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Asia markets mostly higher; Sharp drops 15% on takeover deal
February 26th, 2016
Asian markets were mostly higher Friday, with Japan extending gains from the previous session and Australia closing flat. Market watchers will be focused on a two-day gathering of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Shanghai that kicked off ...
Asia loses steam as major markets trade lower
February 23rd, 2016
Asian stocks lost momentum Tuesday, trading mostly lower as the improved market sentiment which spurred a global rally Monday appeared to fade. Chinese markets, which started trading at 9.30 a.m. HK/SIN time, stayed in negative territory in afternoon trade, ...
OECD downgrades global growth outlook
February 19th, 2016
Achieving strong growth in the global economy remains elusive, with only a modest recovery in advanced economies and slower activity in emerging markets, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Outlook. The world economy is likely to expand no faster ...
21 New Numbers That Show That The Global Economy Is Absolutely Imploding
February 17th, 2016
After a series of stunning declines through the month of January and the first half of February, global financial markets seem to have found a patch of relative stability at least for the moment. But that does not mean ...
Bank of Japan launches negative rates, already dubbed a failure by markets
February 16th, 2016
The Bank of Japan‘s negative interest rates came into effect on Tuesday in a radical plan already deemed a failure by financial markets, highlighting Tokyo’s lack of options to spur growth as global markets sputter. The central bank, ...
Bear Market Descends on Global Stocks
February 12th, 2016
The MSCI All-World Index falls 20% from its May 2015 record Retreat is biggest since selloff during 2011 Europe crisis The yearlong decline in global equities that started with a selloff in energy became a full-blown bear market Thursday ...
Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2016
February 11th, 2016
The Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook and the Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Sourcebook are published today. New research analyses 70,000 days of financial market history and 2,400 country-years of data across 21 countries Rate rises typically bad ...
Asia markets close mixed; Hong Kong shares tumble
February 11th, 2016
Asian markets closed mixed on Thursday as investors digested remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and oil remained volatile. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, which resumed trading today after being shut from Monday through Wednesday for the Lunar New ...
The five fears stalking the global banking industry
February 10th, 2016
China, emerging markets, the eurozone, oil and commodities all pose a threat to the banking sector this year Banking shares have come under pressure this week as investors express fears that the sector will be badly hit by a global ...
EY announces its EY Synapse Analytics-as-a-Service platform to accelerate delivery of analytics-driven insights to businesses globally
February 10th, 2016
EY has announced its global Analytics-as-a-Service (AaaS) platform, EY Synapse, to accelerate the delivery of analytics-driven insights that businesses can use to compete and operate more effectively. The EY Synapse platform expands EY’s analytics managed services capabilities with a ...
