Events – Conferences – Seminars
February 26th, 2015
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Investors cautiously optimistic ahead of ECB meeting
January 21st, 2015
US stocks recorded marginal gains on Tuesday after pairing big early losses as investors appeared uncertain about the prospects of the monetary stimulus program in Europe. The European Central Bank is expected to announce further measures of monetary expansion ...
Oil prices rise but Opec production will keep them around $60 for 2014
December 22nd, 2014
Oil prices have risen by 2% on Monday 22 December, however analysts warn that it’s unlikely that the average price for 2014 will be above $60 per barrel (bbl). The Brent futures contract reached around $63/bbl while US crude ...
Permits Rise to Six-Year High as U.S. Housing Starts Decrease
November 19th, 2014
Residential-construction permits in the U.S. climbed in October to a six-year high, pointing to a pickup in homebuilding after activity cooled because of a slowdown in multifamily projects. Groundbreakings for single-family homes, condominiums and apartments fell 2.8 percent to a ...
Contributing Authors
October 2nd, 2014
Dr Alan Waring Dr Alan Waring has 35 years’ experience in risk management. His several books include Managing Risk (1998), co-authored with Prof Ian Glendon, Practical Systems Thinking (1996) and Corporate Risk and Governance published in May 2013. He has presented numerous conference and ...
Copper up to Above $3.20 After Strong U.S. Home Sales
August 22nd, 2014
Copper in London rose to a two-week high, heading for the first weekly advance in a month on stronger-than-expected U.S. homes sales and before a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The metal for delivery in three months ...
CFTC Says Flexibility essential to Oversee Cross-Border Swaps
July 31st, 2014
U.S. regulators need flexibility in overseeing cross-border swaps, a lawyer for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission told a federal judge as he defended the agency’s reliance on guidance rather than formal rules in a lawsuit brought by Wall Street’s ...
Despite Exposure of Madoff Fraud, New Ponzi Schemes Emerge
July 11th, 2014
When the money was rolling in from investors, Scott W. Rothstein, a lawyer in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., bought his wife, Kimberly, more than $1 million in jewelry, including an opulent 12-carat yellow diamond ring. He lived in a multimillion-dollar ...
Emerging Stocks Advance as Oil Declines While Europe Stoc
June 30th, 2014
Emerging-market stocks rose, extending the biggest quarterly advance since September 2012. Shares in Europe fell, while oil declined as continuing violence in Iraq failed to disrupt supply. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (BUSY) climbed 0.4 percent at 7:25 a.m. ...
China Finds $15B of Loans Backed by Falsified Gold Trades
June 26th, 2014
China’s chief auditor discovered 94.4 billion yuan ($15.2 billion) of loans backed by falsified gold transactions, adding to signs of possible fraud in commodities financing deals. Twenty-five bullion processors made a combined profit of more than 900 million yuan ...
