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Financial Policy Committee statement from its policy meeting, 23 March 2016
March 29th, 2016
1. The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) assesses the outlook for financial stability by identifying the risks faced by the financial system and weighing them against the resilience of the system. In doing so, its aim is to ...
Icap Plc: Last update on Tullett Prebon plc
March 28th, 2016
Further to the announcements by ICAP on 11 November 2015 relating to ICAP’s agreement of definitive terms to dispose of its global hybrid voice broking and information business to Tullett Prebon plc (the “Transaction”) and on 1 March 2016 ...
Wall Street closes flat to end five-week rally
March 25th, 2016
Wall Street snapped a five-week winning streak on Thursday, with the three major indexes closing mostly flat, as a strengthening dollar weighed on commodity-related shares. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 13 points, or 0.08%, to 17,516, the S&P ...
China’s yuan to face pressure if dollar rises sharply: c.bank adviser
March 25th, 2016
China’s yuan will come under renewed downward pressure if the U.S. dollar rises significantly in coming months, a policy adviser to the People’s Bank of China said on Friday. Huang Yiping, a professor at Peking University and a member ...
Oil prices tumbled 4 percent; U.S crude settling below the key $40 per barrel
March 24th, 2016
Oil prices tumbled 4 percent on Wednesday, with U.S crude settling below the key $40 per barrel mark after a sixth straight week of record highs in stockpiles that traders warned could cut short the market’s two-month long rally. ...
Asia markets slip amid Fed concerns, oil fall
March 24th, 2016
Asia markets ended lower Thursday, amid fresh declines in oil prices and concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve may hike interest rates sooner than expected. Japan’s Nikkei 225 ended down 108.65 points, or 0.64 percent, at 16,892.33, while South Korea’s Kospi index fell 9.15 ...
Credit Suisse accelerates its restructuring
March 23rd, 2016
Tidjane Thiam, Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse, commented: “Our recent performance has highlighted further two key areas of challenge for Credit Suisse: – Our fixed cost base, and – Our scale in Global Markets in the Americas and ...
Apple Unveils Smaller-Screened iPhone SE to Jump-Start Sales
March 22nd, 2016
Cook on FBI fight: `We will not shrink from responsibility’ Newest phone, aimed at emerging markets, will arrive March 31 Apple Inc. unveiled a new, smaller iPhone that will start at $399, seeking to jump-start sales of its flagship product ...
Asia mixed in quiet trading session, with Nikkei up 1.9%
March 22nd, 2016
Asia markets were mixed in a quiet session on Tuesday, with a weaker yen buoying Japanese stocks while Chinese stocks gave up some of their Monday gains. Japan’s Nikkei 225, which reopened after a public holiday Monday, closed up 323.74 ...
Chinese Brokerages Rally on Revived Support for Margin Trading
March 21st, 2016
State finance agency to resume offering shorter-dated loans Everbright Securities among firms that jumped by daily limit Chinese brokerages rallied after policy makers loosened controls on margin lending, which helped fuel last year’s stock-market boom. Everbright Securities Co. was ...
