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Statement by Glenn Stevens, RBA Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
February 3rd, 2015
At its meeting today, the Board decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.25 per cent, effective 4 February 2015. Growth in the global economy continued at a moderate pace in 2014. China’s growth was ...
Greece finance minister reveals plan to end debt stand-off
February 3rd, 2015
Greece’s radical new government revealed proposals on Monday for ending the confrontation with its creditors by swapping outstanding debt for new growth-linked bonds, running a permanent budget surplus and targeting wealthy tax-evaders. Yanis Varoufakis, the new finance minister, outlined ...
KPMG: What Audit committees cite as top challenges in 2015
February 2nd, 2015
KPMG issued a press release saying that: Audit committees cite uncertainty, volatility and high risk environment as top challenges in 2015 More Boards Reallocating Oversight Duties as Risk Environment Strains Audit Committee Agendas. Audit committees around the world said ...
Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to visit London
January 30th, 2015
Yanis Varoufakis to meet George Osborne and City bankers on whistlestop tour of Europe to drum up support for Athens’ Syriza government The new Greek finance minister is to call on George Osborne and City bankers next week as part of ...
European Parliament President Martin Schulz met with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras
January 29th, 2015
A closely watched meeting between Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and German European Parliament president Martin Schulz lasted for almost two hours on Thursday at the Maximos Mansion government house, marking the former’s first official meeting with a top European ...
First Derivatives announced on MongoDB
January 29th, 2015
First Derivatives Deploys Reference Data Management Solution on MongoDB to Radically Change the Way Capital Markets Information is Processed. First Derivatives (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, today announced that its ...
What Would Exclusion From Payment System SWIFT Mean For Russia?
January 29th, 2015
Discussions among European leaders about new sanctions on Moscow have again raised fears that the SWIFT international payments system might be cut off, a move that experts warn would wreak financial havoc on Russia. The Society for Worldwide Interbank ...
European Stocks Fall Following Greek Selloff
January 28th, 2015
Markets Cautious Ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve Statement European stocks fell Wednesday, hit by a big selloff in Greece and caution ahead of the latest message on the path of monetary policy due from the U.S. Federal Reserve statement later in the day. ...
Interview with Jens Weidmann: “The risk of exaggerations increases”
January 27th, 2015
“The risk of exaggerations increases” Mr Weidmann, the ECB was originally modelled on the Bundesbank. Was this tradition laid to rest on Thursday? I wouldn’t make this out to be some kind of sea change, but I do regard this ...
Asia shares inch ahead, euro steady as Fed meets
January 27th, 2015
Most Asian share markets firmed on Tuesday and the euro clung to rare gains, relieved that European equities had weathered Greece’s election outcome without too much disruption. The main European indices were expected to open higher, though foul weather ...
