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Iran Oil Lands in Europe for First Time Since Sanctions End
March 7th, 2016
Spanish refiner Cepsa offloads first tanker with Iranian crude France and Romania await cargoes as Iran slowly ramps-up sales The Monte Toledo oil tanker covered the uneventful voyage from Iran to Europe with a haul of 1 million barrels ...
EBRD supports international trade in Greece through National Bank of Greece
March 2nd, 2016
Facility will help National Bank of Greece scale up trade finance The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the expansion of international trade with a facility to National Bank of Greece under the EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP). The facility ...
UK EU exit would be global economy ‘shock’ – G20 leaders
February 29th, 2016
Finance ministers from the world’s leading economies have warned of a “shock” to the global economy if the UK leaves the EU. The ministers gave their opinion in a statement released at the end of a two-day meeting of ...
G-20 Wants Governments Doing More, and Central Banks Less
February 29th, 2016
Fiscal pledges lack specifics, risking market disappointment Concern voiced over currency wars after BOJ rate surprise Finance chiefs from the world’s top economies committed their governments to doing more to boost global growth amid mounting concerns over the potency ...
Banc de Binary Reaches $11 Million Settlement with U.S. Authorities
February 26th, 2016
Company alleged to have illegally signed up U.S. investors to binary options trading platform Banc de Binary Ltd., a financial trading company and a sponsor of Liverpool Football Club, has agreed to an $11 million settlement with U.S. authorities ...
How digital is your country? New figures show action needed to unlock Europe’s potential
February 25th, 2016
From connectivity and digital skills to public services, EU countries have made progress since last year which marked the launch of the Digital Single Market Strategy by the European Commission. Today the European Commission published the results of the ...
Citi Launches Total Touch ADR X-WiNG
February 25th, 2016
Citi has launched Total Touch ADR X-WiNG, a liquidity providing execution platform that optimizes investor’s access to liquidity in both EMEA and the U.S. American Depositary Receipt (ADR) market. Combining the value-added attributions of high-touch trading, with the efficiency ...
EU insolvency law reform could boost growth and jobs across Europe, finds new AFME report
February 24th, 2016
AFME has published new research showing that European insolvency law reform could boost GDP output and create jobs across Europe. Insolvency reform is a key plank of the European Commission’s action plan on Capital Markets Union (CMU). The research, produced in ...
Asia loses steam as major markets trade lower
February 23rd, 2016
Asian stocks lost momentum Tuesday, trading mostly lower as the improved market sentiment which spurred a global rally Monday appeared to fade. Chinese markets, which started trading at 9.30 a.m. HK/SIN time, stayed in negative territory in afternoon trade, ...
Brent trades near $33 as Russia sees output talks done by March
February 22nd, 2016
Brent traded near $33/bbl as Russia said talks on an output freeze will be done by March 1 while Nigeria said some countries should have production capped at higher levels. Futures rose as much as 0.8% in London, paring Friday’s 3.7% drop. ...
