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China’s thriving brokerage minnows set to come under M&A spotlight
April 3rd, 2015
* Stock market boom saw brokers doubling profits in 2014 * Beijing plans to open up sector to more financial firms * Stiff industry competition ahead to lead to more deals In the shoals of China’s little-known stockbrokers, fast-growing ...
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 ...
Greece: ECB raises ELA limit by 700 mln euros
April 2nd, 2015
Greek banks received a cash lifeline of just 700 million euros from the European Central Bank on Wednesday as this is the estimated amount of liquidity needed by the local credit system for one week given the outflow of ...
Bankers: Lebanon won’t drop banking secrecy
March 27th, 2015
Lebanon will not abandon its banking secrecy law but will continue to cooperate with the United States and other nations in the exchange of tax information and the fight against money laundering, leading bankers said Thursday. “Lebanon has no intention to abandon ...
Grupo Ficohsa acquires Banco Citibank de Nicaragua and Cititarjetas de Nicaragua
March 26th, 2015
The acquisition encompasses all of Citi’s business in Nicaragua: commercial loans, personal loans, deposits and credit cards. The transaction is pending authorization from regulatory bodies. During the process, Citi will continue its operations as it has to date. This acquisition ...
Quantitative easing: what is it and what does the ECB want to achieve with it?
March 24th, 2015
The European Central Bank (ECB) started at the beginning of the month with its controversial quantative easing programme, buying government bonds with the goal of lowering interest rates, increasing inflation and kick-starting economic growth. ECB president Mario Draghi meets ...
Asian shares wobble as China PMI weighs
March 24th, 2015
An index of Asian shares wobbled between positive and negative territory on Tuesday after a measure of Chinese factory activity unexpectedly skidded to an 11-month low, pointing up weakness in the economy. The flash HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) ...
Greek PM Tsipras faces Merkel amid race to detail reforms
March 23rd, 2015
As government officials scramble to draft a list of detailed reforms in line with demands by the country’s international creditors, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due in Berlin on Monday for crucial talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...
The Role of Securitization in Dealing with the Banking Problems
March 20th, 2015
One of the main problems that our banking sector is facing is obviously the incredibly excessive amount of non-performing loans (NPLs) on our banks’ balance sheets that reached almost 50% (about €28 billion) of their total loan portfolio! A ...
Riksbank cuts repo rate to −0.25 per cent and buys government bonds for SEK 30 billion
March 18th, 2015
There are signs that inflation has bottomed out and is beginning to rise, but the recent appreciation of the krona risks breaking this trend. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has decided to make monetary policy even more expansionary ...
