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Ironfx Portfolio Management – February16’ Performance Overview
March 16th, 2016
IronFX Portfolio Management’s Hybrid and Dynamic strategies finished February 2016 with a slight decline in performance following an aggresively volatile month, with sharp unexpected moves in the financial markets. FX markets remain in a stress mode and continue to ...
China Drafts Rules for Tobin Tax on Currency Transactions
March 15th, 2016
Initial rate of levy may be kept at zero, people familiar said The rules still need central government approval, they said China’s central bank has drafted rules for a tax on foreign-exchange transactions that would help curb currency speculation, according ...
Big U.S. banks to take on tech rivals with instant payments
March 9th, 2016
Depositors at some of the largest U.S. banks are finally going to get the chance to do something quick and simple: send money to another person’s account instantaneously by mobile phone. The idea has been in the works for ...
VW: Prosecutors in Germany and France widen probes
March 9th, 2016
Prosecutors in Germany and France have broadened their investigations into the emissions scandal at Volkswagen. Authorities in Paris have opened a formal probe into “aggravated fraud” over the use of diesel engine devices that gave misleading emissions results. And ...
GDP up by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU28
March 9th, 2016
Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.4% in the EU28 during the fourth quarter of 2015, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of ...
Ex-Goldman Banker to Malaysia Fund Subpoenaed in U.S. Probe
March 8th, 2016
Prosecutors seeking information about state investment fund Outside law firm said helping Goldman review 1MDB dealings A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker has become entangled in a sprawling investigation of the Malaysian state investment fund as U.S. authorities ...
Iran Oil Lands in Europe for First Time Since Sanctions End
March 7th, 2016
Spanish refiner Cepsa offloads first tanker with Iranian crude France and Romania await cargoes as Iran slowly ramps-up sales The Monte Toledo oil tanker covered the uneventful voyage from Iran to Europe with a haul of 1 million barrels ...
Brexit: Latest poll gives ‘Remain’ campaign slight lead
March 7th, 2016
In the latest blow, Lord Howard said the PM’s renegotiation of the UK’s membership had “met with failure” and urged voters to back withdrawal. “There is only one thing that just might shake Europe’s leaders out of their complacency: ...
Majority of robo-advisers likely to ‘fall by the wayside’
March 7th, 2016
As the big financial services firms continue to move into robo-advice, it will become obvious that most start-ups in the sector are simply not viable, says Grail Partners. Speaking to Fintech Business, US-based Grail Partners managing partner and ARK Invest ...
Innovations in Malaysia’s legal scene
March 7th, 2016
With most everyone plugged into the Internet these days, it was only a matter of time before the legal profession climbed aboard the technological train to promote their services with the ease of a click or swipe of a ...
