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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lawyer Takes Aim at Volkswagen in Europe Over Emissions Scandal
April 26th, 2016
Volkswagen AG is a step closer to resolving its emissions-related legal woes in the U.S., but in Europe its troubles may be just beginning. Volkswagen last week said it was taking a €16.9 billion ($18.85 billion) charge against 2015 earnings, pushing the ...
Eurostat released employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in the EU
April 26th, 2016
Employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in the EU above 70% in 2015 New peaks for women and those aged 55-64 In 2015, the employment rate of the population aged 20 to 64 in the European Union (EU) ...
Asian Stocks Retreat as Oil Falls With Copper; Yen Strengthens
April 25th, 2016
Japanese currency advances after steepest drop since 2014 Crude retreats from five-month high; British pound gains Asian shares were set for the first back-to-back declines in a month as commodities prices retreated and the yen strengthened, reflecting investor caution ...
Moscow & Shanghai seek to dominate gold trade
April 21st, 2016
The Bank of Russia and the People’s Bank of China want to create a joint platform that would unite gold trading by the world’s two biggest gold buying countries. “BRICS countries are large economies with large reserves of gold ...
