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European Investment Bank rolls out the Investmet Plan for Europe
April 23rd, 2015
The first projects and transactions earmarked for benefitting from an EU budget guarantee under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) have been approved by the Boards of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) ...
Lifting potential growth in the euro area
April 23rd, 2015
Speech by Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Welt-Währungskonferenz Potential growth and monetary policy The euro area economy seems now to be turning the corner. Both the hard and soft data suggest that ...
Deutsche Bank announced litigation costs
April 23rd, 2015
Deutsche Bank has issued a press release to announce: Approximately EUR 1.5 billion litigation cost in first quarter 2015 The majority of these litigation costs are not tax-deductible. Despite these costs Deutsche Bank will be profitable in the first ...
Grexit: Remaining In The Eurozone Is No Longer ‘The Base Case’ For Greece
April 22nd, 2015
According to the Wall Street Journal, Greece staying in the eurozone is no longer “the base case” for European officials, and one even told the Journal that “literally nothing has been achieved” in negotiations with the new Greek government ...
Number of businesses EU VAT rules affect ‘underestimated’
April 22nd, 2015
HMRC’s underestimation of the number of small businesses affected by the new VAT EU rules on the supply of business to customer digital services caused thousands to struggle with the new regulations. The claims were made by the EU ...
Piraeus bank announced acquisition of Panellinia Bank
April 20th, 2015
Piraeus bank has issued an announcement to inform that: The bank has acquired the “good” part of Panellinia Bank S.A. following a tender offer launched by the Bank of Greece. After 17 April 2015, Panellinia’s branch network will operate under ...
DFSA Fines Deutsche Bank AG for Serious Breaches
April 16th, 2015
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA”), announced, that it has fined the DIFC branch of Deutsche Bank AG (“DBDIFC”), USD $8,400,000 (AED 30,849,000) for serious contraventions. Those contraventions include misleading the DFSA, failures in DBDIFC’s internal governance and systems ...
European Commission opens Google antitrust proceedings
April 15th, 2015
The Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Google on its comparison shopping service and has opened a separate formal investigation into Android. The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Google alleging the company has ...
Saxo Bank strengthens its capital base with EUR 77.5 million
April 15th, 2015
Saxo Bank, the global online trading and investment specialist, has announced that it has strengthened its capital base by issuing Convertible Tier 2 Notes in exchange for EUR 46.25 million and by issuing new equity capital in the amount ...
EU’s Energy Chief on the Hunt for Non-Russian Gas
April 15th, 2015
EU officials are holding talks with a range of non-Russian suppliers and one day could buy gas from Iran, Europe’s climate and energy chief has said, setting aside a Gazprom warning that Europe should not block its gas strategy. Russia’s Gazprom on Monday said blocking its ...
