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Global Stock Rally Shifts to Asia After U.S. Highs: Markets Wrap
March 2nd, 2017
Japan’s Topix at highest since December 2015 as yen slumps Dollar climbs as Fed official supports rate hike ‘soon’ The bulls are gaining momentum as the global equity rally stretched to Asia. Tokyo shares jumped to the highest level ...
Former deputy attorney-general of Cyprus was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
March 1st, 2017
Former deputy attorney-general Rikkos Erotokritou was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Wednesday for his involvement in a conspiracy with the Andreas Neocleous law firm in 2013. Panayiotis Neocleous, one of the law firm’s partners and son of ...
Eurozone Private Sector Expands Most Since 2011
March 1st, 2017
Eurozone manufacturing activity gathered further momentum in February but the pace of growth was slightly slower than the initial estimate, final data from IHS Markit showed Wednesday. The manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 55.4 in February from 55.2 ...
5 Reasons to be excited about European Stocks
February 27th, 2017
After years in the doldrums, European stocks seem poised to break out of their trading rut and possibly outperform the U.S. equity market this year. Eurozone politics and sluggish economic growth have not been kind to European stocks in ...
ASIC reports on corporate finance regulation July to December 2016
February 24th, 2017
ASIC has today published its sixth report on the regulation of corporate finance issues in Australia. The report, which covers the period July to December 2016, provides companies and their advisers with insights into ASIC’s regulatory approach in the ...
Global diamond market sees moderate growth
February 24th, 2017
The global diamond industry performed moderately well in 2015, led by diamond jewellery retail sales, which grew 3 per cent at constant exchange rates, a report said. However, currency depreciation, as well as slower demand in China, contributed to ...
Ex-Forex Traders jailed for false trades
February 22nd, 2017
Ex-Deutsche Bank trader Toh sentenced to eight weeks Former HSBC senior dealer Chng handed 15-week sentence Two former currency traders from Deutsche Bank AG and HSBC Holdings Plc were sentenced to jail terms of as long as 15 weeks ...
The Pound to Euro Rate hits a Wall at Notorious 200 Day M.A
February 22nd, 2017
It was an impressive start to the mid-week session for Pound Sterling having broken above a key technical level against the Euro for the first time in months. The exchange rate is now knocking its 200-day moving average; if ...
China leads FinTech industry in Asia
February 21st, 2017
China is home to six of the world’s 22 venture capital-backed financial technology ‘unicorns’ — start-ups valued from US$1 billion Mega deals in China drove the total amount of funding raised by venture capital-backed financial technology start-ups in Asia to ...
Dutch Parties Likely To Increase Company Tax Burden
February 21st, 2017
While most of the political parties expected to form the next governing coalition in the Netherlands have pledged to reduce the overall tax burden by 2021, the tax burden on companies will rise under most parties’ plans, according to ...
