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HSBC, RBS and Barclays plan to close 400 branches
April 7th, 2016
Three of Britain’s largest banks are planning to close about 400 branches this year, according to people familiar with the situation, a new programme of closures that could leave thousands of customers without easy access to a bank. The ...
Pinsent Masons receives International Law Firm of the Year award in Paris
April 4th, 2016
Pinsent Masons has been named International Law Firm of the Year for the second time at the renowned Trophées du Droit awards in Paris. The 2016 law awards honour the best in legal services and comprise of a judging ...
Forex, binary options and online financial scams; AMF joined forces with other bodies to eredicate the problem
April 4th, 2016
The Autorite Des Marches Financiers (AMF) has issued a press release to inform that the AMF, the Paris public prosecutor, consumer affairs watchdog DGCCRF, and prudential authority ACPR joined forces to eradicate the problem with Forex, binary options and ...
A Brexit will have a negative impact on the British, European and world economies
March 31st, 2016
Brexit will hurt world economy: US Treasury chief If Britain exits the European Union it will have a negative impact on the British, European and world economies, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned Tuesday. Britons are set to vote ...
Will London Stock Exchange Merge With Deutsche Börse? Criticism Over Potential Deal Heats Up In UK, Germany
March 29th, 2016
Criticism of the potential sale of the London Stock Exchange Group to its German rival Deutsche Börse is heating up in both countries. Shareholders, industry veterans and politicians are split over the merger outlined this month, which would create one of the world’s largest ...
How was the business activity in Eurozone the first three months of 2016
March 24th, 2016
Euro zone businesses end first quarter on brighter note March flash euro zone composite PMI 53.7 * Composite PMI above all forecasts in Reuters poll * Firms cut prices again this month * German surveys show sentiment improved in ...
Italian police open money laundering investigation of broker linked to HSBC
March 23rd, 2016
An Italian financial broker who worked on behalf of HSBC in the Swiss town of Lugano is under investigation for possible money laundering in a probe linked to a wider tax evasion case, an Italian finance police colonel told ...
Deutsche Börse Managed Services and Solfia sign new customer for Software-as-a-Service platform
March 23rd, 2016
Deutsche Börse Managed Services and Solfia (Vermeg Group) recently signed a new customer: Contassur, a Belgian insurance company that manages the largest pool of pension funds in Belgium. Contassur will use the Vermeg Wealth/Institutional Management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Hub platform, ...
These Eight EU Countries Are in the Budget Danger Zone
March 21st, 2016
When it comes to fiscal discipline in the European Union, three is the magic number. That’s a deficit limit of 3 percent of GDP, and five EU states will make the budgetary bad books this year by breaching that level, according ...
The ECB and John Law
March 21st, 2016
Last week, the ECB extended its monetary madness, pushing deposit rates further into negative figures. It is extending quantitative easing from sovereign debt into non-financial investment grade bonds, while increasing the pace of acquisition to €80bn per month. The ...
