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Asia Stocks Gain Amid Thin Volumes; Aussie Climbs: Markets Wrap
March 7th, 2017
Australian dollar holds advance as RBA leaves rates unchanged South Korea, Hong Kong-traded Chinese shares lead advance Asian stock markets were mostly higher in thin trading as investors assessed the prospects for further gains after a rally leading up ...
Central banks and gold
March 5th, 2017
The very near future is likely to see a sea-change in central bankers’ attitude to the gold allocation in their reserves. The failure of G20 monetary policy since the financial crisis is causing a general rethink, which may eventually ...
KPMG in the UK elects new Chairman
March 3rd, 2017
Bill Michael will succeed Simon Collins, whose term as UK Chairman ends on 30th September 2017. Bill, an auditor by background, has worked for KPMG for nearly 30 years and is currently the firm’s Global Head of Banking and ...
Institutional Investors Shift Trading Desk Spending to Technology and Fixed Income
March 1st, 2017
Institutional investors in 2016 increased budgets to fixed-income trading desks in preparation for shifts in the interest-rate environment, and continued to ramp up IT budgets to keep pace with the dramatic changes technology is triggering in financial markets around ...
Bank of Israel keeps the interest rate unchanged
February 28th, 2017
Inflation data: The Consumer Price Index for January declined by 0.2 percent, in line with the average of forecasters’ projections. There were seasonal declines this month in the clothing and footwear component (9.2 percent), in the housing component (0.5 ...
Global (economic) warming
February 26th, 2017
If the economy was on its uppers, Trumpenomics could be reasonably compared with Reaganomics. But that is not the case. The economy is operating close to capacity, ….any further fiscal and monetary expansion will begin to create …. economic ...
The Pound to Euro Rate hits a Wall at Notorious 200 Day M.A
February 22nd, 2017
It was an impressive start to the mid-week session for Pound Sterling having broken above a key technical level against the Euro for the first time in months. The exchange rate is now knocking its 200-day moving average; if ...
Asia Stocks Gain Even as Topix Swings, Yen Rises: Markets Wrap
February 22nd, 2017
U.S. currency slipped earlier on Fed official’s rates comment Chinese shares in Hong Kong resume rally; oil extends gains Asian stocks rose as markets from Hong Kong to Singapore followed a rally in the U.S. The dollar pared earlier ...
Asia stocks consolidate recent gains; China shines
February 21st, 2017
Asian stocks held ground on Tuesday though Chinese equities surged to a fresh 2-1/2 month high as domestic funds piled into financial counters on expectations the world’s second biggest economy may have turned a corner. MSCI’s broadest index of ...
Deutsche Boerse CEO denies insider trading allegations
February 17th, 2017
The head of Deutsche Boerse said insider trading allegations against him were unfounded, pointing out that he did not determine the timing of his share purchases ahead of the announcement of merger plans with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) ...
