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Richest Russians Repatriate Assets After Putin Turns Tax Screw
January 20th, 2015
President Vladimir Putin is pushing harder on Russia’s richest citizens to repatriate offshore assets amid a slump in the ruble and the imposition of sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union. Under new tax rules signed into law ...
Swiss Franc Trade Is Said to Wipe Out Everest’s Main Fund
January 19th, 2015
Marko Dimitrijevic made a smart bet in December. The hedge fund manager, wagering the Swiss franc would fall, profited after voters there rejected a plan to have the central bank hold a fifth of its assets in gold. For ...
Investors fear global economy slowdown
January 16th, 2015
US stocks were traded lower on Thursday for the fifth consecutive time. Investors are concerned over global economy slowdown, which indicates a plunge in world crude oil prices, and fear that the results of American earnings reports wouldn’t meet ...
What the Swiss franc shock means for markets
January 16th, 2015
Dennis Gartman told CNBC the Swiss decision Thursday to abandon a key part of its monetary policy is the worst central bank move he’s ever seen. “This really is I think a silly decision on their part and it ...
EU legal advisor supports ECB’s bond purchase plan
January 15th, 2015
EU Advocate General Cruz Villalon on Wednesday gave legal support to the European Central Bank (ECB) plan to purchase government bonds as an attempt to remedy the financial crisis in the Eurozone. The Outright Monetary Transactions program sets economic ...
Shell ditches $6.5bn Qatari petrochemicals project
January 14th, 2015
Royal Dutch Shell has scrapped plans for a $6.5bn petrochemicals project with Qatar Petroleum, citing “the current economic climate prevailing in the energy industry”, the oil major said on Wednesday. The Al Karaana petchems project, an 80:20 joint venture of ...
Deutsche Bank Sued by TPV Founder Over $32 Million Loss
January 14th, 2015
Deutsche Bank AG was sued in Singapore by Stanley Pan Fang-Jen, a co-founder of Hong Kong-based TPV Technology Ltd. (903), over a $32 million trading loss due to alleged false representations. The bank denied wrongdoing. The bank advised the ...
World Bank cuts global growth forecast
January 14th, 2015
The World Bank has cut its global growth forecast, warning the US alone cannot drive an economic recovery. In its bi-annual report, the Bank predicted global growth of 3% this year and 3.3% next year, below its June forecast ...
IronFX Global announces the top winner of the IronFX Intergalactic Trading Competition
January 14th, 2015
IronFX Global announces the top winner of the IronFX Intergalactic Trading Competition, where traders could “Make History” by competing for a flight aboard a suborbital spacecraft, or win $100,000 in cash. IronFX the Global Leader in Online Trading is ...
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, ECB
January 14th, 2015
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, on 13 January 2015 How concerned are you about the election of a new parliament in Greece resulting in a re-emergence of the euro crisis? Greece is ...
