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Italy Forms $5.7 Billion Fund to Shake Off Doubts in Banks
April 12th, 2016
Fund to help weakened banks sell shares and unload bad loans Atlante fund managed by Quaestio Capital investment firm Italian officials and bank executives agreed to create a multibillion-euro fund to help troubled lenders raise capital and offload bad ...
ACCA welcomes the new VAT Action Plan
April 11th, 2016
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) welcomes the new VAT Action Plan unveiled by the European Commission today, but warns of the potential danger of compliance costs for smaller businesses. Chas Roy-Chowdhury, ACCA’s head of taxation says: ‘No ...
Catalytic Finance Initiative Brings Together Banks and Investors, Directs $8 Billion in Capital for High-Impact Sustainable Projects
April 6th, 2016
AllianceBernstein, Babson Capital Management, Bank of America, Crédit Agricole CIB, European Investment Bank, HSBC, International Finance Corporation, Mirova and the Aligned Intermediary to Fund Clean Energy Solutions A consortium of leading financial institutions and investors today announced a new partnership ...
Eurozone economic activity ticks up after sharp fall: survey
April 6th, 2016
Eurozone private sector business activity ticked up in March after a sharp fall in February, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday, but the outlook remains clouded. Data monitoring company Markit said its March Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) inched ...
Can A Divided OPEC Agree On Anything In Doha?
April 6th, 2016
Only two weeks remain until the fated meeting between the OPEC countries and their counterparts from outside the organization, scheduled to take place in the Qatari capital of Doha on the coast of the Persian Gulf. The meeting could ...
Bank of Cyprus intends to pursue a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange
April 4th, 2016
Bank of Cyprus has issued an announcement to reveal its intention to pursue a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”). The Group also intends to maintain a listing on the Cyprus Stock Exchange. The Group does not intend ...
EY sends five technology start-up entrepreneurs to Monaco; Who are these?
April 4th, 2016
The five will receive mentoring and coaching at EY World Entrepreneur Of The YearTM in Monaco, where they will network with leading entrepreneurs and business people from around the world The participants are from the start-up hotbeds of Tallinn, London, ...
Central Europe’s manufacturers maintain momentum despite German slowdown
April 1st, 2016
Central European manufacturing continued to grow in March as a jump in Polish factory activity managed to offset slower growth from Germany, the region’s main trade partner. The former communist countries of the European Union’s eastern wing rely on ...
Time for deal with Greece’s creditors is running short
March 31st, 2016
The government is striving to find common ground with the country’s creditors on measures worth 3 percent of Greece’s gross domestic product, or 5.4 billion euros, before the Eurogroup meeting on April 22, so as to have completed its ...
UK economic growth revised higher in fourth quarter of 2015
March 31st, 2016
The UK economy expanded in line with expectations in the fourth quarter, figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday (31 March) showed. According to the ONS, in the three months to the end of December, ...