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China August HSBC Flash PMI Slips to Three-Month Low
August 21st, 2014
Growth in China’s vast factory sector slowed to a three-month low in August as output and new orders moderated, a preliminary private survey showed on Thursday, reinforcing concerns about increasing softness in the economy. The HSBC/Markit Flash China Manufacturing ...
Bank of America to Settle $16.65 Billion Mortgage Case
August 21st, 2014
The Justice Department is poised to announce a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America over accusations that it duped investors into buying toxic mortgage securities, say people briefed on the matter. Yet even as that accord nears completion, ...
KPMG says EU bank reforms should be shelved
August 21st, 2014
Audit firm KPMG has written to Europe’s largest lenders saying a European Commission plan to separate banks’ consumer and investment-banking arms should be shelved, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. In an emailed statement KPMG said the proposal would not ...
IFC issues $2.5 billion rupee-denominated bonds
August 20th, 2014
The World Bank’s private-sector financing arm on Wednesday launched $2.5 billion, rupee-denominated, bonds in the Indian market to fund infrastructure projects, after raising $1 billion in offshore bonds for the sector last year. The International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) bond ...
Two Bank of England officials voted August rate rise
August 20th, 2014
Bank of England policymakers broke ranks over interest rates for the first time in three years this month, when two unexpectedly voted to tighten policy and revived speculation about a 2014 rate hike. Former academic Martin Weale and business ...
Gold Prices Steady Ahead of Federal Reserve Minutes
August 20th, 2014
The US economy has been moving in the right direction, but inflation numbers in the US remain at very low levels. On Tuesday, CPI and Core CPI, the primary gauges of consumer inflation, both posted paltry gains of 0.1%. ...
Swedish regulator warns against unauthorised firm
August 20th, 2014
Finansinspektionen, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, has published a statement in order to warn investors against dealing with unauthorised firms. As a result, Glacier Bay Capital LLC has not received authorisation from Finansinspektionen and therefore is not entitled to ...
FMA files civil proceedings against trustee
August 20th, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has filed civil proceedings against Prince and Partners Trustee Company Limited (Prince). Prince was the trustee for finance company Viaduct Capital Limited (Viaduct). Viaduct collapsed in 2009. FMA alleges that Prince breached the obligations ...
HKMA reaction to US sanctions over StanChart
August 20th, 2014
Following the New York Department of Financial Services allegations against Standard Chartered Bank as announced yesterday, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has issued a notice informing that it has taken note of the action. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) ...
Oil Companies Turning Away From The Middle East
August 20th, 2014
The violence and cutthroat politics of the Middle East, combined with declining oil and gas production levels, has triggered a subtle but significant shift away from what has long been the center of the energy industry to other regions ...
