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Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse Set to Scale Back Global Ambitions
October 20th, 2015
Regulation, interest rates, economy curbing profitability U.S. firms are grabbing greater share of investment bank fees Europe’s last global banks are caving in to pressure from regulators and preparing to tell investors just how much their aspirations will shrink. ...
Bank of Russia Halts Foreign-Currency Purchases, as Ruble Hits Five-Month Lows
July 30th, 2015
Central bank stops buying U.S. dollars for reserves in bid to balance inflation and growth measures Russia’s central bank, whose credibility has been tested over the past year by runaway inflation and a volatile currency, is coming sharply into ...
China tries to calm stock market Chaos
July 10th, 2015
As panic grips China’s markets, authorities have unleased a range of weapons China’s stock markets are in the midst of a crash, and with panic spreading, authorities have stepped in with drastic measures to prevent a looming disaster. Over ...
ECB Buying Starts New Era for Bonds, Euro
March 9th, 2015
Currency heads toward parity with dollar; paying to hold debt The arrival of the European Central Bank’s huge bond-buying plan Monday is forcing investors to prepare for the once unthinkable: paying to hold debt issued by the eurozone’s one-time ...
The equity cult alive and kicking, despite deflation threat
October 29th, 2014
Anyone betting on another “Great Rotation” of investment flows out of bonds and into stocks is in for disappointment: it’s not happening, and isn’t going to. In a world where deflation, never the most fertile ground for equities, is ...
Saudi Arabian stock market to open to foreign investors
July 22nd, 2014
Saudi Arabia’s stock market will open up to foreign investors for the first time, the country has announced. The move, which should happen in the first half of 2015, sparked a 3% rise in the Tadawul index in early ...