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FCA warns pension scheme operators are at risk from smarter scams
January 24th, 2017
The Financial Conduct authority (FCA), the financial regulator of UK, has issued a warning to alert authorised firms for the risks arising from failing to carry out appropriate due diligence on investment offerings. While aimed primarily at pension scheme ...
U.S. Stocks, Dollar Retreat as Trump Targets Trade: Markets Wrap
January 24th, 2017
Treasuries rise as Trump strikes protectionist tone on trade Crude slumps, gold rallies as haven trades back in focus U.S. stocks fell with the dollar while Treasuries gained as the Trump administration targeted reworking America’s trade relationships as investors ...
Is Europe Headed For A Political And Financial Crisis In 2017?
January 23rd, 2017
Is Europe Headed For A Political And Financial Crisis In 2017? While most eyes are on the dramatic shifts possible for U.S. economic policy as Donald Trump is sworn in as president on January 20, similarly deep political currents ...
Trump faces lawsuit for violating Constitution two days after taking oath
January 23rd, 2017
An all-star team of lawyers, including two leading experts on presidential ethics and two of the most prominent constitutional scholars in the nation, will file a lawsuit on Monday challenging President Trump’s ongoing violation of an anti-corruption provision in ...
Dollar Declines, Gold Gains With Industrial Metals
January 23rd, 2017
Yen climbs as traders react to Trump’s first days in office Japan’s Topix falls while Shanghai, Taiwan equities advance The dollar slumped after Donald Trump in his first days in office offered little news on his plans to boost growth ...
Gold – a primer for 2017
January 22nd, 2017
You know when to buy gold: it’s when nearly every trader and commentator tells you that gold is going lower and you should sell it. This is Harry Dent on 10th January: “I still see gold landing somewhere between ...
Shop owners in Conegliano Italy have been paying a local tax on shadow
January 20th, 2017
Shopkeepers in town in Veneto whose signs block light on public walkways are refusing to pay levy of €100 a year Goethe once wrote that where there is much light, there is also strong shadow. But for shop owners ...
China’s economy grows 6.7% in 2016
January 20th, 2017
China’s economy grew by 6.7 per cent in 2016, compared with 6.9 per cent a year earlier, according to official data, marking its slowest growth since 1990. The figure is in line with Beijing’s growth target of between 6.5 ...
Payment provider SafeCharge published a Pre-close trading update
January 20th, 2017
Pre-close trading update SafeCharge (AIM:SCH), the global provider of payments services, technologies and risk management solutions for online and mobile businesses, provides the following update as it enters its closed period ahead of announcing its results for the year ...
FINRA reports on potential Implications of Blockchain in the securities industry
January 19th, 2017
Distributed ledger technology (DLT), better known as blockchain, has garnered significant interest in the securities industry, with many market participants indicating a desire for increased regulatory engagement as they explore the technology and its possible applications. In response, the ...
