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Japan Leads Global Volatility Decline to Seven-Year Low
July 15th, 2014
Across global stock markets, nowhere is calm descending faster than in Japan. The Nikkei Stock Average Volatility Index, which tracks the cost of options on the Nikkei 225 (NKY) Stock Average, tumbled 33 percent this year to 15.3 yesterday, ...
Draghi Says Banks Shouldn’t Count on Another Carry Trade
July 15th, 2014
Banks shouldn’t count on a fresh round of European Central Bank cash to trade sovereign debt and reap big profits, Mario Draghi said. “The convenience to use the ECB cheap money to buy government bonds is much less” than ...
European Stocks Advance With Asia as Gold, Oil Retreat
July 14th, 2014
European and Asian stocks advanced with U.S. equity-index futures after a gauge of global shares suffered its biggest weekly loss in three months. Gold fell from a four-month high, corn slid a 10th day and oil dropped as the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Goldman Stays Gold Bear as Bullish Wagers Increase: Commodities
July 14th, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Jeffrey Currie isn’t backing down from his bearish call on gold. As bullion’s 11 percent rally this year beats gains for equities, commodities and Treasuries, he’s sticking with the view that the metal will be ...
Bank of England says may be case for extra leverage ratio for banks
July 11th, 2014
Lenders may have to comply with a requirement to set aside funds on top of a proposed minimum of 3pc of their capital, says the Bank The Bank of England said on Friday that big British banks and lenders ...
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 ...
Reynolds and Lorillard to reshape Big Tobacco with merger
July 11th, 2014
Reynolds American and Lorillard are in the final stages of agreeing a complex merger that will reshape Big Tobacco by bringing together two of the three largest US operators with a combined market capitalisation of $56bn. The deal will ...
Asian shares track Wall St. lower, yen gains
July 11th, 2014
Asian shares recouped early losses on Friday as sentiment in the region proved resilient to Portuguese bank concerns amid signs offshore funds were returning to emerging world assets. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan recovered to be ...
