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The Bankruptcy Of The Planet Accelerates – 24 Nations Are Currently Facing A Debt Crisis
July 17th, 2015
There has been so much attention on Greece in recent weeks, but the truth is that Greece represents only a very tiny fraction of an unprecedented global debt bomb which threatens to explode at any moment. As you are ...
Greece and the Problem of Correcting Trade/Productivity Imbalances
July 17th, 2015
Piling on more debt is the worst possible way to correct structural trade and productivity imbalances. In Greece and the End of the Euroland Fantasy, I suggested the trade imbalances at the heart of Greece’s debt crisis could only ...
iTech Capital invests US$3 million in TradingView
July 17th, 2015
The fund has invested US$3 min in TradingView, a growing social FinTech platform that unites traders and investors from around the world. iTech Capital, a Europe-based private equity (PE) fund with a focus on the global digital market, has ...
China’s unravelling: Will it devalue the yuan next?
July 17th, 2015
China is grasping at policy measures to shore up its economy CHINA could be gearing up to join the global currency wars by devaluing the renminbi. So far this year more than 30 central banks from all over the ...
Greece update: Banks to reopen on Monday, after sudden ECB cash boost
July 17th, 2015
The 900-million-euro increase in the cash available to the Greek credit system and the lifting of the uncertainty with the passage through Parliament of the prior actions required for the third bailout loan pave the way for banks to ...
TradingScreen Deploys TradeCross – A Crossing Platform Developed with the Buy Side
July 16th, 2015
TradingScreen, the leading independent provider of electronic trading solutions, and a group of 15 of the largest long-only asset managers in Europe have launched TradeCross, the first buy side-designed crossing platform for fixed income corporate bonds. With the support ...
Linx-Networks teams with VoxSmart to strengthen mobile call recording service
July 16th, 2015
Specialist City trading floor systems integrator, Linx-Networks, is to work with market-leading mobile call recording experts, VoxSmart, to provide trading hubs and solutions that meet the tough new European-wide trading regulations called MiFID II. The new regulations, which become ...
Schaeuble Shrugs Off Greek Vote Saying Euro Exit Is Best
July 16th, 2015
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told Greece the only way it’ll get a debt reduction is to leave the euro and cast doubt on the country’s ability to even complete negotiations on a third bailout. Schaeuble, who led the ...
Why Germany refuses to write off Greece’s debts
July 16th, 2015
The International Monetary Fund says Greece’s debts are too big to pay and need to be partly forgiven. Germany says that’s out of the question. German officials, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, say that ...
EU Commission proposes 7 billion euro loan for Greece for July
July 15th, 2015
The European Commission is proposing to give a 7 billion euro ($7.7 billion) bridge loan to Greece to cover the country’s financing needs in July using the European Financial Stability Mechanism (EFSM), according to document from the EU executive. ...
