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Average tax rate paid by FTSE 100 resumes downward slide, falling to 23.1%
April 27th, 2015
Oil & gas, banks and resources pay highest rates The average effective rate of tax paid as reported by FTSE 100 companies has resumed its downward slide, dropping to just 23.1% of profits last year down from 25.9% the ...
UK’s biggest banks face further $29 billion misconduct bill: S&P
April 27th, 2015
Britain’s biggest banks face another 19 billion pounds ($29 billion) of charges relating to past misconduct over the next two years, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) said in a report on Monday. S&P said Britain’s banks and customer-owned ...
11 Signs That We Are Entering The Next Phase Of The Global Economic Crisis
April 24th, 2015
Well, the Nasdaq finally did it. It has climbed all the way back to where it was at the peak of the dotcom bubble. Back in March 2000, the Nasdaq set an all-time record high of 5,048.62. On Thursday, ...
FINRA Orders RBC to Pay Fine
April 24th, 2015
FINRA has issued a press release to inform that: It has ordered RBC Capital Markets to pay a $1 million fine and approximately $434,000 in restitution to customers for supervisory failures resulting in sales of unsuitable reverse convertibles. Brad ...
ESMA consults on draft guidelines specifying criteria for the assessment of knowledge and competence in MiFID II
April 23rd, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority launched today a consultation on draft guidelines specifying criteria for the assessment of knowledge and competence of natural persons in investment firms that provide investment advice or information about financial instruments, investment services ...
European Investment Bank rolls out the Investmet Plan for Europe
April 23rd, 2015
The first projects and transactions earmarked for benefitting from an EU budget guarantee under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) have been approved by the Boards of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) ...
Lifting potential growth in the euro area
April 23rd, 2015
Speech by Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Welt-Währungskonferenz Potential growth and monetary policy The euro area economy seems now to be turning the corner. Both the hard and soft data suggest that ...
MarketAxess Reports First Quarter 2015 Record Revenues
April 23rd, 2015
MarketAxess Reports First Quarter 2015 Record Revenues of $76.8 Million, Record Pre-Tax Income of $38.5 Million and Record Diluted EPS of $0.65 First Quarter Financial Highlights* Record revenues of $76.8 million, up 21.1% Record pre-tax income of $38.5 million, ...
Highlights of CLS Annual Report
April 22nd, 2015
CLS, a company that operates the largest multicurrency cash settlement system to mitigate settlement risk for the FX transactions of its Members and their customers, has issued a press release to inform that: Following their Annual General Meeting and shareholder ...
Grexit: Remaining In The Eurozone Is No Longer ‘The Base Case’ For Greece
April 22nd, 2015
According to the Wall Street Journal, Greece staying in the eurozone is no longer “the base case” for European officials, and one even told the Journal that “literally nothing has been achieved” in negotiations with the new Greek government ...
