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Bonds, shares, gold supported ahead of expected ECB action
January 21st, 2015
European shares held close to a seven-year high on Wednesday and Asian shares hit a six-week peak investors bet the European Central Bank would unveil a stimulus drive to boost the flagging euro zone economy. Expectations that the ECB ...
Russell Investments and Integral, launch Russell FX Network
January 21st, 2015
Russell Investments and Integral launch comprehensive execution service for institutional investors – designed to fix the Fix Integral announced today the launch of Russell FX Network: Novel end-to-end foreign exchange (FX) trading solution leverages Integral’s InvestorFX™ technology Offers superior ...
World Economic Outlook (WEO) UPDATE
January 20th, 2015
Cross Currents Global growth will receive a boost from lower oil prices, which reflect to an important extent higher supply. But this boost is projected to be more than offset by negative factors, including investment weakness as adjustment ...
Asian Stocks Slide With U.S. Futures, Bonds Climb on SNB
January 16th, 2015
Asian shares dropped with U.S. index futures as the market turmoil sparked by Switzerland abandoning the franc’s cap extended into a second day. Sovereign bonds rallied and gold traded near a four-month high. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.6 percent ...
Asia shares rise after commodities rebound, dollar regains ground
January 15th, 2015
Spreadbetters see higher open for European bourses RBI surprises with rate cut, Indian stocks rally Mood over risk assets still subdued after weak U.S. data Dollar gains some respite as U.S. yields inch up after plunge Asian stocks mostly ...
Earnings Reports 2015: 10 largest U.S. companies
January 14th, 2015
Earnings Reports 2015 The beginning of January marks the start of Q4 earnings season. Among the first ones up this year include an aluminum producer, a tech giant, and a few massive banking firms. Here’s a look at six ...
London Stock Exchange Group signs Partnership Agreement with Borsa Istanbul
January 13th, 2015
London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market to offer trading in Turkish index and equity derivatives products Trades to be cleared by LCH.Clearnet FTSE and Borsa İstanbul to launch index partnership in 2015 London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) today announces that ...
FTSE rises as Tesco shares bounce back
January 8th, 2015
A rally by Tesco helped to lift Britain’s top equity index on Thursday, as investors warmed to the supermarket group’s restructuring plans. The FTSE 100 index was up by 1.3 percent at 6,503.04 points in early trading. Tesco was the best-performing ...
Euro hits fresh low before inflation trial, bonds boom
January 7th, 2015
The euro hit a nine-year trough today as collapsing oil prices and worries about the world economy drove skittish investors into the arms of safe-haven sovereign debt. From Japan to Germany to Australia, government borrowing costs reached all-time lows as oil fell 10 percent in just ...
Singapore’s Stock Exchange Looks to Make Trading More Attractive for Individuals
December 31st, 2014
Singapore Exchange Ltd. (SGX) is looking to individual investors to boost Southeast Asia’s biggest stock market after trading volume this year tumbled the most since the 2008 global financial crisis. The bourse will cut the standard lot size for ...
