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Li backs firms’ global vision
April 6th, 2015
China is to pilot the removal of preconditioned government approval for offshore corporate bonds, part of a national arrangement to lower the financing cost of enterprises expanding overseas. The move, along with the government’s efforts to speed up the ...
Commencement of a New Bank to Offer Wealth Management Services for Individual Investors in Hong Kong
April 3rd, 2015
Establishing a wealth management bank through joint investment by Japanese and Hong Kong companies including Shinsei Bank, Monex Group, AD Capital, Convoy and Tokyu Livable, and to commence operations in the First Half of Fiscal Year 2015 Shinsei Bank, ...
The Inevitable Failure of Mechanistic Monetary Policy
April 3rd, 2015
Our current faith in central banks’ ability to “make the economy all better, all the time” is horrendously misplaced. We are living in the Cargo Cult Era of Central Bankers. The era began in earnest on December 5, 1996, ...
ECB says QE programme already boosting recovery
April 3rd, 2015
The European Central Bank said Thursday it is increasingly confident that its controversial bond purchase programme is helping boost the eurozone’s economic recovery, even as a top official expressed doubts about its effectiveness. In the minutes of the governing ...
Chinese investors trade way more often than Americans
April 2nd, 2015
One of the easiest ways to mess up your investment portfolio is by tinkering with it too much. That’s when pesky fees and human error tend to drag down performance. Unless you get super lucky, this common mistake can ...
Samaras Says He’d Join Alliance to Keep Greece in Euro
April 2nd, 2015
As Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras struggles to secure a financial bailout to stay in the euro, his chief rival said he’s open to offering a political rescue. Opposition leader Antonis Samaras, who was ousted by Tsipras in January ...
Turnover at Deutsche Börse’s cash markets at 162.6 billion euros in March
April 2nd, 2015
Deutsche Börse: Order book turnover on Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange across all asset classes stood at €162.6 billion in March (March 2014: €120.2 billion). Of the €162.6 billion, €146.8 billion were attributable to Xetra (March 2014: €110.1 billion). ...
Banks Are Poised to Profit From Forex Tumult
April 2nd, 2015
Swiss central bank’s surprise January move led to volatility that can help Wall Street The big currency swings of the past three months have whipsawed many investors. Wall Street may end up loving the action. As U.S. banks closed ...
Shipping success for Allen & Overy
March 30th, 2015
A&O has been recognised for advising on the world’s first export credit agency backed shipping bond. The firm has won IFLR Americas Structured Finance and Securitisation Deal of the Year and Marine Money Most Innovative Deal of the Year ...
Dollar Watchers Look to IMF
March 30th, 2015
Data on central banks’ holdings of greenbacks are expected to fuel the rally A roaring dollar rally could get a boost this coming week with the release of data that many investors expect to provide fresh evidence that central ...
