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LSEG acquires XTF
December 22nd, 2015
XTF is a provider of U.S. ETF data, analytics and ratings Acquisition adds to LSEG’s leading offering in the ETF space Growing demand for greater research tools to track $3 trillion global ETF market London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) confirms ...
Citi and Hildebrandt: Significant factors for law firms in 2016
December 21st, 2015
Citi Private Bank and Hildebrandt Consulting release a report cited key factors for Law Firm’s success in 2016 According to the report the two increasingly significant factors are: Winning Battle for Laterals Hires Continued volatility “There was a time ...
Israel’s Flourishing Fintech Has Many Fathers
December 21st, 2015
Israeli finance technology has taken giant leaps in the last few years. Hundreds of local startups are developing new technologies for payment and security solutions, and multinational companies and banks are flocking to Israel for a piece of the action. Much ...
Global stocks, dollar climb as Fed lifts off
December 17th, 2015
Asian stock markets jumped on Thursday as investors chose to take an historic hike in U.S. interest rates as a mark of confidence in the world’s largest economy, lifting the dollar and piling on the pain for oil prices. ...
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 ...
Hooray! Japan is not in recession
December 8th, 2015
Gross domestic product grew by an annualized 1% in the third quarter, instead of contracting by 0.8% as previously announced, Japan’s Cabinet Office said Tuesday. That means the world’s third-largest economy is not in recession, which is commonly defined as two ...
Russia And Turkey: Teetering On The Brink
December 7th, 2015
The Russian state-run propaganda machine is currently fanning anti-Turkish vitriol full-time. Economic ties between Russia and Turkey are being effectively severed, while military forces have been put on high alert. Is this escalation a mere PR exercise to mobilize ...
VW Scandal: Top law firms competing for lead assignment in expected multibillion-dollar case
December 3rd, 2015
Top law firms competing for lead assignment in expected multibillion-dollar case Lawyers from across the country will descend Thursday on a courthouse in New Orleans to jockey for a potentially lucrative assignment: a role in the massive consumer-fraud litigation facing Volkswagen AG over ...
Global Crisis: Goldman Sachs Says That Brazil Has Plunged Into ‘An Outright Depression’
December 2nd, 2015
One of the most important banks in the western world says that the 7th largest economy on the entire planet has entered a full-blown economic depression. Brazil’s economy has now contracted for three quarters in a row, and many ...
Visa/MasterCard EU dominance adds impetus to calls for bank-backed competitor
December 2nd, 2015
MasterCard and Visa now account for 86% of all payment cards in Europe, as domestic and private label schemes continue their decline, according to data from RBR. RBR’s figures indicate that €9 out of every €10 spent using a ...