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Singapore Dollar’s Losses to Ringgit Seen Widening: Asean Credit
August 19th, 2014
The diverging economic fortunes of two Southeast Asian neighbors are prompting PineBridge Investments to favor Malaysia’s ringgit over Singapore’s dollar. The ringgit has gained 4% to 2.53 per Singapore dollar since reaching a 16-year low of 2.63 in February, ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis
August 19th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for August 19, 2014 EUR/USD – consolidating at these levels, remains bearish. The EUR remains weak while it retests support levels at the 1.33 area. No signs of strength with strong possibility to continue downward ...
Gold – Eases Below $1300
August 19th, 2014
Gold for Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Over the last couple of days Gold has been easing lower back towards the $1300 level and has just slipped just below that level of the last day or so. In the last ...
West TX Oil up to $94.80 on Easing Supply Risks
August 19th, 2014
Brent crude edged up towards $102 a barrel on Tuesday, but stayed near a 14-month low reached in the previous session on weak demand and easing concerns over risks to supply. Brent shed nearly $2 on Monday, as investor ...
Abe finding it hard to get his way on defence
August 19th, 2014
On 1 July, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a decision to broaden the interpretation of the Japanese Constitution to enable Japan to exercise its right to collective self-defence. But to what extent will the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) ...
Ex-Rabobank trader guilty in Libor probe
August 19th, 2014
A former employee of Rabobank on Monday became the second of the Dutch bank’s ex-traders to plead guilty in a criminal plot to manipulate a global financial benchmark used to set rates on trillions of dollars in loans. United ...
New criminal offence proposed to catch tax evaders
August 19th, 2014
People who fail to declare offshore tax liabilities could face prosecution under proposed new laws published for consultation today. HM Revenue & Customs has urged wealthy individuals to come forward and pay what they owe in advance of the ...
Lawmakers criticize Fed’s crisis lending program
August 19th, 2014
Federal Reserve was urged to limit its crisis lending programs for big banks from a bipartisan group of lawmakers. During the crisis, the Fed invoked its emergency lending powers to pump cash into Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and other banks ...
SEC charges stock company of oil and gas production
August 18th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges against a Houston-based penny stock company and four individuals behind a pump-and-dump scheme that misled investors to believe the company was on the brink of developing revolutionary technology to enable ...
Money-Laundering increase, urges hiring by British Banks
August 18th, 2014
U.K. banks have made a push to hire more anti-money laundering staff as regulatory scrutiny grows, with a 54 percent increase in the number of roles available over the last year, according to a recruitment firm. More than 2,157 ...
