Where Next? A peek through the Macro Lens
October 9th, 2014
Financial markets have been on a heady ride since the financial crisis began in 2008. It looks like we are now at a very critical juncture which will define how things play out over the next 18-24 months. There ...
Approval of the modified market rules
October 8th, 2014
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has announced that the modified market rules of the regulated markets organized by Euronext NV/SA (namely Euronext Brussels and the Euronext Brussels Derivative Instruments Market) were approved on 22 September 2014 in ...
Prolonged German downturn could prompt stimulus rethink
October 8th, 2014
The last thing the faltering European economy would appear to need right now is a sudden downturn in Germany, hitherto the bloc’s pillar of strength. But a bout of German weakness may be precisely what is required to convince ...
I.M.F. Asks Rich Nations for Support
October 8th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund said that cash-rich countries needed to step up large public investments to help keep the flagging global recovery on track. The International Monetary Fund, showing heightened concern over a slowing world economy, said on Tuesday ...
U.S. Said to Ready Charges Against Banks in Forex Rigging
October 8th, 2014
U.S. prosecutors are pressing to bring charges against a bank for currency-rate rigging by the end of the year, and actions against individuals will probably follow in 2015, according to people familiar with the probe. While federal prosecutors have ...
Asia shares stumble, oil skids to 27-mth lows
October 8th, 2014
Asian share markets were mostly in the red on Wednesday as worries about waning global growth lifted safe-haven bonds, while shoving oil prices to their lowest in more than two years. Extending a three-month-long decline, Brent oil sank $1.18 ...
Dr Alan Waring
October 8th, 2014
Dr Alan Waring has 35 years’ experience in risk management. His several books include Managing Risk (1998), co-authored with Prof Ian Glendon, Practical Systems Thinking (1996) and Corporate Risk and Governance published in May 2013. He has presented numerous ...
TRADOLOGIC expands and updates its services in China
October 8th, 2014
TRADOLOGIC, the well-known binary options software provider, has a strong new force in the face of the new Business Development Manager for Asia, Slavena Savcheva. Ms. Savcheva recently joined TRADOLOGIC as a very perspective professional who will be in ...
China opts for currency push
October 8th, 2014
Asia giant wants to make the renminbi part of an ubiquitous monetary unit used in official transactions around the world. China is bidding to enter the heart of global finance by establishing its currency, the renminbi, as part of ...
Soybeans Steady at $9.76 after Rising Reserves
October 7th, 2014
Soybeans retreated after posting the biggest jump in more than a year as separate surveys showed that world inventories and U.S. crops may be bigger than estimated by the Department of Agriculture last month. The contract for November delivery ...