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Moscow Exchange launches USD/CAD and USD/TRL futures
March 3rd, 2015
Moscow Exchange issued a press release today informing that: From 3 March, Moscow Exchange has started trading in futures contracts on U.S. Dollar-Canadian Dollar and U.S. Dollar-Turkish Lira currency pairs. Metallinvestbank, the official market maker, will provide quotes for ...
Citigroup announced an agreement
March 3rd, 2015
Citigroup today announced that: It has reached a definitive agreement to sell OneMain Financial Holdings, Inc. to Springleaf Holdings (NYSE: LEAF) for a purchase price of $4.25 billion. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of ...
Barclays posts ‘messy’ full-year loss as shares fall
March 3rd, 2015
U.K bank Barclays posted a loss in its statutory full-year earnings on Tuesday as it set aside more money for potential fines related to its foreign exchange operations. Adjusted pre-tax profit increased by 12 percent in 2014 to £5.5 ...
Spain says third bailout for Greece seen at EUR 30-50 bn
March 3rd, 2015
Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos on Monday said European Union officials are estimating that a hypothetical third bailout for Greece could amount to between 30 and 50 billion euros ($34-55 billion). European officials have estimated that Greece’s financing ...
ECB meeting preview: What traders should expect from it
March 3rd, 2015
DESPITE a range of economic indicators suggesting that the Eurozone economy has finally begun to turn a corner, markets had an uncertain start to the week. Although the currency bloc’s unemployment rate slipped to 11.2 per cent in January ...
Greek government searches for funds amid fresh speculation about third bailout
March 3rd, 2015
The government on Monday scrambled to find ways to raise much-needed funding amid renewed speculation about a third bailout for Greece. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis met with his deputies and other officials to discuss ways of covering the country’s ...
Taxpayers benefit from Lloyds dividend
March 2nd, 2015
Lloyds Banking Group has paid its first dividend to shareholders since it was bailed out in 2008, a total of £535 million. In what Chancellor George Osborne has called a ‘major milestone’ for the British economy, the Treasury’s 23.9% ...
World Bank Approves $500 Million Project to Improve Access to Finance for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
March 2nd, 2015
The World Bank today approved a $500 million loan for the MSME Growth Innovation and Inclusive Finance Project to improve access to finance for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) working in the manufacturing and services sector, including startups ...
European Banks’ Reciprocity Draws Scrutiny
March 2nd, 2015
When Deutsche Bank AG hired 25 banks last summer to help it raise about $9 billion of new capital, it made some unusual selections. In addition to a handful of Wall Street stalwarts, three Italian banks made the cut. ...
Bundestag votes in favor of Greek extension
February 27th, 2015
“Greece is unable to decide on its own what path to follow”, says the German Minister of Finance German parliament voted in favor of the four month extension of Greek aid, as expected. 542 MPs out of the total ...