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European stocks dragged lower
May 4th, 2016
European stocks capped their worst three-day decline since February as miners plunged and lenders fell on earnings reports. By the close in Dublin, the ISEQ Overall Index was down 1.94pc, or 119.25 points, to end the trading day at ...
ASX Group publishes Activity Report for April 2016
May 4th, 2016
The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 3.2% in April 2016. This performance was stronger than all major markets including Hong Kong up 1.4%, the UK up 1.1%, Germany up 0.7% and the ...
TICKING TIME-BOMB: Greece set to run out of cash by MAY pushing Europe into ANOTHER crisis
April 28th, 2016
DEBT-ridden Greece is dangerously close to running out of cash and plunging the eurozone into a fresh crisis. Athens desperately needs £4 BILLION worth of aid from creditors but is refusing to make any further cutbacks to government spending. ...
FCA probes a further 44 firms over Panama Papers
April 28th, 2016
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked a further 44 financial services firms to disclose their involvement in the tax-evasive practices uncovered by the Panama Papers leak. The move, part of an ongoing £10m ($14.1m, €12.4m) investigation being ...
Deutsche Börse launches FinTech hub in Frankfurt
April 28th, 2016
Yesterday evening marked the opening of Deutsche Börse’s FinTech hub in Frankfurt, making it one of the first major companies of the region to support the Hessian State Government’s FinTech initiative to set up a FinTech cluster in Frankfurt. ...
Deutsche Bank CEO acquitted of fraud
April 27th, 2016
The co-CEO of Deutsche Bank has been acquitted of attempted fraud charges after a yearlong trial. Juergen Fitschen’s charges were linked to the bank’s long-running battle with the heirs of a now-deceased media mogul – ABC reports. The regional ...
Volkswagen (VOW) Overtakes Toyota In Q1 Car Sales For Global Top Spot
April 27th, 2016
Even though an emissions-cheating scandal has rocked German car maker Volkswagen AG — expected to cost the company upward of $18 billion — the company’s sales were buoyed by China and Europe, allowing it to overtake its archrival Toyota ...
‘Panama Papers’ Database Will Soon Go Public, Allowing Online Search Of More Than 200,000 Offshore Entities
April 27th, 2016
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) said Tuesday that the Panama Papers, a massive trove of documents about offshore companies and the people who established them, will be available online as a searchable database beginning May 9. The anonymously ...
UK and EU states call for rapid access to global beneficial ownership register
April 27th, 2016
The UK has joined forces with 19 European countries and the British overseas territories of Anguilla and Montserrat in the Caribbean, to issue a joint statement callng for rapid adoption of the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information The ...
CVC Capital Partners acquires majority stake in betting operator Tipico
April 26th, 2016
CVC Capital Partners announced today that funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”) have signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in Tipico Group (“Tipico”). The current proprietors will remain shareholders in the company. The ...
