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China and UK establish direct currency trades
June 19th, 2014
China and the UK have started the direct trading of the yuan against the pound, in a move that will help reduce currency conversion costs. Both sides are hopeful the direct yuan-sterling trade will help facilitate two-way investment and ...
IMF calls on ECB to consider quantitative easing
June 19th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund is expected to sound the alarm on Thursday over the risk of deflation within the eurozone and to urge the European Central Bank to consider US-style quantitative easing, including “large-scale” purchases of sovereign bonds, to ...
Six banks sued over trustee roles
June 19th, 2014
A group of big investors including Blackrock and Pimco are suing six different banks including Deutsche Bank and HSBC for their role as trustees of mortgage-backed securities in the lead up to and during the financial crisis. In six ...
China Blocks European Shipping Pact, Sending Maersk Down
June 18th, 2014
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S (MAERSKB) said it is working on alternative plans to cut costs and address overcapacity in the freighter market after Chinese regulators unexpectedly blocked formation of a global shipping alliance. “We have different tools in our toolbox ...
European court to rule on allegations Facebook passes personal data to NSA
June 18th, 2014
A European court has been asked to rule on a landmark case which seeks to force watchdogs to audit the personal data Facebook allegedly releases to US spy chiefs. The high court in Dublin has referred to Strasbourg a ...
AMF Updates List of Unauthorised Binary Options Providers
June 18th, 2014
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), warns the investors by publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The AMF is once again warning retail ...
Bankruptcy protection for bitcoin exchange Mt Gox
June 18th, 2014
The failed Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange, Mt Gox, received court approval on Tuesday to begin Chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings in the United States as it awaits approval of a settlement with U.S. customers and a sale of its business. Mt ...
There Might Be a Lot of Insider Trading
June 18th, 2014
As I may have mentioned over and over and over and over and over again, the first rule of insider trading is just don’t insider trade, but the second rule is: If you have inside information about an upcoming ...
Brokers offer hope of revival in corn futures
June 18th, 2014
Brokers, citing hedge fund positioning and the firm US cash market, offered hope of at least a temporary lull in the selling in US corn, even as prices staged a small rebound from their weakest close in four months. ...
Three large multinationals under pricing investigations
June 18th, 2014
The European Commission has launched an investigation into the transfer pricing arrangements of three large multinationals about how they’re treated in three countries. The companies are Apple in Ireland, Fiat Finance and Trade in Luxembourg and Starbucks in the ...
