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Spain’s Banco Sabadell in Talks to Buy Britain’s TSB Group
March 12th, 2015
Spain’s Banco de Sabadell SA is in talks to buy British consumer lender TSB Banking Group Plc for 1.7 billion pounds ($2.5 billion), to expand outside an economy battered during Europe’s financial crisis. Sabadell, Spain’s fifth-biggest bank, is proposing ...
European equity funds to draw strong inflows on ECB move
March 12th, 2015
European stocks are poised to become the darlings of 2015 on the back of the European Central Bank‘s 1 trillion euro government bond-buying programme. The ECB’s programme, which began on Monday, will likely spur already surging demand for European ...
Big Banks Struggle to Pass Fed’s ‘Stress Tests’
March 12th, 2015
Bank of America must resubmit proposal to address certain weaknesses Four of the biggest names on Wall Street struggled to pass the Federal Reserve’s 2015 “stress tests,” and the U.S. units of two foreign banks fell short, underscoring the ...
The ECB and its Watchers XVI Conference: M.Draghi
March 11th, 2015
Summary In January, the ECB decided to expand its asset purchase programme to include government bonds after it became clear that there was a need for more monetary stimulus. Asset purchases are unconventional, but not unorthodox, and they have ...
Strongest Dollar in 12 Years Sinks Stocks While Oil Slips
March 11th, 2015
The strongest dollar in nearly 12 years versus the euro and the specter of higher U.S. interest rates fueled a selloff in global equities that sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down the most since Jan. 5. Oil ...
TradeStation Receives Highest Rating of 4 ½ Stars
March 10th, 2015
TradeStation Receives Highest Rating of 4 ½ Stars for “Best for Frequent Traders” and “Best for International Traders” in Barron’s Magazine’s Annual Ranking of Online Brokerage Firms TradeStation, a Monex Group company (Monex Group, Inc. is listed on the ...
Hungry Market Eats Up Oil Bonds
March 10th, 2015
Drop in oil prices has producers raising cash Investors are snapping up new stock and bonds from energy producers as they search for bargains amid the tumult caused by the plunge in oil prices. The buyers are betting these ...
LMAX Exchange and Z.com Trade extend liquidity solution to MT4 clients through PrimeXM
March 9th, 2015
A three party alliance between the world leading FCA regulated MTF for FX, the world’s largest retail FX provider and a leading MT4 bridge solution is opening access to a unique no ‘Last Look’ liquidity pool to a new ...
No more weak links – elite law firms unite to fight cyber security threat
March 9th, 2015
It has long been a gripe among major clients – in particular banks – that law firms are the chink in the armour against the growing barrage of cyber attacks. In response, some of the world’s top law firms ...
ECB Buying Starts New Era for Bonds, Euro
March 9th, 2015
Currency heads toward parity with dollar; paying to hold debt The arrival of the European Central Bank’s huge bond-buying plan Monday is forcing investors to prepare for the once unthinkable: paying to hold debt issued by the eurozone’s one-time ...
