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Finsphere Appoints Deanna Oppenheimer as a Strategic Adviser
February 19th, 2015
Former WAMU and Barclays retail banking executive leads CameoWorks consultancy Finsphere Corporation, a leader in mobile identity-authentication services, said today it has appointed Deanna Oppenheimer, founder and CEO of the Seattle-based global consultancy CameoWorks, as a strategic adviser to ...
Fed Tiptoes Into Rate-Hike Debate
February 19th, 2015
Minutes of latest policy meeting show central bankers discussing when and how to raise interest rates from near zero The Federal Reserve’s debate about raising short-term interest rates is heating up. At their Jan. 27-28 policy meeting, officials heard ...
Japan shares hit 15-year peak; yields drop on Fed view
February 19th, 2015
The U.S. dollar nursed modest losses in Asia on Thursday while bonds held on to heftier gains as investors scaled back expectations on how fast, and how far, the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates in coming months and ...
CySec announces the suspension of the authorisation of CIF ‘Pulp International Business Ltd’
February 19th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that: The authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm ‘Pulp International Business Ltd’, number 095/08, is suspended, pursuant to section 26(2) of the Investment Services and ...
Asia shares rise on reduced Greek pessimism, dollar firm
February 18th, 2015
Asian equities rose on Wednesday as pessimism over the Greek debt saga receded somewhat, while the dollar held firm against the yen after spiking up on higher U.S. debt yields. Equities in Europe were also expected to gain. Spreadbetters ...
ESMA publishes annual report and supervisory focus for CRAs and TRs
February 17th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an annual report (Report) on its direct supervisory activities in 2014 regarding credit rating agencies (CRAs) and trade repositories (TR). The report summarises the key actions taken during 2014 ...
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 ...
Riksbank cuts repo rate to −0.10 per cent, buys government bonds for SEK 10 billion and is prepared to do more at short notice
February 13th, 2015
There are signs that underlying inflation has bottomed out, but the situation abroad is now more uncertain and this increases the risk that inflation will not rise sufficiently fast. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has therefore decided to ...
German Economic Growth Accelerates, French GDP Only Slightly Higher
February 13th, 2015
The eurozone’s largest economies were on diverging paths in the final three months of 2014, as German growth accelerated, France slid closer to stagnation and ...
Will Draghi’s QE programme work?
February 13th, 2015
The recent announcement by Mario Draghi for the Quantitative Easing (QE) programme in Europe was welcomed by an expected euphoria from the financial markets. Stock markets around the globe produced positive and significant returns, while yields on the sovereign ...
