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China And Fracking: The Pillars Of “The Recovery” Are Crumbling
March 10th, 2016
When historians sort out this era of once-a-decade financial bubbles, they’ll marvel at how dissimilar the drivers of each boom were. The junk bonds of the 1980s were essentially leveraged tools for extracting wealth from companies. The dot-coms of ...
Russia’s Oil Dilemma, Explained
March 9th, 2016
Kremlin needs to plug hole in budget stemming from crude slump Higher tax could cause output to drop from post-Soviet record While the world focuses on Russia’s Oil-freeze talks with OPEC, there are discussions behind closed doors in the Kremlin ...
Mark Carney: EU exit is ‘biggest domestic risk’
March 9th, 2016
The possibility of Britain leaving the EU is the “biggest domestic risk to financial stability”, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said. He told the Treasury Committee that an exit vote could create economic uncertainty, although he added ...
Countries Meet with World Bank to Discuss Carbon Pricing and Build Carbon Markets
March 9th, 2016
Just months after the Paris Agreement at COP21, the World Bank today brought together over 30 developed and developing countries at the Carbon Pricing: Sustaining the Momentum after COP21 conference in Zurich to take stock and discuss opportunities and challenges to ...
Oil prices stable as falling U.S. output offset by demand worries
March 9th, 2016
Oil prices were only slightly higher on Wednesday as support from falling U.S. production was countered by a strengthening U.S.-dollar and concerns over slowing demand. U.S. crude futures CLc1 were at $36.60 per barrel at 0449 GMT, up 10 ...
Asia trades lower, with Shanghai off 2.9%, Nikkei lower by 1.3%
March 9th, 2016
Most Asian markets stumbled Wednesday, with China shares dropping sharply, as analysts pointed to renewed concerns about the mainland’s economy following lower-than-expected trade data for February. The Shanghai composite dropped 2.9 percent, while the Shenzhen composite fell 2.22 percent. Elsewhere, the Japanese benchmark Nikkei ...
Bob Moritz selected Global Chairman of PwC
March 8th, 2016
The PricewaterhouseCoopers International Network has selected Robert E. Moritz as its new chairman for a four-year term beginning on July 1, 2016. Since 2009, Mr. Moritz has led PwC US as its chairman and senior partner. During his tenure, ...
New accountability regime for banks and insurers comes into force
March 8th, 2016
The Senior Managers Regime for the banking sector and the Senior Insurance Managers Regime both come into force today. The new regimes will hold individuals working at all levels within relevant firms to appropriate standards of conduct and ensure ...
Saudi Arabia to hold out bond mandate prospect to banks
March 8th, 2016
Banks were briefed that the largest lenders on the loan, which may be as much as $10 billion, will also probably be appointed to arrange the bond Dubai: Saudi Arabia is holding out the prospect of a role in ...
Ex-Goldman Banker to Malaysia Fund Subpoenaed in U.S. Probe
March 8th, 2016
Prosecutors seeking information about state investment fund Outside law firm said helping Goldman review 1MDB dealings A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker has become entangled in a sprawling investigation of the Malaysian state investment fund as U.S. authorities ...
