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Japan Overtakes China as Largest U.S. Bondholder
April 16th, 2015
Japanese become biggest funders of American government for first time since 2008 financial crisis Japan dethroned China as the top foreign holder of U.S. Treasurys for the first time since the financial crisis, following a wave of purchases by ...
ICAS and CIPFA launch landmark integrated qualification in audit
April 16th, 2015
ICAS and The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) have announced that they intend to work together to produce a ground-breaking new joint qualification in both public and corporate sector audit. The qualification will combine the unrivalled ...
CFTC and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Sign Memorandum of Understanding
April 15th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that CFTC Chairman Tim Massad and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Chairman Wayne Byres have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the ...
OPEC Going Broke, Dumping Dollars. Is That Good Or Bad?
April 15th, 2015
When oil prices fell out of bed last winter there was much hand-wringing over the fate of the former beneficiaries of high-priced crude. Trillions of dollars of junk bonds issued by frackers, for instance, might default, oil field services ...
Greece rolls over 3-month T-bills in successful auction
April 15th, 2015
Cash-strapped Greece sold 812.5 million euros ($859 million) of three-month Treasury bills on Wednesday, successfully covering the entire amount it sought to raise in the second of two auctions this month that tested its ability to find funds. Despite an increasingly ...
Saxo Bank strengthens its capital base with EUR 77.5 million
April 15th, 2015
Saxo Bank, the global online trading and investment specialist, has announced that it has strengthened its capital base by issuing Convertible Tier 2 Notes in exchange for EUR 46.25 million and by issuing new equity capital in the amount ...
Qatari banks ink deal for Islamic finance venture in China
April 14th, 2015
Two Qatari banks and Chinese brokerage Southwest Securities signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to establish a company handling Islamic finance deals in China. At present there is very little Islamic finance activity in China, but the country’s ...
Top 12 Media Myths on oil prices
April 13th, 2015
The upstream oil and gas industry is not a black hole. There’s no mystery wrapped in an enigma here. There are a lot of meetings with engineers, chemists and geologists. There’s a constantly evolving learning curve. And then there’s ...
Deutsche Börse launches new ShortDAX and LevDAX indices
April 9th, 2015
Deutsche Börse today expanded its DAXplus strategy index offering with the launch of four new ShortDAX and LevDAX indices. The ShortDAX x9 and x10 indices and LevDAX x9 and x10 indices meet the needs of sophisticated market participants, based ...
Greece’s €459m debt payment to IMF due on Thursday
April 9th, 2015
Eurozone country is close to running out of cash and the ECB, the EU and the IMF have frozen further aid until they reach an agreement with its left-wing government Greece is due to make a €459m (£332m) loan repayment ...
