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STOXX Expands Fixed Income Offering
February 22nd, 2017
STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today introduced the EURO STOXX 50 Corporate Bond Sector, Rating and Maturity Bucket Sub-Indices. They expand the EURO STOXX ...
Some €70 bn in non performing loans ready to be ceded by Italy’s main banks
February 22nd, 2017
The European Commission, the OECD, Economy Minister Piercarlo Padoan, EBA President Andrea Enria, Bank of Italy Vice Governor Fabio Panetta, and the Fitch ratings agency. One after another, like a chorus, they all spoke out on the same theme ...
Euronext launches Europe’s first index dedicated to family businesses
February 22nd, 2017
Euronext today announced the launch of Euronext® Family Business, the first European index dedicated to family businesses, designed to highlight the performance of 90 family companies listed in the four countries covered by Euronext. Components of the Euronext® Family ...
Survey identifies common traits in victims of investment fraud
February 21st, 2017
With Americans losing tens of billions of dollars annually to investment fraud schemes, what mindsets and behaviors are common among those who fall victim? A new survey by the AARP Fraud Watch Network finds that the most susceptible typically ...
China leads FinTech industry in Asia
February 21st, 2017
China is home to six of the world’s 22 venture capital-backed financial technology ‘unicorns’ — start-ups valued from US$1 billion Mega deals in China drove the total amount of funding raised by venture capital-backed financial technology start-ups in Asia to ...
China’s bitcoin traders are finding new ways to trade
February 21st, 2017
China’s central bank has stepped up oversight of bitcoin exchanges this year, leading major trading platforms to impose halts on withdrawals and other checks to appease the regulator. But Chinese traders aren’t playing along—they are apparently flocking to peer-to-peer ...
HSBC announced 2016 Results; $1.0bn share buy-back
February 21st, 2017
Strategic execution Completed a $2.5bn share buy-back following the sale of the Brazil business Further reduced our risk-weighted assets (‘RWAs’) during 2016 by $143bn as a result of extensive management actions, including the sale of operations in Brazil Generated ...
Argos flouts national minimum wage in £2.4m underpayments
February 20th, 2017
The underpayment happened because staff were asked to staff to attend briefings and take part in security checks outside the working hours for which they were paid, after they had clocked out of their shifts. It relates to around ...
Supreme Court on the hunt for new Justices
February 20th, 2017
Three seats are up grabs in the Supreme Court – including that of the President. This is the first time that so many vacancies have occurred simultaneously on the UK’s highest court. Retirements It follows the retirement of Lord ...
Czech Prime Minister will propose a special tax on banks
February 18th, 2017
The Czech Republic’s ruling centre-left Social Democratic Party will propose a special tax on banks to help fund schools and infrastructure and keep profits from leaving the country as part of its manifesto for elections in October. The plan ...
