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The first stage in the washing cycle – Placement (video)
January 19th, 2015
Placement Placement is the first stage of the money laundering process. It is the process of placing, through deposits or other means, unlawful cash proceeds into traditional financial institutions. At this stage cash derived from criminal activity is infused ...
Investors fear global economy slowdown
January 16th, 2015
US stocks were traded lower on Thursday for the fifth consecutive time. Investors are concerned over global economy slowdown, which indicates a plunge in world crude oil prices, and fear that the results of American earnings reports wouldn’t meet ...
Russia Abandons PetroDollar By Opening Reserve Fund
January 16th, 2015
2015 has not been good to Russia; the spread between Brent and WTI is gone in anticipation of US exports and both benchmarks have flirted with sub $45 prices. A hostage to such prices, the ruble has yet to ...
What the Swiss franc shock means for markets
January 16th, 2015
Dennis Gartman told CNBC the Swiss decision Thursday to abandon a key part of its monetary policy is the worst central bank move he’s ever seen. “This really is I think a silly decision on their part and it ...
Cyprus: a Recovery in Progress
January 15th, 2015
Cyprus’s banks all passed the European Central Bank’s stress tests, a result that is indicative of the recovery that is under way in the country’s financial sector. However, for these institutions to return to full health they must tackle ...
Swiss Stocks Tumble, European Equities Rise After SNB
January 15th, 2015
Stocks in Switzerland tumbled, led by the nation’s exporters, while the Euro Stoxx 50 Index rose, after the Swiss National Bank (SNBN) unexpectedly ended its minimum exchange rate. The Swiss Market Index plummeted 8.7 percent at 2:14 p.m. in ...
EU legal advisor supports ECB’s bond purchase plan
January 15th, 2015
EU Advocate General Cruz Villalon on Wednesday gave legal support to the European Central Bank (ECB) plan to purchase government bonds as an attempt to remedy the financial crisis in the Eurozone. The Outright Monetary Transactions program sets economic ...
Deutsche Bank considers retail bank spin-off
January 15th, 2015
Deutsche Bank is considering spinning off its retail banking operations as regulators push Germany’s biggest lender to lower its debt levels and stop it using deposits collected from consumers to fund its investment bank. The politically sensitive move could ...
JP Morgan Chase profits hit by legal costs
January 15th, 2015
JP Morgan Chase, the US’s largest bank, has reported a 6.6% fall in quarterly profits after being hit by legal costs. The bank paid almost $1bn (£659m) in costs due to a range of investigations into alleged wrongdoing, and ...
The Currency Exchange Selects Quantifi for Counterparty Credit Risk Management for Emerging Market Currencies Derivatives
January 14th, 2015
Quantifi delivers sophisticated analytics for emerging market interest rates and FX derivatives Advanced models generate fast, accurate results Quantifi, a specialist provider of analytics, trading and Risk Management solutions, today announced that The Currency Exchange (TCX) has selected Quantifi ...
