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Commencement of a New Bank to Offer Wealth Management Services for Individual Investors in Hong Kong
April 3rd, 2015
Establishing a wealth management bank through joint investment by Japanese and Hong Kong companies including Shinsei Bank, Monex Group, AD Capital, Convoy and Tokyu Livable, and to commence operations in the First Half of Fiscal Year 2015 Shinsei Bank, ...
Greek goverment not so convinced by its own measures
April 3rd, 2015
Fresh confusion reigned on Thursday as a result of the government’s target for the primary budget surplus and new measures for 2015, as proposed to Wednesday’s Euro Working Group teleconference. The target set by the bailout agreement is for ...
Antitrust and Other Inquiries in Europe Target U.S. Tech Giants
April 3rd, 2015
It is not a good week to be a giant American tech company in Europe. The European antitrust investigation into Google appears to be heating up. More European countries are looking into Facebook’s privacy settings. And Apple, which already is ...
Greece tells creditors it will run out of cash on April 9
April 2nd, 2015
Greece has told its creditors it will run out of money on April 9, making an appeal for more loans before reforms on which new disbursements hinge are agreed and implemented, but the request was rejected, euro zone officials said. The appeal ...
JPX: Trading Overview for FY2014 & March 2015
April 2nd, 2015
Japan Exchange Group released the trading overview (preliminary estimates) for FY2014 & March 2015. Cash Equity Market In FY2014, trading volume for domestic TSE 1st Section stocks (excluding preferred stock) was 601.47256 billion shares, the second highest on record, ...
Asia shares higher ahead of holiday
April 2nd, 2015
Asian shares headed higher on Thursday but investors were cautious ahead of a Good Friday public holiday tomorrow in some major markets. Japan’s shares were up despite a central bank survey showing firms expect inflation to rise 1.4% a ...
Greece’s Tsipras Meets Cabinet as Creditors Ponder Overhauls
March 30th, 2015
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is holding a cabinet meeting as Greek officials and creditors in Brussels discuss proposed overhauls for the country to secure more funds from the euro area and stave off fiscal collapse. Negotiations with Greece’s ...
France cuts 2015 deficit target, eyes economic recovery
March 26th, 2015
France cut its budget deficit target for this year on Thursday and said economic growth could beat the government’s 1 percent forecast, after reporting a smaller-than-expected fiscal gap for 2014. Finance Minister Michel Sapin said France, which has repeatedly missed its ...
Hogan Lovells Advises Optimal Payments Plc on €1.1 Billion Transformational Skrill Acquisition
March 24th, 2015
Hogan Lovells has advised Optimal Payments Plc on the €1.1 billion acquisition of Sentinel Topco Limited and its subsidiaries (Skrill Group) from Sentinel Group Holdings S.A, which is ultimately majority owned by funds managed and advised by CVC Capital ...
ECB to Continue Buying Debt Until Inflation Stabilizes
March 24th, 2015
Central Bank will purchase large amounts of public and private debt for at least 18 months The European Central Bank will purchase large amounts of public and private debt for at least 18 months and until it is convinced ...