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ELITE Connect Investor Relations Platform goes Live
November 24th, 2015
New digital platform for public companies, intermediaries and institutional investors ELITE Connect designed to simplify & lower cost of investor relations Beta testing with selected participants successfully completed Platform now open to accept new participants worldwide London Stock Exchange ...
Morgan Stanley Tweaks Brokers’ Pay Plan for 2016
November 23rd, 2015
Minimal changes made a year after brokers grumbled over deferred compensation Morgan Stanley is taking a gentler approach to its broker compensation plan for next year. The securities firm will make small changes to its brokers’ pay plan in ...
ASX, Kospi maintain winning run; Fed-watch continues
November 23rd, 2015
Asian markets continued to trade mixed on Monday afternoon, following a rally on Wall Street last week as investors continue to look out for comments from central bankers on the trajectory of U.S. monetary policy. Major U.S. indices ended ...
China Has a $1.2 Trillion Ponzi Finance Problem
November 20th, 2015
Some 45% of new debt will be used to pay interest: Hua Chuang `Ponzi’ finance was seen by Hyman Minsky as unsustainable Chinese borrowers are taking on record amounts of debt to repay interest on their existing obligations, raising ...
U.S. probes Bosch in VW cheating scandal
November 20th, 2015
U.S. authorities are investigating German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH over its role in Volkswagen AG’s (VOWG_p.DE) massive scheme to cheat U.S. emission standards, according to people familiar with the matter. Federal prosecutors with the U.S. Department of ...
Oil Prices Slip on Bearish Inventory Data
November 20th, 2015
$40 a barrel seen as a key level by market participants U.S. oil prices dipped below $40 a barrel several times Thursday, as heavy stockpiles continued to push crude lower. Light, sweet crude for December delivery fell as low ...
Asian Stocks Set for Weekly Gain as Metals Advance With Ringgit
November 20th, 2015
Optimism that the Federal Reserve will take a gradual approach to raising interest rates sent Asian equities toward their biggest weekly gain in more than a month and buoyed the region’s currencies. Metals advanced and oil traded near a three-month ...
Fear Spreads as China’s Finance Firms Face Arrests
November 18th, 2015
“People are worried” as hedge funds, traders, CSRC targeted At least 16 connected to finance world caught up in crackdown The high-drama highway arrest of a prominent hedge fund manager. Seizures of computers and phones at Chinese mutual funds. The investigations ...
Ominous Parallels: The Roman Empire, The European Union, And Mass Migration
November 18th, 2015
This weekend’s Paris attacks, occurring in the middle of one of history’s largest mass-migrations, has the feel of uncharted territory. But it’s actually an eerie echo of something that happened nearly two thousand years ago in more-or-less the same ...
Oil prices edge up on reports of falling inventories, but glut remains in place
November 18th, 2015
Oil prices edged up on Wednesday following reports of falling stockpiles and rising refinery activity, but analysts said the market would remain under pressure for the rest of the year and into 2016. Industry group American Petroleum Institute (API) ...