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Foreign Investors Complain About Russia’s Unpredictable Laws
October 21st, 2015
Unpredictable lawmaking is undermining Russia‘s ability to attract foreign investors, the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) — a group of the biggest foreign companies working in Russia — told Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday. A report by financial services ...
ETF industry expects nearly 18% growth per year over next three to five years
October 20th, 2015
90% of ETF providers expect positive net new business in next 18 months 27% expect cumulative annual growth rate of more than 25% over next three to five years US continues to lead ETF market, though Europe and Asia ...
Oil Market Showdown: Can Russia Outlast The Saudis?
October 19th, 2015
“Two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter…” Oil consuming countries will celebrate the first anniversary of the Saudi decision to let market forces determine prices. This decision set crude prices on ...
The Common Reporting Standard: Automatic Information Exchange Goes Global
October 16th, 2015
Automatic exchange of information for tax law enforcement purposes started first in Europe with the EU Savings Tax Directive, went international with the US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act, and, from 2017, will go global with the recently-agreed Common ...
Bundesbank publishes gold bar list
October 8th, 2015
On 7 October, the Deutsche Bundesbank published a list detailing its holdings of gold bars in custodian storage in Frankfurt am Main, London, Paris and New York. The list contains the bar numbers, melt or inventory numbers, the gross and ...
Goldman, Morgan Stanley win back hedge fund trading business
October 7th, 2015
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are winning back the trading business of hedge fund clients that they lost to European rivals during the financial crisis, as new capital rules spur banks like Deutsche Bank to scale down their businesses. ...
BOJ: Statement on Monetary Policy
October 7th, 2015
Bank of Japan: 1. At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The ...
PwC FY15 global revenues increase 10% to US$ 35.4 billion
October 6th, 2015
Strongest revenue growth in eight years Double-digit growth in Middle East and Africa (16%), North America and the Caribbean (12%) and Australasia and Pacific Islands (11%) Total workforce tops 208,000 a record number, with 53,000 people joining in FY15 ...
Greece to unveil painful 2016 draft budget
October 5th, 2015
Greece will unveil a painful 2016 draft budget on Monday meant to satisfy international creditors, projecting the economy will stay in recession next year before returning to growth in 2017, in line with the estimates by the country’s lenders. ...
Wargaming Selects Computop to Cut Costs and Increase Reliability of International Payment Processing
October 2nd, 2015
Computop, a top payment service provider (PSP), has been selected by leading free-to-play developer and publisher Wargaming to process payments within Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Following a strategic review of its payments partners to streamline, reduce ...