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Greece crisis: Emergency summit called for Monday
June 19th, 2015
An emergency summit of leaders from eurozone nations will be held on Monday, after the latest attempt to resolve the Greek debt crisis failed. A meeting of finance ministers on Thursday made no breakthrough. Head of the Eurogroup, Jeroen ...
Milford Asset Management to pay $1.5 million following FMA investigation
June 18th, 2015
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has completed its investigation into certain trading activity between December 2013 and August 2014 by a trader employed by Milford Asset Management Limited (Milford). The FMA considers that the trading conduct breached the market ...
Banks’ Civil Forex Settlements Near $2 Billion
June 18th, 2015
Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and HSBC recently signed agreements to settle case The total amount paid by banks to settle a civil lawsuit tied to allegations traders manipulated the currency market has now reached almost $2 billion following ...
The Bank of Greece Report on Monetary Policy 2014-2015
June 17th, 2015
Today, in accordance with its Statute, the Bank of Greece submitted its Report on Monetary Policy 2014-2015 to the Speaker of the Greek Parliament and the Cabinet. At the time of writing of the present report, news kept unfolding, ...
No VAT on Bitcoin in Switzerland
June 15th, 2015
Excellent news from the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (ESTV): no VAT applies to Bitcoin in Switzerland. “This is excellent news for Bitcoin in Switzerland as it provides the legal certainty we need to professionally operate our business,” Niklas Nikolajsen, ...
Top companies in the Arab World 2015
June 15th, 2015
The UAE features heavily in the Forbes Middle East study into the top-performing companies in the Arab World. Find out which firms made the top 10 1st: Sabic. The list was based on disclosed financial statements for 2014, collated ...
Greece airs idea of bailout extension ahead of leaders’ talks
June 11th, 2015
Greece’s lenders urged the government to come to an agreement swiftly on Wednesday as Athens proposed the extension of the country’s bailout program by nine months, until March 2016. A Greek official speaking on the sidelines of a summit ...
MSCI puts decision to include China ‘A’ shares in index on hold
June 10th, 2015
U.S. index provider MSCI Inc (MSCI.N) has told China it must further liberalize its capital markets before it will include Chinese domestic shares in one of its global benchmarks, in a setback for Beijing’s efforts to promote its currency ...
Asian stocks slightly higher after Wall Street drifts
June 10th, 2015
Asian stock markets crept higher Wednesday after Wall Street steadied and index compiler MSCI signaled Chinese shares will eventually be included in global benchmarks, a development that could attract more portfolio capital to the region. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei ...
Libor Trial Hears Global Banks Submitted Skewed Data
June 9th, 2015
Numerous banks told the British Bankers’ Association they deliberately submitted inaccurate data, court at Tom Hayes trial is told A succession of global banks told a British trade association in 2005 and 2006 that they and their rivals were ...
