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Finnish investment funds have significantly reduced their investments in Russia
February 2nd, 2015
Bank of Finland issued a statistic saying that: The outlook for the Russian economy was in 2014 clearly reflected in the investments by investment funds registered in Finland. During the year, investment funds’ assets in Russia decreased by nearly ...
Germany Stands To Be Big Winner of Much-Opposed ECB Stimulus
February 2nd, 2015
Germany, the biggest opponent of the European Central Bank’s new stimulus program, is poised to reap immediate benefits from the effort—an irony that underscores the complexities of designing one monetary policy for the 19-member currency area. The ECB’s program, ...
The third stage in the washing cycle – Integration
February 2nd, 2015
Integration It is the stage at which laundered funds are reintroduced into the legitimate economy, appearing to have originated from a legitimate source. Integration is the final stage of the process, whereby criminally derived property that has been placed ...
Oil Companies Draw on Creative Financing to Stay Afloat After Prices Tumble
February 2nd, 2015
North America’s small and mid-sized energy companies are searching for creative ways to stay afloat as investors smell blood in the water from the almost 60 percent fall in the price of oil since June. Oil and natural gas ...
Europe’s loan portfolio market to top €100bn in 2015
January 30th, 2015
European loan portfolios with a face value of €91bn were sold in 2014, up from €64bn the previous year, says PwC in a Q4 update from its Portfolio Advisory Group. PwC say the European secondary market for loan portfolios ...
TD Ameritrade Institutional introduces new Platform
January 30th, 2015
TD Ameritrade issued a press release informing for the introduce of Veo One, the Next Generation Advisor Technology Platform. Building on the successful foundation of Veo Open AccessSM and its integration with 85 technology firms, TD Ameritrade Institutional1 is ...
China Trusts Fuel Stocks With 28% Jump in Investment
January 30th, 2015
China’s trusts, part of the shadow-banking industry, fueled a stock-market rally by boosting their investments in equities by a record 122 billion yuan ($19.5 billion) in the fourth quarter. The increase, reported by the China Trustee Association on Friday, ...
Deutsche Bank reports fourth quarter 2014 net income
January 29th, 2015
Deutsche Bank reports fourth quarter 2014 net income of EUR 441 million Group results Fourth quarter 2014 results Income before income taxes (IBIT) of EUR 253 million Core Bank IBIT, which excludes the Non-Core Operations Unit (NCOU), of EUR ...
$11 Billion Wiped From Greek Banks on Nationalization Threat
January 29th, 2015
The amount that investors gave Greek lenders last year was wiped off in three days of trading amid the threat of greater government control. In a bid to boost balance sheets, the nation’s banks raised more than $11.5 billion ...
2014 Mining and Metals deal volume and value lowest in 10 years
January 28th, 2015
Deal volume in the global mining and metals sector reached a 10-year low in 2014, with transactions driven by divestments and forced sales in the face of falling commodity prices and risk-averse capital markets. EY analysis released today ...
