Yen Strengthens on Kuroda Comments as Energy Stocks Slip
November 25th, 2014
Japan’s yen climbed after a speech by central bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, and the cost of insuring Japanese debt against default fell the most in two weeks. Asian energy producers retreated as oil held declines before a meeting of ...
How the EU Plans to Turn $26 Billion Into $390 Billion
November 24th, 2014
The European Union is planning a 21 billion-euro ($26 billion) fund to share the risks of new projects with private investors, two EU officials said. The new entity is designed to have an impact of about 15 times its ...
Dollar hits seven-year high vs yen ahead of Fed minutes
November 19th, 2014
The dollar hit a seven-year high against the yen on Wednesday ahead of minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting, as investors bet on an increasingly divergent outlook for the world’s major economies. European stock markets turned ...
U.S. stocks slip from records; oil falls
November 13th, 2014
U.S. equity prices edged off record highs on Wednesday led by weakness in the financial sector after six global banks were fined a total of $4.3 billion for currency rigging, while the oil market sagged on concerns about a ...
China deal sends shares to one-month high, rouble surges
November 10th, 2014
A landmark deal to give global investors easier access to China’s $3.9 trillion stock market helped lift world shares to their highest in over a month on Monday, as renewed tensions in Libya and Ukraine pushed up oil prices. ...
Euro edges higher, stocks sag before ECB meeting
November 6th, 2014
The euro edged higher and European stocks pulled back on Thursday as investors waited to see how ECB chief Mario Draghi responds to another run of poor euro zone data and reports of disquiet about his leadership style. The ...
Deutsche Bank cannot rely on this trading rebound – Bottom Line
October 30th, 2014
Trading revenues were once the mainstay of many an investment bank, and made up the glamorous end of the City. It is always the traders who get the public’s attention. Who ever complains about City brokers or City auditors? But ...
IPO banks seek measure of success
October 14th, 2014
What is the best way to judge the success of an initial public offering? Investors in Rocket Internet probably have a view. They were left counting their paper losses earlier this month, after shares in the German technology company ...
Stocks, oil flounder on growth anxiety, China data little help
October 13th, 2014
Asian stocks stumbled to seven-month lows on Monday, while crude oil prices were pinned near a four-year trough as promising trade numbers out of China failed to cheer a market still worried about faltering global growth. “European equities look ...
Contributing Authors
October 2nd, 2014
Dr Alan Waring Dr Alan Waring has 35 years’ experience in risk management. His several books include Managing Risk (1998), co-authored with Prof Ian Glendon, Practical Systems Thinking (1996) and Corporate Risk and Governance published in May 2013. He has presented numerous conference and ...
