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UK Offshore Tax Disclosures – Use The LDF while you can [Update]
March 24th, 2015
Tax authorities around the globe are increasingly working together to fight tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance to collect more tax. In the UK, HMRC is geared up to take full advantage: anyone who needs to put UK tax ...
BOI: The Monetary Committee keeps the interest rate for April 2015 unchanged at 0.1 percent
March 24th, 2015
Inflation data The Consumer Price Index for February declined by 0.7 percent, while forecasters had projected a decline of 0.6 percent, on average. The decline in electricity prices, which came into effect in February, contributed 0.3 percentage points toward ...
Oil prices down as Opec remains stern about production levels
March 23rd, 2015
Oil prices declined further after Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said it is not the sole responsibility of Opec to raise oil prices in further indication that the biggest oil exporter has no plans to reduce oil production. Despite the ...
China’s Consumption Transition
March 20th, 2015
A standard pattern of long-term economic development is that a country goes through a period of higher savings and investment, along with correspondingly lower consumption levels. After the growth spurt, consumption levels rise again. For illustration, here’s a figure ...
FXCM update regarding its Negative Balance Policy
March 20th, 2015
Forex Capital Markets Limited (FXCM UK), today announced that it will be updating its Negative Balance Policy for new and existing clients in the near future. Existing clients should expect to receive more details about the updated policy in ...
The Role of Securitization in Dealing with the Banking Problems
March 20th, 2015
One of the main problems that our banking sector is facing is obviously the incredibly excessive amount of non-performing loans (NPLs) on our banks’ balance sheets that reached almost 50% (about €28 billion) of their total loan portfolio! A ...
Asia stocks stall as Fed-inspired lift peters out, dollar steady
March 20th, 2015
Asian stocks stalled on Friday as Federal Reserve-inspired gains petered out, while the dollar steadied after rebounding from the shock of a surprisingly dovish U.S. central bank. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS edged down 0.1 ...
OPEC to keep production steady as oil rally falters
March 19th, 2015
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has ‘no choice’ but to maintain its current production level of 30 million barrels per day, according to Kuwait’s oil minister Ali al-Omair. Both Brent and WTI rallied briefly on Fed comments ...
Asia stocks surge, bond yields tumble on Fed caution
March 19th, 2015
Asian shares enjoyed their best session in 18 months on Thursday as investors priced in a later start and a slower pace for future U.S rate rises, slashing sovereign bond yields from Japan to Australia. The shift in rate expectations hit the ...
Citigroup, Barclays Close to Settling Forex Lawsuit With Private Investors
March 18th, 2015
Citigroup Inc. and Barclays PLC are expected to pay as much as $800 million combined to settle a lawsuit with investors who say the banks manipulated foreign-exchange rates, according to people close to the situation. The expected settlements would ...
