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Greece Asks ECB to Keep Banks Afloat, Tsipras Pitches Deal
February 2nd, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras began the hunt for allies against German demands for austerity as his week-old government appealed to the European Central Bank not to shut off the money tap. Tsipras traveled to Cyprus on Monday before ...
Why Korea’s Central Bank Thinks It Won’t Catch Japan’s Deflation
January 28th, 2015
Households surveyed by the Korean central bank expect consumer price gains of 2.6 percent in the next 12 months. Deflation in South Korea is a looming threat, according to economists at Nomura Holdings Inc. and Samsung Securities Co., who ...
Swiss central bank ready to intervene: official
January 27th, 2015
The Swiss franc fell on Tuesday after a senior official at the Swiss National Bank was quoted as saying the central bank was still prepared to intervene to keep the currency relatively weak. The euro jumped to over 1.03 ...
Asia Stocks Little Changed Before European Central Bank Decision
January 22nd, 2015
Asia’s benchmark stock gauge was little changed as investors awaited a European Central Bank decision today on quantitative-easing strategy. Chinese shares rallied as the People’s Bank of China pumped funds into the financial system. Bridgestone Corp. sank 1.7 percent as tiremakers ...
Swiss banks try to calm scared shareholders
January 21st, 2015
SWISS financial institutions and firms that trade with them yesterday tried to reassure investors who had been walloped by the soaring franc last week, after the central bank removed the currency’s peg with the euro. The Swiss National Bank ...
Forget Switzerland: These banks will be hit by SNB shock
January 20th, 2015
Switzerland’s shock scrapping of its currency cap could knock Swiss bank earnings by 10-15 percent, but financial firms in nearby central and eastern European countries could be worse affected, Pimco’s head of financial research told CNBC on Tuesday. “I ...
Here’s What the Swiss Central Bank Just Did and Why It’s Such a Shocker
January 19th, 2015
Today the Swiss National Bank shocked the world when it announced it would remove the cap it had in place to prevent the Swiss franc from rising too high against the euro. Here’s what that means and what it’s ...
Banks Battle Speculation Denmark’s Euro Peg at Risk: Currencies
January 19th, 2015
Banks in Scandinavia are joining the Danish government in trying to persuade offshore investors that the Nordic country isn’t about to copy Switzerland and drop its euro peg. SEB AB, the Nordic region’s largest currency trader, said it’s been fielding calls ...
Ultimate owners of companies would have to be listed in central registers in EU countries
December 18th, 2014
The ultimate owners of companies would have to be listed in central registers in EU countries, accessible to people with a “legitimate interest”, such as investigative journalists and other concerned citizens, under a deal struck by Parliament and Council ...
Russia’s central bank sent an order to MOEX to halt trading in certain instruments – Exchanges Snapshot
December 17th, 2014
International Securities Exchange halted trading on its ISE and ISE Gemini options exchanges due to connectivity issues, resulting in several U.S. options exchanges to declare “self-help” against them, Reuters reported. Intercontinental Exchange warned that EU lawmakers’ plans to open ...
