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Asian Shares Mixed as Oil Prices Fall and Dollar Drops
August 23rd, 2016
Markets await policy details from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual meeting at Jackson Hole Shares in Asia were mixed Tuesday, as oil prices fell and the U.S. dollar weakened ahead of a key meeting of Federal Reserve officials and ...
The Central Bank of Russia revocated the licence of a Bank
August 22nd, 2016
The Bank of Russia has issued an announcement to inform that it has revoked the banking license of a credit institution and for the appointment of provisional administration. According the announcement, by its Order No. OD-2718, dated 22 August 2016, the ...
The Odds of a Global Food Crisis Are Rising
August 22nd, 2016
The vulnerability of global food production to extremes of weather is a profound reality that few grasp. Given the current abundance of food globally, confidence in permanent food surpluses and low grain prices is high. Few worry that the ...
Europe stocks set for muted open as Yellen Jackson Hole speech, oil prices in focus
August 22nd, 2016
European markets are expected to open flat on Monday as investors hope that the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole meeting this week will produce some hints about the timing of an interest rate hike. London’s FTSE 100 is seen 2 points ...
Citi Sees Yen at 95 Per Dollar as Intervention Fears Recede
August 22nd, 2016
Yen strengthened beyond 100 last week for second time in 2016 ‘There’s not a great deal of fear’ of intervention, Elmer says The yen will probably climb to a three-year high of 95 over the next month as Japan ...
Yen’s World-Beating Surge to 100 Has Traders in Buy-on-Dip Mode
August 19th, 2016
Dollar will lack trend until Fed keeps raising rates: Shinkin Options show traders remain bullish on Japanese currency Any lull in the yen’s rally past 100 per dollar is being seen as a buying opportunity for Japanese investors who ...
Accounting Watchdog Says Most Brokerage-Firm Audits Need to Improve
August 19th, 2016
Federal inspectors found deficiencies in more than three-quarters of the audits of broker-dealers they reviewed last year, down from the previous year but still at a high level, the government’s audit-industry regulator said Thursday. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ...
Dollar edges up, but on track for weekly loss
August 19th, 2016
The dollar wallowed close to eight-week lows against the euro on Friday, and was poised for weekly losses against its major counterparts, after minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s July meeting revealed central bank policymakers were in no hurry ...
CFTC charges Forex broker FXCM with Undercapitalization
August 19th, 2016
The CFTC Complaint, filed on August 18, 2016, alleges that FXCM, as an RFED in the business of offering or engaging in retail off-exchange foreign currency transactions, was required to maintain adjusted net capital of approximately $25 million on ...
Ex-JPMorgan vice president guilty on 9 counts of insider trading
August 18th, 2016
Ex-JPMorgan Chase V.P. guilty on 9 counts of insider trading in father’s $1M windfall Sean Stewart, a former investment vice president at JPMorgan Chase, helped his father and others make more than $1 million in illegal trades from 2011 ...
