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Central Bank of the UAE and ADGM sign MOU to enhance Banking & Financial supervision
February 8th, 2016
The Central Bank of the UAE and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 4 February 2016 to formalise a framework to enable ongoing cooperation on the supervision of ...
This Is Really Bad For Banks
February 4th, 2016
Once upon a time, falling interest rates were great for banks. A lower cost of capital gave lenders access to cheap raw material while causing borrowers to clamber for what banks were selling. Large profits usually ensued. But not ...
EU on brink of ‘terrifying crisis’ Five of Europe’s big banks are in danger, warns expert
February 4th, 2016
Some of Europe’s biggest banks are on the brink for a crisis that echoes the 2008 meltdown, a finance expert warned today, as fears over the global economy escalate. Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Santander, Barclays and RBS are among ...
Spotware Systems launch a fully functional integration with Trading Central in cTrader
January 28th, 2016
Spotware Systems have completed integration with Trading Central to provide a highly sophisticated and deeply integrated tool inside the cTrader platform. This fully integrated tool receives Trading Central’s industry leading market data research which is used to create scenarios ...
How are banks actually going to use blockchains and smart contracts?
January 25th, 2016
Banks are now officially collaborating on connected distributed ledgers, something of a milestone in the blockchain narrative. But how are they actually going to use computational blockchains that can operate that well-known term of art – “smart contracts”? Dr ...
International central bank committees release reports on fixed income markets
January 22nd, 2016
The Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) and the Markets Committee today released two reports on the structure and liquidity of fixed income markets. The CGFS report, Fixed income market liquidity, finds signs of greater fragility, with liquidity conditions ...
Italian Banks Lead European Decliners on Bad-Loan Concerns
January 19th, 2016
Italy’s government has been struggling to set up a bad bank Country’s bad loans reached 201 billion euros in November Italian banks dropped in Milan, leading declines in the European Stoxx 600 Banks Index, reflecting investor concerns about lenders’ ...
China names central bank deputy governor as new forex boss
January 13th, 2016
China’s cabinet has named Pan Gongsheng, a deputy governor of the country’s central bank, as its new top foreign exchange regulator to manage the country’s currency reserves and steer yuan reforms. Pan will replace Yi Gang as head of ...
Chinese regulator asks banks to cut wealth management yields
January 12th, 2016
China‘s banking regulator and main bond clearinghouse have asked commercial banks to reduce rates they offer on high-yielding wealth management products (WMPs), five sources told Reuters, an apparent back-pedalling on commitments to let markets price credit. The move to ...
Egyptian central bank outlines plan to help small firms
January 11th, 2016
Egypt’s central bank on Sunday issued guidelines on how it will incentivise banks to participate in a “comprehensive programme” to help finance small- and medium-sized enterprises in the latest move to try and create jobs and support its battered ...
