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Global Stocks Fall Ahead of Fed Meeting
October 27th, 2015
Global stocks fell Tuesday as investors looked ahead to the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting on Wednesday. The Stoxx Europe 600 was down 0.6% in early trade after U.S. stock markets mostly fell Monday on lower ...
FTSE 100 to crack 6,400 on back of Draghi factor
October 23rd, 2015
Yesterday’s hints of further QE in the EU should drive the FTSE 100 higher this morning London is expected to continue to draw comfort from comments yesterday by European Central Bank (ECB) governor Mario Draghi. The decision by the ...
Oil prices climb on upbeat economic data, ECB stimulus moves
October 23rd, 2015
Oil prices extended gains into a second day in Asian trade on Friday, finding support from brighter economic data and a global stock market rally after the European Central Bank signaled its willingness to launch more stimulus measures. Brent ...
Institutional investor attitudes shifting as environmental and social risks impact investment decisions
October 22nd, 2015
Institutional investors say businesses need to provide them with non-financial information that outlines visible, measurable risks to the company’s performance or risk losing their potential investment. The finding comes from the 2015 annual survey by EY’s Climate Change and ...
Saudi Arabia warned financial assets may be drained within five years
October 22nd, 2015
The IMF has warned that regional economies could burn through their financial buffers within five years as they face a $700 billion deficit. The fund lowered its projection for Gulf growth to 3.3 per cent this year, down from ...
5 reasons oil could be nearing a new tipping point
October 22nd, 2015
Oil’s bounce back from the summer’s lows has the look of a bottoming in crude prices, but some strategists say the shakeout is not over. “I’m pretty sure we’re going to see a new low. The probabilities are that ...
Fintech Innovation Lab 2016 invites Applicants
October 21st, 2015
Accenture, Partnership Fund for NYC and Leading Banks Call for Applicants for New York FinTech Innovation Lab 2016 Program helps leading financial technology entrepreneurs accelerate product and business development Applications are now being accepted for New York’s sixth annual ...
TechFinancials Joint Venture agreement with Optionfortune Trade Limited
October 21st, 2015
Joint Venture TechFinancials (AIM: TECH), a software developer that supplies simplified trading solutions to online brokers, has issued a press release to inform that: The Company has entered into a Joint Venture (“JV”) agreement with the owners of Optionfortune ...
Foreign Investors Complain About Russia’s Unpredictable Laws
October 21st, 2015
Unpredictable lawmaking is undermining Russia‘s ability to attract foreign investors, the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) — a group of the biggest foreign companies working in Russia — told Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday. A report by financial services ...
Credit Suisse to Raise $6.3 Billion Of Capital in Strategy Shift
October 21st, 2015
Bank plans to hold IPO of Swiss banking unit by 2017 Third-quarter profit misses estimates on investment bank loss Credit Suisse Group AG will raise about 6.05 billion Swiss francs ($6.3 billion) of capital as part of a broad ...
