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Gold forecast to drop to $800 an ounce in 2016
September 3rd, 2015
As investors are turning cold towards gold, prices are headed for significant declines, according to a bank The overall sentiment towards the yellow metal will turn increasingly bearish next year and the prices are likely to hit below $1,000 ...
Global Value Chains and Rethinking Production and Trade
September 2nd, 2015
Back in the 1920s and 1930s, manufacturing often meant enormous factories that tried to bring as many activities as possible under one roof–what economists call “vertical integration.” However, the trend in recent decades has been toward “global value chains,” ...
Barclays set to become first UK high street bank to accept bitcoin
August 31st, 2015
Company set to partner with a ‘bitcoin exchange’ or spending platform Has two bitcoin ‘labs’ in London and has been collaborating with start-ups Bought with real money and traded online, a bitcoin is worth around $230 It can be ...
How Many Hedge Funds Will Die Next Year? (Answer: A Ton)
August 31st, 2015
For those who keep hearing about hedge funds but aren’t quite sure what they are: Think mutual fund with no rules. A hedge fund is an investment company that can do pretty much anything, from shorting currencies to betting ...
Serious Fraud Office interviews Deutsche Bank traders as it steps up criminal probe into Libor rigging
August 27th, 2015
The Serious Fraud Office has interviewed present and former Deutsche Bank traders as it steps up its criminal probe into the manipulation of Libor interest rates. At least one banker is thought to have been interviewed under caution, meaning ...
Tradition: H1 2015 Results
August 27th, 2015
Operating profit up 35.6% to CHF 35.9m Increase of net profit Group share of 36.7% to CHF 21.8m Focus on Group performance management Overview The Group faced a varying market environment in the first six months of 2015. Activity ...
Playtech: Interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2015 – Directorate Change
August 27th, 2015
Delivering on our strategy – strong underlying growth and strategic M&A Playtech (LSE: PTEC) today announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2015 together with a trading update for the period to 24 August ...
Plus500: Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2015
August 27th, 2015
Plus500, a leading online service provider for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally, hereby announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2015. Financial Highlights: Revenues up 20% to $127 million (H1 2014: $106.2 million) EBITDA1 down ...
Swiss issuers to weather forex storm
August 26th, 2015
The ‘Swiss Credit Handbook 2015’ published today by Credit Suisse contains the credit profiles of the most important Swiss issuers and participants in the Swiss franc capital market. Assessments of the creditworthiness of the different entities covered by Credit Suisse credit ...
Oil’s Drop Puts Spotlight on Saudi Arabia
August 25th, 2015
Some OPEC members call for renewed discussions within cartel about restraining production The plunge in global oil prices has eroded an important pillar of Saudi Arabia’s strategy of pumping freely to grab global market share: Demand growth that once ...
