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Investors are still betting big on gold. What do they know that you don’t?
March 28th, 2016
The stock market may be back on track, but nervous investors are still showering gold with tons of love. An impressive $13.4 billion was poured into gold assets over the past 11 weeks, according to Bank of America Merrill ...
Dollar, North Asia stocks firm on positive U.S. GDP data
March 28th, 2016
The dollar firmed on Monday and stocks in North Asia rose after fairly strong consumer spending led to an upward revision in U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter, helping to underpin investor sentiment. “As long as the U.S. ...
Asia-Pacific law firms enjoy biggest slice of IPO pie
March 25th, 2016
IPO activity is in a worldwide slump, but new research from accounting giant EY has shown that the Asia-Pacific region is still dominating in public listings. According to the latest EY report, the Asia-Pacific region accounted for 61 per ...
FSMA warns the public against the activities of supposed law firms
March 24th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued a press release to warn the public against the activities of the supposed law firms Cole & Rushton LLC and Ernst & Taylor LLP, which are offering to help victims ...
HSBC reports on Oil prices scenarios
March 24th, 2016
Despite hopes that lower oil prices will stabilise global growth, experience suggests otherwise. Growth was disappointing in 2015 even though the oil price had plunged in 2014. While developed-world consumer spending grew at the fastest rate since before the ...
Oil prices tumbled 4 percent; U.S crude settling below the key $40 per barrel
March 24th, 2016
Oil prices tumbled 4 percent on Wednesday, with U.S crude settling below the key $40 per barrel mark after a sixth straight week of record highs in stockpiles that traders warned could cut short the market’s two-month long rally. ...
Broadridge Invests In and Enters Into an Alliance with LiquidX, Inc.
March 24th, 2016
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.(NYSE:BR) today announced that it has made a strategic investment and entered into a referral, sales and marketing alliance with LiquidX, Inc. (LiquidX), the provider of an electronic exchange platform for global trade finance. Founded by ...
German government advisers trim economic growth forecast
March 23rd, 2016
The German government’s independent panel of economic advisers has trimmed its growth forecast for this year to 1.5 percent, pointing Wednesday to growing risks to exports. The forecast compared with the panel’s 1.6 percent forecast made in November for ...
What actually is … Blockchain technology?
March 23rd, 2016
A new technology is causing a stir in the FinTech community: Blockchain has many market experts believing that it is the greatest achievement of the past decade for financial technology and the most important digital innovation since the internet ...
Deloitte forecasts double digit growth
March 22nd, 2016
Deloitte’s new chief executive Cindy Hook is forecasting double digit revenue growth for the 12 months to May 31, as she repositions the professional services giant to be more globally oriented to capture emerging markets, and meet the demands of domestic clients expanding offshore. Reflecting on her ...
