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Australian GDP Pickup Suggests RBA Transition Working
June 4th, 2014
Australia’s economy grew at the fastest pace in two years as surging exports and home building showed record-low borrowing costs are sustaining a 22-year expansion even as mining investment slows. First-quarter gross domestic product advanced 1.1 percent from the ...
Singapore follows China With Dangerous Debt Level
June 4th, 2014
Singapore companies’ indebtedness has swelled to the most in Asia after China and India as the city-state’s economic growth slows, according to GMT Research Ltd. Leverage among the Southeast Asian nation’s corporates is following counterparts in the two larger ...
Draghi tries to Keep Rate-Cut Option Even After June
June 4th, 2014
Mario Draghi is likely to signal that any interest-rate cut this week won’t necessarily be the final one, according to two euro-area central bank officials. The European Central Bank president will probably reiterate his commitment to keep borrowing costs ...
Fed may shun global risk rules banks spent billions to meet
June 4th, 2014
The Federal Reserve may scrap international measures aimed at assessing bank health in favor of imposing its own rules, frustrating bankers who have spent billions of dollars retooling their books to meet global standards. Fed officials are concerned that ...
ASIC obtains extension of injunction freezing bank accounts of Sino Australia Oil and Gas Limited
June 3rd, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Federal Court in Melbourne extending an injunction restraining Sino Australia Oil & Gas Ltd (SAO), an ASX-listed entity, from transferring company funds from two accounts it holds ...
Invast Australia Hires New Sales Manager
June 3rd, 2014
Invast Financial Services Australia has expanded their local sales and business development team in order to help launch their latest trading platform, ST24, by hiring a new sales manager. Invast recently welcomed on board their newest addition, Jimmy Pan, ...
Lawmakers Oppose Proposed Changes to Accounting Method
June 3rd, 2014
A bipartisan group of 115 House legislators asked Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) last week to reconsider making changes in his tax reform plan to an inventory accounting method used by many US businesses. In a ...
Iran Eliminates US Dollar from Forex Reserves
June 3rd, 2014
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has practically rid the country’s foreign currency reserves of US dollar, replacing them with the United Arab Emirates’ dirham, an official said. Hossein Ya’qoubi, CBI governor for international affairs, told the Tasnim News ...
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 8%; SLR cut by 50 bps
June 3rd, 2014
In line with market expectations, the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday kept key rates unchanged. While the repo rate was maintained at 8% and reverse repo rate at 7%, the SLR was cut by 50 basis points. The ...
Switzerland informs UK over Bank Deposit Movements
June 3rd, 2014
Swiss banks were required to hand over information about deposit movements to UK authorities by May 31, 2014, to support UK efforts to track down untaxed income. This was required under an agreement between the UK and Switzerland, which ...
