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S&P Dow Jones Indices and NZX Limited Enter Into Strategic Index Agreement
February 26th, 2015
S&P Dow Jones Indices (“S&P DJI”), one of the world’s leading providers of financial market indices, and NZX Limited today announced a strategic agreement to jointly develop, produce and commercialize co-branded investable indices featured on NZX platforms and related ...
Are Conditions Setting The Market Up For A Summer Washout?
February 24th, 2015
Here is what we can quite confidently depend on. The stock market makes most of its gains each year in a favorable period of November to May, and if there is a serious correction it usually takes place between ...
Reserve Bank warns banks against making “mockery” of its lending operations
February 20th, 2015
The Reserve Bank of India is getting tougher on extending unlimited credit to the country’s banks to try to ensure they push interest rate cuts through the financial system and to stop them from making what one official called a “mockery” of its ...
Local investors regain largest share of HKEx’s securities market trading
February 17th, 2015
Local investors have regained the largest share of securities market trading at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), according to the findings from HKEx’s Cash Market Transaction Survey 2013/14. The survey found local investors contributed 45 per cent ...
Deloitte Global selects new CEO
February 17th, 2015
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte Global) today announced that Punit Renjen, currently Deloitte U.S. member firm Chairman of the Board, has been selected as Deloitte Global’s new chief executive officer. Renjen will assume the new role on 1 June 2015, the ...
Asia stocks mostly rise, gains tempered by Greek standoff
February 17th, 2015
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday but gains were tempered after Greek debt talks broke down, raising the prospect Athens might leave the euro currency. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was little changed at 18,001.58 while the Shanghai ...
Is Gold’s Pullback Another Buying Opportunity?
February 17th, 2015
There are reasons in the technical charts, in the fundamentals, and in investor sentiment, to believe gold is ready for at least a tradable bear market rally. In a January column, I noted that gold plunged 48% from its ...
HSBC files reveal how UK’s non-dom tax concession is being exploited
February 12th, 2015
The leaked HSBC Swiss files reveal how widely Britain’s unique “non-dom” tax concession is being exploited. The government says the controversial tax status is supposed to be to the nation’s benefit, by encouraging wealthy foreign investors to spend time in Britain. ...
Gold demand sinks to five-year low in 2014 (Video)
February 12th, 2015
Global gold demand slumped to its lowest level in five years in 2014 as bar and coin buying plunged and jewelry purchases cooled, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). Overall demand totaled 3,924 tonnes, down 4 percent on year at ...
Australia central bank acting like it ‘just woke up’
February 6th, 2015
Australia’s record low interest rates are about to head way lower, analysts tell CNBC, as the country’s central bank scrambles to play catch up in the race to the bottom for borrowing costs. “The RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) ...
