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HSBC hopes to leapfrog rivals with new China partnership
November 10th, 2015
HSBC to use JV to tap China’s onshore bond market Foreign rivals on restrictive licences have made little inroad HSBC will have full control of JV and broader licence Risk of rising defaults in slowing Chinese economy HSBC is ...
Goldman’s BRIC Era Ends as Fund Folds After Years of Losses
November 9th, 2015
BRIC fund loses 21% in five years, leading to investor exodus Acronym-based investment strategy comes under greater scrutiny The BRIC era is coming to an end at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The bank’s asset-management unit folded its money-losing BRIC ...
Egypt can’t rely on cash-strapped Saudi Arabia
November 5th, 2015
Egypt is running low on cash. And this time, oil-rich friends like Saudi Arabia may not be able to come to its rescue. Egypt‘s lack of cash is threatening its ability to mount an economic comeback from the turmoil ...
Snapshots of Well-Being Across High-Income Countries
November 4th, 2015
Well-being is a multidimensional concept, for countries as well as for individuals. Thus, in the recent OECD report “How’s Life 2015: Measuring Well-Being,” the emphasis goes well beyond basic one-dimensional measures of well-being like per capita GDP and offers comparisons ...
Trading Indices: Matters Arising
November 2nd, 2015
Indices are a measure of the performance of a certain set of listed stocks in a stock exchange. In a previous article, we had classified indices and described what they represent. In this piece, we shall consider a ...
Earnings season ramps up with Apple
October 27th, 2015
The second big week of third-quarter earnings season kicks into another gear Tuesday when Apple, the maker of the iPhone and the world’s most-valuable company, reports its latest quarterly results after the closing bell. Apple is one of 169 ...
The 5 Biggest Market Events of 2015 So Far
October 19th, 2015
2015 has certainly been an interesting year as far as the world of finance is concerned. The markets have undoubtedly seen some tumultuous times, particularly in recent months, so today we’re going to look at the five biggest market ...
Index Futures Drop With Asia Stocks After China GDP; Euro Rises
October 19th, 2015
Economy expands 6.9% in third quarter, beating estimates Gold retreats with copper as metals slide in data’s wake U.S. and European equity-index futures retreated with Asian shares and commodities after China reported the slowest economic growth since 2009. Treasuries ...
Citi dials down risky block trading amid market turmoil
October 13th, 2015
Over the summer, as the U.S. stock market wobbled and then plunged 4 percent in a day, Citigroup made a tough choice: to dial down risk-taking in the bank’s capital markets group. Phil Drury and Doug Adams, then co-heads ...
Asia Stocks Jump With Won After Weak U.S. Data; Glencore Surges
October 5th, 2015
Odds of 2015 liftoff pared as U.S. payrolls trail estimates Copper leads metals, commodities higher; China still closed Asian stocks jumped with emerging-market currencies and commodities after U.S.employment and factory reports came in well below estimates, undermining the case ...
