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Barclays Wealth exodus of high-profile staff continues
July 14th, 2014
Barely a month passes without news of another senior departure from Barclays Wealth. The unit, which manages £200bn of assets, resembles something of a revolving door, but the bank denies the high turnover of staff is indicative of retention ...
Gold Falls as Portuguese Bank Seeks to Calm Debt Concerns
July 14th, 2014
Gold declined for the first time in three days as concerns eased that banking woes in Portugal will spur a wider debt crisis in Europe, crimping demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment. Banco Espirito Santo SA ...
Traders Flood U.S. With $3.4 Trillion of Bond-Auction Demand
July 14th, 2014
The intensifying debate over when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates is little more than a sideshow when it comes to the ability of the U.S. to borrow. For all the concern fixed-income assets will tumble once the central ...
Asian shares nudge higher, oil nurses losses
July 14th, 2014
Asian shares rose on Monday as euro zone banking jitters faded, but investors remained cautious ahead of corporate earnings and a raft of global economic events, including testimony from the head of the Federal Reserve. MSCI’s broadest index of ...
U.S. prosecutors offer junior UK traders immunity in forex probe
July 14th, 2014
Prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice are offering immunity deals to junior traders in London as they continue to investigate the alleged rigging of foreign exchange rates by banks and senior traders, the Financial Times reported, citing sources. ...
Tech earnings may boost market in flux
July 14th, 2014
Move over, underperforming banking sector. This week, major players in the tech space will report second-quarter results, and it could be a boost to a direction-seeking market in flux. Analysts project the tech sector will have a 12.3% growth ...
Dark pool scrutiny no slam dunk for traditional exchanges
July 14th, 2014
The regulatory noose is tightening around dark pools, private share-trading venues that promise anonymity for specialist investors, offering a chance for rival exchanges in the United States and Europe to take back market share. But traditional stock-exchange operators such ...
ayondo Opens Office in Singapore
July 11th, 2014
The ayondo group announced that it has opened an office in Singapore, the ayondo Asia PTE Ltd, following its strategist expansion worldwide. The holding company, which operated as an investment group under the name Next Generation Finance until April ...
Alibaba’s Behemoth IPO Making Few Ripples in Washington
July 11th, 2014
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (BABA)’s proposal for what could be the largest initial stock offering in U.S. history is sailing through Washington with few bumps. While a federal commission has warned that the offering by the world’s biggest Internet ...
Rangers tax case: questions over HMRC’s motivation
July 11th, 2014
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Wednesday lost its latest legal fight over a claim that Rangers were liable for a £46.2 million bill over the club’s use of a scheme to make payments to its employees. Placing ...
