Overview: Greek Budget, Europe’s Nominees and I.M.F. and World Bank Meetings
October 6th, 2014
Greece will unveil its 2015 draft budget, hearings for vice-presidential nominees for the European Commission will be held, and the World Bank and I.M.F. open annual meetings in Washington. Greece is set to unveil its draft budget for 2015 ...
Schwab drops Pimco Total Return from target date portfolios
October 3rd, 2014
Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW.N) has dropped the Pimco Total Return Fund from its 10 target date funds and collective trusts, a company spokeswoman told Reuters on Thursday. Schwab is looking for a replacement for the Pimco fund and has ...
Contributing Authors
October 2nd, 2014
Dr Alan Waring Dr Alan Waring has 35 years’ experience in risk management. His several books include Managing Risk (1998), co-authored with Prof Ian Glendon, Practical Systems Thinking (1996) and Corporate Risk and Governance published in May 2013. He has presented numerous conference and ...
China to Impose Quota on Local Government Debt Amid Risks
October 2nd, 2014
China announced plans to cap the amount of debt local governments can take on and ban them from additional borrowing through financing vehicles as authorities step up efforts to control risks to the financial system. All borrowing by provinces ...
Thursday October 2: OSB Daily Technical Analysis- Commodities
October 2nd, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for October 2, 2014 Gold Wide swing for Gold on Wednesday with an attempt to get above the $1220 resistance level. Support below holding just above $1200 while Gold consolidates and grinds it out while ...
Indian stock markets to remain closed from October 2-6
October 2nd, 2014
The stock market will be closed from Thursday to Monday, with trading to resume on Tuesday, on account of Gandhi Jayanti on Thursday, Dussehra on Friday and Bakrid on Monday. The benchmark Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index Sensex fell ...
Draghi: Euro’s Level in Alignment with Monetary Policies
September 25th, 2014
The euro’s depreciation is in line with the divergence of monetary policies around the world, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said. “The exchange-rate movement reflects the different path of monetary policies in Europe versus the monetary policies in ...
BOC to sell high-yield bond fund in Europe
September 24th, 2014
One of China’s state-owned banks has struck a deal with Citigroup to market its first fund to pension funds and retail investors in Europe. Bank of China Hong Kong Asset Management, which is owned by Bank of China, has ...
Wall St. Bankrolls Ex-Executive as He Sues Over A.I.G. Bailout
September 24th, 2014
Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chief of A.I.G., has now raised several million dollars from three Wall Street investors to help cover the cost of the case. One might call it “chutzpah,” as several irate lawmakers did, or “rubbing ...
China to invest $20 billion in India despite territorial dispute
September 23rd, 2014
The leader of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping arrived on a visit to India, where he had a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During the talks, Modi expressed concerns that the trade imbalance between China and ...
