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Asian Shares Weaker, With All Eyes on U.S. Jobs Report
September 1st, 2016
Asian shares were broadly weaker Thursday as investors cautiously await the release of U.S. jobs data on Friday that could jolt markets out of their summer malaise. Official Chinese manufacturing purchasing managers’ index data for August came in at 50.4, ...
Asian stocks drop as investors avoid risk before Yellen speech
August 26th, 2016
Asian stocks extended their weekly loss on Friday (Aug 26) ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen later in the day that may shed light on the US interest-rate outlook. The yen meandered after Japanese consumer ...
How one broker weathered the Brexit storm
June 27th, 2016
They knew it was coming. Broker-dealer Interactive Brokers Group Inc. IBKR, -5.50%has been planning for the Brexit vote since February, but, until late Thursday afternoon, the firm thought, like almost everyone else, the U.K. would vote to remain in the European ...
PwC has a new UK head of Financial Services
June 16th, 2016
PwC has appointed Andrew Kail as leader of its UK Financial Services practice, succeeding Kevin Burrowes who joins PwC UK’s Executive Board from 1 July as Head of Clients & Markets. Andrew has over 25 years of experience with PwC having held a variety of senior roles including most recently as head ...
European stocks seen higher, focus switches to US jobs
June 3rd, 2016
European stocks opened higher on Friday as investors turned their attention to a key U.S. jobs report that could hold the key to a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this month. The FTSE opened 0.5 percent higher, the German ...
New ETFs Offer Unique Gold Exposure
April 19th, 2016
The Rex Shares gold-hedged ETFs—new to market this month—attempt to solve a common asset allocation problem many advisors face: What to do about gold? Most advisors today feel like they must own gold. Most do so because gold offers ...
TFX and S&P Dow Jones Indices sign a license agreement for DJIA Index
January 20th, 2016
Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. (TFX) and S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC have signed an agreement which allows TFX to list DJIA Margin contracts based on Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) on TFX. By adding yen denominated DJIA Margin contracts ...
Deloitte CFO Survey: A cautious start to 2016
January 4th, 2016
Support among CFOs for UK membership of the EU narrows, though majority still favour UK membership Risk appetite shrinks and business confidence falls back to 2012 level CFOs’ balance sheet strategies are more defensive than any time in last ...
Asia stocks stumble on geopolitical tensions, oil stands tall
November 25th, 2015
Asian stocks were on edge on Wednesday as geopolitical tensions flared after Turkey downed a Russian fighter jet, while crude oil prices extended gains. Spreadbetters expected some of the tension to have eased when trading begins in Europe, forecasting ...
Asia Pacific shares fall sharply in wake of Paris attacks and Japanese recession
November 16th, 2015
Global security concerns saw the euro hit a six-month low and stocks were sold off around the region as Japan entered a ‘quintuple dip’ recession Stock markets in Asia Pacific have fallen sharply in the wake of the Paris terror ...
