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PM markets: traders weigh European drought, US rains
April 20th, 2017
Wheat prices in the Chicago and Paris saw early gains, helped by fears that time is running out for much needed rains in Europe and North Africa, but the rallies failed later in the day, as a strong forecast ...
Bloomberg and Bats Europe combine for MiFID II reporting
April 20th, 2017
Bloomberg and Bats Europe have today announced they plan to provide Bloomberg customers with the ability to use their respective Approved Publication Arrangements (APA) to fulfil MiFID II transparency reporting requirements. Under MiFID II, market participants are facing a ...
Why We’re Ungovernable: Europe Gets Its Doomsday Scenario
April 20th, 2017
The rise of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has made a lot of people nervous since, among many other things, she’s in favor of leaving the eurozone, which would pretty much end the common currency. But since ...
European countries introduced tax breaks for cycling to work
April 19th, 2017
During the last months, four European countries have introduced tax breaks for cycling to work or extended existing ones: France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy. This shows that the idea of rewarding sustainable commuting behaviour through fiscal incentives is gaining ...
Where the majority of EU population live? flats or houses
April 13th, 2017
House or flat: where do you live? In 2015, 42% of the EU population lived in flats and 57% in houses. The share of persons living in flats was highest in Spain (66%), Latvia (65%) and Estonia (63%), and ...
EU Justice Scoreboard 2017: justice systems becoming more effective, but challenges remain
April 13th, 2017
The European Commission publishes the 2017 EU Justice Scoreboard which gives a comparative overview of the efficiency, quality and independence of justice systems in the EU Member States. Its aim is to assist national authorities to improve the effectiveness of ...
Thomson Reuters launched application that helps asset managers in making investing decisions
April 12th, 2017
Thomson Reuters Helps Drive Greater Accessibility to Quantitative Analysis for Buy-Side with Launch of QA Point Powered by Elsen Cloud-based QA Point enables portfolio managers to more quickly add backtest analytics into fund management Thomson Reuters has launched QA ...
Elliott Wave Analysis: EURCAD Could Be In For More Upside; Let’s Wait On Broken Channel Line
April 11th, 2017
EURCAD touched our first support at 1.4100 from where we can see market turning slightly higher so we are wondering if maybe lows are already in place, since we can count three waves down from 1.4598. However, I prefer ...
European Union and Norway agree on free trade of agricultural products
April 11th, 2017
The European Union and Norway came to an agreement which will facilitate bilateral trade in agricultural products, allowing EU exporters to reinforce their position on their 8th largest export market for agricultural products. Commissioner for agriculture, Phil Hogan, today ...
The decline and fall of the EU
April 11th, 2017
This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit. Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an ...
