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Gold tumbles to more than five-year low, China shares fall
July 20th, 2015
Gold tumbled to a more than five-year low Monday, and China shares drifted lower after authorities’ weekend move to tighten the use of informal lending channels by stock investors. Gold GCQ5, -2.31% fell 2.3% from its opening price Monday ...
Swiss banks win German market access after long-running tax tiff
July 17th, 2015
Swiss banks can more easily take on clients in neighbouring Germany, the Swiss government said on Thursday, after a deal that ends a lengthy standoff between the two countries over hidden offshore accounts. Germany’s wealthy have traditionally been the ...
China’s unravelling: Will it devalue the yuan next?
July 17th, 2015
China is grasping at policy measures to shore up its economy CHINA could be gearing up to join the global currency wars by devaluing the renminbi. So far this year more than 30 central banks from all over the ...
The ‘Greek Debt Deal’ Is Already Starting To Fall Apart
July 15th, 2015
The “deal that was designed to fail” has already begun to unravel. The IMF, which was expected to provide a big chunk of the financing, has indicated that it may walk away from the deal unless Greece is granted ...
China Opens Interbank Market to Central Banks, Sovereign Funds
July 14th, 2015
China issued new rules making it easier for foreign central banks, sovereign wealth funds and global financial organizations to access its interbank bond market, the latest step in the opening up of Asia’s largest economy. They will no longer ...
Brazil Regulator Names 30 Traders in Probe of Currency Rigging
July 14th, 2015
Brazil’s antitrust regulator named 30 people it’s investigating as part of a civil probe into anticompetitive practices in the currency market. If found to have violated the law, the individuals each may face penalties of as much as 2 ...
Dirty Dealing: China and International Money Laundering
July 13th, 2015
In the midst of turmoil in the Chinese stock markets, one serious problem that may appear is increased currency outflows created by current and potential investors who would rather move their assets to foreign countries viewed as safer havens. Money laundering should be under close surveillance. ...
Greece: Investors are being warned of choppy waters ahead for markets in the coming days
July 13th, 2015
With eurogroup finance ministers talking tough and still no deal sealed with Greece by yesterday evening, investors are being warned of choppy waters ahead for markets in the coming days. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras was given three days to ...
China tries to calm stock market Chaos
July 10th, 2015
As panic grips China’s markets, authorities have unleased a range of weapons China’s stock markets are in the midst of a crash, and with panic spreading, authorities have stepped in with drastic measures to prevent a looming disaster. Over ...
Greece is bad but this is worse. The Chinese stock market
July 9th, 2015
The twin fears of China and Greece will hang over markets Thursday with China increasingly the bigger concern. “There’s definitely an issue if we see a further correction in the Chinese stock market,” said Russ Koesterich, BlackRock’s chief investment ...