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Asia trades lower as Nikkei slips 2.2%
February 19th, 2016
Major markets in Asia were mostly down on Friday, with the Japanese market falling behind its regional peers. The Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 index shed 2.18 percent in the afternoon trade with shares broadly trading in the red. The yen strengthened ...
Shares Jump From Europe to Japan as Oil Holds Rally; Yuan Soars
February 16th, 2016
Absence of post-holiday China selloff bolstered sentiment Draghi said ECB will act should turmoil hit price stability Stocks came back with a vengeance amid speculation losses that sent global equities into a bear market had gone too far, with ...
Reversal Of Fortunes: Capital Pours Out Of Banks And Into Gold
February 12th, 2016
For banks, the recent news is pretty grim. But it’s about to get much worse, based on the following: Yield Curve Flattens: Now 10-Year Yields Just 1% More than 2-Year (Barrons) – Ye olde yield ...
Shock slump in European industry bodes ill
February 11th, 2016
Europe‘s top four economies suffered steeper drops in industrial output during December than any analyst had forecast, a grim sign for the global economy as it struggles to sustain momentum. Wednesday’s industrial output data for Britain, France and Italy ...
The five fears stalking the global banking industry
February 10th, 2016
China, emerging markets, the eurozone, oil and commodities all pose a threat to the banking sector this year Banking shares have come under pressure this week as investors express fears that the sector will be badly hit by a global ...
ICAP plc – Trading Statement
February 9th, 2016
Transaction with Tullett Prebon on track Solid growth in the Post Trade division Continued investment in new product initiatives Market conditions remain challenging ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information ...
Clearstream to migrate to T2S in February 2017
February 9th, 2016
he T2S CSD Steering Group (CSG) has confirmed the main migration scenario following the successful test (dress rehearsal) of migration wave 3 participants on 30 and 31 January. This main migration scenario foresees the migration of Clearstream’s CSDs in ...
Italy’s bad bad bank
February 8th, 2016
Europe’s plan for a bad bank in Italy, it turns out, is to not have a bad bank at all. Given how long it has taken, any news is good news. Italy finally reached agreement with the EU in ...
It is time for a euro zone finance ministry?
February 8th, 2016
The euro zone needs to press ahead with structural reforms and closer integration, including an euro zone finance ministry, to deliver sustainable growth, the heads of the French and German central banks wrote in a German newspaper on Monday. ...
Interview with Wall Street Journal
February 5th, 2016
Interview with Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Brian Blackstone and Tom Fairless on 1 February 2016 Over the last few months we’ve seen oil and commodity prices bringing down inflation. How worried ...
