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Saudi Arabia’s government is looking at smart, alternate revenue sources
December 21st, 2015
Saudi Arabia’s foreign reserves are a confidence booster but undoubtedly the government is looking at smart, alternate revenue sources that will not erode the country’s competitive advantage, say economists. Saudi Arabia has the financial depth to continue spending on ...
EU And US Financial Regulators Appear To Soften Stances On Long-Standing Dispute
December 21st, 2015
The dispute between American and European regulators centered on margin requirements for clearinghouses could be resolved soon. A long-running spat between U.S. and European financial regulators may soon come to a close. In an interview with the Financial Times ...
2015 was a year from hell for the European Union. The 2016 Could be worse with a Brexit
December 21st, 2015
By any measure, it has been a year from hell for the European Union. And if Britons vote to leave the bloc, next year could be worse. Not since 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell and communism crumbled ...
NBG absorbs Cooperative Bank of the Peloponnese
December 21st, 2015
The Cooperative Bank of the Peloponnese is heading toward a split between a “good” and “bad bank” as it is the only cooperative lender to have failed to cover its capital requirements. Its healthy side will be passed on ...
J.P. Morgan to Pay $267 Million for Disclosure Failures
December 21st, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that two J.P. Morgan wealth management subsidiaries have agreed to pay $267 million and admit wrongdoing to settle charges that they failed to disclose conflicts of interest to clients. An SEC investigation found that ...
Creation of a “Bad” Bank
December 21st, 2015
The banking sector in Cyprus has gone through radical transformation in the last few years following the disastrous events of March 2013. To a large extent, the sector has regained confidence from both its domestic customers and the international ...
Citi and Hildebrandt: Significant factors for law firms in 2016
December 21st, 2015
Citi Private Bank and Hildebrandt Consulting release a report cited key factors for Law Firm’s success in 2016 According to the report the two increasingly significant factors are: Winning Battle for Laterals Hires Continued volatility “There was a time ...
Israel’s Flourishing Fintech Has Many Fathers
December 21st, 2015
Israeli finance technology has taken giant leaps in the last few years. Hundreds of local startups are developing new technologies for payment and security solutions, and multinational companies and banks are flocking to Israel for a piece of the action. Much ...
Asian Shares Mixed, Falling in Japan But Rising in China
December 21st, 2015
Japan faced worries over the future of quantitative easing, while Property and Brokerage shares surged in China Shares in Japan fell Monday amid worries that the central bank will be reluctant to expand its easing program in the coming ...
Cameron Claims Momentum as EU Offers Compromise on U.K. Demands
December 18th, 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron said his bid to change Britain’s relationship with the European Union is gathering momentum after fellow leaders signaled they are willing to find compromises on his demand for curbs on welfare. Rather than the fight ...
