mistake Haunts Goldman Sachs
December 8th, 2015
Bank faces fresh allegations of share-count error tied to Tibco takeover Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is entangled in an increasingly contentious fight over a 2014 takeover on which it advised, underscoring the treacherous legal environment for mergers-and-acquisitions bankers. Goldman faces fresh allegations ...
Citic Securities Chinese brokers missing as Beijing crackdown intensifies
December 8th, 2015
The scandal at Citic has already scuppered a proposed takeover of Russell Investments Two investment bankers from Citic Securities, China’s biggest broker, have gone missing, sparking fresh concerns about a state-led crackdown in the wake of this summer’s stock-market ...
OPEC Heads for Status Quo as Members Clash Over Output Cut
December 4th, 2015
Saudi Arabia opposes cuts without Russian participation Venezuela rallies cash-strapped members to support output cuts OPEC looked on track to maintain the status quo after member states clashed over oil production policy at an unusual informal gathering before the ...
Oil is expected to reach new lows – CNBC Oil Survey
December 3rd, 2015
OPEC is not expected to take any action this week to prop up oil prices, which have yet to hit rock bottom, according to a new CNBC Oil Survey. Oil is expected to reach new lows in the first ...
Money Is Becoming Unmanageable: Hedge Funds Post Losses, Face Outflows
December 3rd, 2015
Some of the money managers who made names (and billions of dollars) for themselves in the past decade are suddenly failing: ” Hedge Funds Brace for Redemptions (Bloomberg) – When BlueCrest Capital Management told investors Tuesday ...
