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Nippon Wealth Limited Opts for Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
July 28th, 2015
Hong Kong-based Wealth Management Firm Signs Up to use OneSumX for Anti-Money Laundering and Regulatory Reporting Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has signed Nippon Wealth Limited, a Restricted License Bank (NWB) as a user of OneSumX. The restricted license bank, ...
Australian dollar hits fresh six-year low as Chinese factories continue to falter
July 24th, 2015
Chinese manufacturing was sluggish for the fifth month running, a new survey shows, while the strengthening greenback sends the Aussie below US73c The Australian dollar fell to a fresh six-year low and stocks across Asia dropped sharply after more ...
A profound change for China’s SOEs
July 22nd, 2015
The rapid rise of China’s outbound direct investment in the past decade is a significant economic phenomenon, one met with a lot of resistance in some destination countries, particularly due to the abundance of state-owned enterprises. But despite concerns over ...
‘Brexit’ fears haunt London’s roaring trade in euros
July 22nd, 2015
If there is a symbol of British ambivalence to Europe then it may be the euro itself. The capital of euro trading prospers outside the euro zone, but London’s dominance of the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market could wane if ...
Singapore fintech startup ApexPeak acquires Netherlands-based Asyx
July 22nd, 2015
Asyx gets long-term financial backing to support expansion ApexPeak gains state-of-the-art financial services platform Singapore-headquartered fintech (financial services technology) startup ApexPeak said it has acquired Netherlands-based supply chain finance and collaboration solutions provider Asyx. Acquisition terms were not disclosed. ApexPeak, founded ...
China stocks turn higher
July 21st, 2015
Other Asian markets also edge up on tail of strong U.S. corporate earnings Stocks in Asia edged higher Tuesday on the tail of strong corporate earnings in the U.S. and China’s stabilizing markets. The Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.48% ...
FSMA Belgium published list of investement firms operating unlawfully in Belgium
July 20th, 2015
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issues a press release to warn the public against the activities of various providers of/intermediaries in binary options and forex products, as well as against the activities of various so-called “boiler ...
Big fund suspected of selling gold after price crashes to 5-year low
July 20th, 2015
Gold prices continued falling Monday, briefly hitting a more than a five-year low in Asian trade, after China indicated its gold reserves were at half the level expected. The yellow metal has lifted up from its worst levels of ...
IRS Probes Singapore Asset Manager for accepting transfers from undeclared Swiss accounts
July 20th, 2015
First came Switzerland. Now the Internal Revenue Service has a new target: Singapore Criminal investigators at the IRS are probing whether a Singapore asset-management firm accepted transfers from undeclared Swiss accounts closed by U.S. taxpayers, according to lawyers familiar ...
Gold tumbles to more than five-year low, China shares fall
July 20th, 2015
Gold tumbled to a more than five-year low Monday, and China shares drifted lower after authorities’ weekend move to tighten the use of informal lending channels by stock investors. Gold GCQ5, -2.31% fell 2.3% from its opening price Monday ...
