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HKEX rolls out its Strategic Plan 2016-2018
January 25th, 2016
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced on Thursday its Strategic Plan 2016-2018, outlining the development roadmap for HKEX and Hong Kong’s financial markets. HKEX’s strategic goals for the three-year period are to extend and deepen its value ...
Barclays Announces Initiatives in the Investment Bank
January 25th, 2016
Barclays PLC (“Barclays”) has announced several initiatives within its Investment Bank which build on its existing strategy. The Investment Bank will continue to focus on its two home markets in the UK and US and to develop its global ...
Global Stocks Enter Bear Market: One-Fifth Of All Worldwide Stock Market Wealth Is Already Gone
January 25th, 2016
It’s official – global stocks have entered a bear market. On Wednesday, we learned that the MSCI All-Country World Index has fallen a total of more than 20 percent from the peak of the market. So that means that ...
Asia markets surge; Nikkei climbs to close 5.88% higher
January 22nd, 2016
Major Asian markets surged Friday, tracking the rally in European and U.S. equities overnight, getting a boost from a slight uptick in oil prices and comments from the European Central Bank (ECB). In Japan, the Nikkei jumped by 941.27 points, or 5.88 percent, ...
FTSE and European markets edge higher ahead despite Asia decline
January 21st, 2016
UK and European stocks wavered early on 21 January before gradually edging into the black, as they successfully shrugged off a disappointing session in Asia, where equity markets fell across the board. Midway through the session, London’s FTSE 100 ...
Saudi Arabia Said to Ban Betting Against Its Currency
January 21st, 2016
Central bank said to give directive at Jan. 18 Riyadh meeting Riyal forwards jump to highest in at least 2 decades in Jan. Pressured by plunging oil prices and costly wars in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia moved to ...
Asia markets take another tumble as rout persists
January 21st, 2016
Markets in Asia lost early gains and tumbled into negative territory in afternoon trade, following another selloff on Wall Street overnight on global growth concerns, uncertainty in China and fresh lows in oil prices. The Shanghai composite touched its ...
FTSE 100 index plunges into ‘bear market’ territory as oil price rout wipes another £52bn off top-flight share values
January 21st, 2016
Footsie plunged 203 points or 3.5% to close at 5,673 That means £52bn has been wiped off blue-chip share values today Now more than 20% below April 2015’s 7,103 high – firmly a bear market Panic over oil price after ...
Japanese Stocks Plunge Into Bear Market as Global Rout Deepens
January 20th, 2016
Energy explorers lead Tokyo slump as oil spiral continues IMF cuts forecast for global economic growth in 2016 and 2017 Japanese stocks plunged into a bear market amid a slump in equities across Asia as investor concerns over the global ...
Asia markets extend declines; Nikkei down 3.49%, Hang Seng drops 3.68%
January 20th, 2016
Asian stocks tumbled Wednesday, with major indexes declining by more than 1 percent each, as global sentiment remained low on concerns over economic growth, China and low oil prices. “The frailty in the Chinese growth remain the core problem ...