Moscow Exchange announces results for the full year 2014
March 12th, 2015
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the year ended 31 December 2014. Higher volumes on the FX, Equities and Money Markets, as well as increased interest income and fees from ...
Events – Conferences – Seminars
February 26th, 2015
Stay updated with coming Live Events, Conferences and Seminars for Forex Market, Accounting, Legal Banking and in general on Business, Finance and Investments
Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as clock ticks on EU bailout (Video)
February 12th, 2015
Greece‘s radical new prime minister Alexis Tsipras was in Brussels on Thursday to lay out his case for more financial help to fellow EU leaders following finance ministers’ failure to narrow differences overnight. The summit chairman, conservative former Polish ...
Gold demand sinks to five-year low in 2014 (Video)
February 12th, 2015
Global gold demand slumped to its lowest level in five years in 2014 as bar and coin buying plunged and jewelry purchases cooled, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). Overall demand totaled 3,924 tonnes, down 4 percent on year at ...
Finnish investment funds have significantly reduced their investments in Russia
February 2nd, 2015
Bank of Finland issued a statistic saying that: The outlook for the Russian economy was in 2014 clearly reflected in the investments by investment funds registered in Finland. During the year, investment funds’ assets in Russia decreased by nearly ...
What Would Exclusion From Payment System SWIFT Mean For Russia?
January 29th, 2015
Discussions among European leaders about new sanctions on Moscow have again raised fears that the SWIFT international payments system might be cut off, a move that experts warn would wreak financial havoc on Russia. The Society for Worldwide Interbank ...
S&P Downgrades Russia’s Sovereign Credit Rating to Junk
January 27th, 2015
Ratings agency S&P has cut Russia’s sovereign credit rating to junk status, bringing it below investment grade for the first time in a decade. Warning of difficult times ahead for Russia’s economy, S&P said Monday that it had cut ...
Fifty suitors bid for remains of FX firm Alpari
January 26th, 2015
More than 50 companies are bidding to buy all or part of failed forex and spreadbetting firm Alpari UK, City A.M. understands – with international units of the wider Alpari group among those who are interested. Alpari’s Japanese and ...
Bonds, shares, gold supported ahead of expected ECB action
January 21st, 2015
European shares held close to a seven-year high on Wednesday and Asian shares hit a six-week peak investors bet the European Central Bank would unveil a stimulus drive to boost the flagging euro zone economy. Expectations that the ECB ...
Swiss Franc Trade Is Said to Wipe Out Everest’s Main Fund
January 19th, 2015
Marko Dimitrijevic made a smart bet in December. The hedge fund manager, wagering the Swiss franc would fall, profited after voters there rejected a plan to have the central bank hold a fifth of its assets in gold. For ...