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Asian markets: Japan’s Nikkei slides further amid concerns over European banking sector
February 12th, 2016
While China’s Shanghai Composite remained closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, the majority of stock indices across Asia including Japan’s Nikkei 225 were trading lower on 12 February. This followed a negative Wall Street and FTSE close overnight, ...
Shock slump in European industry bodes ill
February 11th, 2016
Europe‘s top four economies suffered steeper drops in industrial output during December than any analyst had forecast, a grim sign for the global economy as it struggles to sustain momentum. Wednesday’s industrial output data for Britain, France and Italy ...
Day Of Reckoning: The Collapse Of The Too Big To Fail Banks In Europe Is Here
February 11th, 2016
There is so much chaos going on that I don’t even know where to start. For a very long time I have been warning my readers that a major banking collapse was coming to Europe, and now it is ...
European Commission and the United States Commodity Futures Commission: Common approach for transatlantic CCPs
February 11th, 2016
Commissioner Jonathan Hill and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad have today announced a common approach regarding requirements for central clearing counterparties (CCPs). The US and EU are home to the largest derivatives markets in ...
Bats Chi-X Europe and Traiana announce link of services, enabling OTC equity trade clearing
February 10th, 2016
Firms partner to enable more over-the-counter (OTC) equity trades to be brought on-exchange and fully cleared BATS Chi-X Europe (BATS), Europe’s largest stock exchange, and Traiana, a leading provider of pre-trade risk and post-trade processing solutions, today announced a ...
Deutsche Bank Shares Drop Again as European Banks Get Pummeled
February 9th, 2016
Investors are concerned about ability to navigate volatile markets Deutsche Bank AG’s shares dropped almost 10% on Monday as the battered European banking sector was hit by a fresh selloff amid investor concerns about lenders’ capital buffers and ability to ...
Europe Stocks at Recession Prices Show Growth Faith Falters
February 9th, 2016
Euro Stoxx 50 had its largest two-day slump since August Shares now trade at biggest discount in a year vs U.S. stocks For European investors trying to assess just how bad sentiment is right now, consider this: the last ...
It is time for a euro zone finance ministry?
February 8th, 2016
The euro zone needs to press ahead with structural reforms and closer integration, including an euro zone finance ministry, to deliver sustainable growth, the heads of the French and German central banks wrote in a German newspaper on Monday. ...
Gazprom: No reason for gas price war in Europe
February 5th, 2016
The Russian gas monopoly sees no need to cut prices as liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States attempts to gain market share in Europe. “There is no necessity for us to open a price war… There are ...
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 ...
