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Asian Equities Lower on Growth Woes
October 23rd, 2014
European and Asian stock markets ground lower on Thursday, worries over banks and corporate results again darkening the mood despite a surprisingly upbeat survey of Germany’s manufacturing and service sectors. U.S. stocks were on course to open a touch ...
Asian shares bask in glow of U.S. tech earnings
October 22nd, 2014
Asian shares rose on Wednesday as upbeat results from two U.S. technology bellwethers and hopes of fresh stimulus from the European Central Bank offset concerns about the outlook for the global economy. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ...
The Rise and Fall of the Cypriot Economy (Part 2)
October 20th, 2014
Part 2 – Decline & Deleveraging Stage 4 In the fourth stage people start to become poorer but still think of themselves as rich. The decline is gradual and at first people didn’t realise it and in cases where ...
Steep Sell-Off Spreads Fear to Wall Street
October 16th, 2014
Dizzied by the turmoil, Wall Street experts agreed on one thing: The jarring day showed that fear had finally returned to markets that had become disconcertingly complacent. Waves of nervous selling buffeted the stock market in the United States ...
Central bankers may have no quick fix as markets swoon, economy weakens
October 16th, 2014
Global central bankers, eager to see the economy stand on its own feet, faced the rude reality this week of market turmoil threatening already faltering growth and prolonging world reliance on easy money. Stocks slumped again on Wednesday pushing ...
Australia 200 – Bounces Strongly Off Support at 5100
October 15th, 2014
Australia 200 for Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Since the beginning of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 ...
FATCA and the real cost of compliance
October 14th, 2014
Foreign account tax Compliance Act (FATCA) was introduced by the US government in the year 2010. The main focus of FATCA act is to reduce tax evasion by foreign finance institutions through offshore Accounts and shell companies. Apart from ...
G20 watchdog toughens up new rule for securities financing
October 14th, 2014
Global regulators are making it more expensive for hedge funds and insurance companies to raise money from loaning shares in a bid to curb hitherto unregulated risks in “shadow banking”. Securities financing are typically short-term money-raising transactions between banks ...
Deutsche clampdown on bad behavior appears exodus of traders
October 13th, 2014
Senior bankers at Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) are abandoning the bank amid a crackdown on bad behavior by traders, as the bank undergoes a probe by global regulators into allegations of attempts to rig markets, the Financial Times reported ...
Financial Education for Entrepreneurs: How to get it right?
October 10th, 2014
Financial education needs a coordinated and integrated approach and to be taught as early as possible. More and better synergies among all players in the financial environment – but not only- are needed, but it is also important to ...
