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Asian Stocks Rally With Won, Bonds After Fed as Crude Oil Gains
September 22nd, 2016
Kiwi weakens as central bank flags more easing; won jumps Iron ore, coking coal and steel prices surge in China Asian stocks rallied With European equity index futures and bonds after central banks including the Federal Reserve indicated monetary policies ...
Japan Stocks Surge as BOJ Stimulus Tweaks Weaken Yen; Oil Jumps
September 21st, 2016
Dollar gains versus most peers ahead of Fed policy decision European, U.S. equity index futures advance; nickel falls Japanese stocks rallied, leading gains in Asia, as tweaks to the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy weakened the yen and lifted ...
Bids for Polish auction site can value it up to $2.2 billion
September 19th, 2016
South Africa’s Naspers (NPNJn.J) is set to receive at least four bids for Allegro in a deal that could value Eastern Europe’s No.1 auction website at up to $2.2 billion, sources familiar with the talks said on Monday. The ...
CBOE to Launch Options On FTSE Emerging Index
September 16th, 2016
Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today announced that it plans to launch options on the FTSE Emerging Index on September 26, 2016. The FTSE Emerging Index is a market-capitalization weighted index representing the performance of large and mid-cap companies from advanced ...
Woes at Italy’s Biggest Bank Reverberate in Europe
September 12th, 2016
Troubles could worsen already-weak economy, imperil continent’s fragile financial stability For UniCredit SpA, the summer of discontent for Italy’s banks looks likely to stretch well into the fall—and possibly beyond. UniCredit, Italy’s largest lender by assets, emerged as one of the ...
ECB might deliver more QE but Fitch’s top economist says ‘don’t bother’
September 7th, 2016
Expectations for further quantitative easing at upcoming European Central Bank and Bank of Japan meetings may be running high, but chances are central bankers will be wasting their time with fresh measures, analysts warned. Brian Coulton, chief economist at ...
SGX securites turnover falls 27% in August
September 7th, 2016
Securities Total Securities market turnover value fell 2% month on month and fell 27% year on year to S$20.6 billion, during 22 trading days compared to 20 in July 2016 and 19 in August 2015. Securities daily average value ...
European Stock Futures Rise Amid Payrolls Countdown as Oil Gains
September 2nd, 2016
Asian stocks little changed, as are U.S. equity futures Crude set for worst week in eight months on glut concern European stock index futures advanced and commodities gained ahead of key American jobs data that’s seen shaping expectations for ...
Cryptocurrency exchanges under attack, risking repeat of Mt. Gox debacle
August 31st, 2016
When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cybertheft — the second largest by an exchange since hackers took roughly ...
KKR Expands Asia Pacific Leadership Team With New Appointments in China, Korea, and Singapore
August 30th, 2016
KKR today announced that the firm is making important additions to its private equity investment team in Asia, specifically a change in leadership in China and the addition of new senior investment talent in China, Singapore and Korea. Ming Lu, a Member of KKR and Co-Head ...
