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Central Bank of Kenya says Bitcoin and similar products are not legal tender in Kenya
December 16th, 2015
Central Bank of Kenya says that public should desist from transacting in Bitcoin and similar products. According to the CBK’s release: The attention of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has been drawn to media reports on the use, holding and ...
China’s ICBC to open clearing bank in Russia to boost yuan-ruble trade
December 15th, 2015
The world’s largest bank by assets and market cap, China’s ICBC, is planning to open a clearing bank in Russia for trade settlements in yuan and rubles. “ICBC, as the biggest bank dealing with CNY business in ...
Junk Bond Crisis Starts To Metastasize
December 15th, 2015
With junk bonds finally reverting to their intrinsic value, the question on everyone’s mind is “what blows up next?” Here’s the first in what might be a long, painful list: “CLOs Hammered as Energy Rout Plays Havoc ...
Asian stocks stabilize as oil prices try to recover
December 15th, 2015
Asian shares tried to stabilize early Tuesday as jitters about the high-yield bond market receded and oil prices recovered slightly, a reprieve from deep selling across the region a day earlier. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.39% was off 0.4% with a gauge ...
Greece: Market concerned about gov’t stability
December 14th, 2015
The government and the country’s international creditors have reached an agreement on the second list of 13 milestones that will lead to the disbursement of the sub-tranche of 1 billion euros by the end of the year. In addition, ...
Dubai economy picks up with tourist activity on the rise
December 14th, 2015
Dubai’s economy picked up in November as tourist activity increased against the previous month, an economic survey of the emirate shows. The Dubai economy tracker, a survey of business conditions in the emirate, rose to 53.4 in November, up ...
Turkey still best bet for Israeli gas exports
December 14th, 2015
Former US diplomat Matthew Bryza believes Israel should make every effort to overcome hurdles to exporting gas to Turkey. “The prime minister’s announcement that Israel was interested in exporting gas to Turkey was a signal of strong and very ...
CFTC fined individual for $1.9 Million on customer funds fraud
December 14th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a Consent Order for permanent injunction against Thomas Gillons, who resides in Napa County, ...
What is Behavioral Finance?
December 14th, 2015
Why, and under what circumstance, can markets behave inefficiently? That is the central question of behavioural finance, which is the study of how psychological, cognitive and emotional factors impact market participants. Behavioural finance is studied under the wider ...
Alibaba agrees on $266 million acquisition deal with South China Morning Post
December 14th, 2015
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) has agreed on a $266 million deal to acquire the South China Morning Post and other media assets of SCMP Group Ltd (0583.HK), a deal that has raised a question over the outlook for ...
