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Boutique Asset Managers Focus on European Equities Thanks to Regulations
July 15th, 2015
More regulations are driving smaller niche institutional investors to the European equity markets That’s according to the latest research from Tabb Group, an equity market consultancy, who reported that boutique asset managers are increasingly losing their home country bias ...
ICAP announces Trading Statement
July 15th, 2015
Strong growth in Electronic Markets Continued to expand our addressable market Further investment in financial technology assets ICAP has issued an announcement to inform its trading statement for the period from 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015 Group ...
China Opens Interbank Market to Central Banks, Sovereign Funds
July 14th, 2015
China issued new rules making it easier for foreign central banks, sovereign wealth funds and global financial organizations to access its interbank bond market, the latest step in the opening up of Asia’s largest economy. They will no longer ...
Euro’s Drop Muted as Currency Builds Resistance to Greek Turmoil
July 13th, 2015
The euro seems to be building up some resistance to Greek turmoil, even as it opened weaker for a third straight Monday amid the latest debt impasse. Today’s drop at the start of Asian trading was smaller than its ...
Oil prices rise on China stocks rebound, Greek deal hopes
July 10th, 2015
Oil prices rose on Friday on hopes that the Greek debt crisis could be resolved and as Chinese stocks rebounded, but analysts said bigger jumps were unlikely as global crude production remained high. Greece has tabled a cash-for-reforms proposal to ...
China Shares Rise but Uncertainty Hovers
July 10th, 2015
Greece inches closer to deal with creditors, but investors are wary of sustained China recovery China shares rose Friday, and other Asian markets made tentative gains, as investors assess whether a recovery in Chinese stocks proves sustainable. The Shanghai ...
China Bans Stock Sales by Major Shareholders for Six Months
July 8th, 2015
China’s securities regulator banned major shareholders, corporate executives and directors from selling stakes in listed companies for six months, its latest effort to stop the nation’s $3.5 trillion stock-market rout. Investors with stakes exceeding 5 percent must maintain their ...
Oil prices fall as China share crisis worsens, traders hedge for further drops
July 8th, 2015
Oil futures fell again on Wednesday as worries over the Greek debt crisis and China’s stock market turmoil outweighed an expected U.S. inventory drop, with traders anticipating further drops. Chinaoil prices’s stocks tanked further on Wednesday in a deepening ...
Chinese shares fall another 8% despite more measures
July 8th, 2015
Mainland Chinese shares continued to slide on Wednesday, falling more than 8% on opening. The slump came despite more moves by China’s regulators to try and stabilise the recently volatile market. The Shanghai Composite had recovered some losses by ...
Greece Votes NO – Let The Chaos Begin…
July 6th, 2015
The result of the referendum in Greece is a great victory for freedom, but it is also threatens to unleash unprecedented economic chaos all across Europe. With almost all of the votes counted, it is being reported that approximately ...
