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Varoufakis looking for plan to bridge gap after Schaeuble talks
February 6th, 2015
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis pledged on Thursday to present to the next Eurogroup a roadmap that will show how Greece could transition from its current bailout to a new agreement, which he believes can be agreed by the ...
Asian Stocks Follow U.S. Shares Higher as Oil Resumes Rebound
February 6th, 2015
Asian stocks followed U.S. equities higher, with the regional benchmark index extending its weekly advance, as materials and energy shares gained amid higher oil prices. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.4 percent to 142.14 as of 9:01 a.m. ...
Schäuble on his meeting with Varoufakis: We agreed to disagree
February 5th, 2015
February 5, Thursday – Statements of the two Finance Ministers after the conclusion of their meeting. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’ crucial meeting with his German counterpart Wolfgang Schäuble in Berlin begun at around 12.30 (Athens time) and lasted for ...
Tinubu Square Winner Of The IE Club Global 60 Trophy
February 5th, 2015
Tinubu Square, the trusted source of credit risk solutions for trade credit insurers and businesses, has today announced that it has received an award from the IE Club, which is based in Paris, Montreal, Boston and Israel, naming Tinubu ...
It Is About To Get Ugly: Oil Is Crashing And So Is Greece
February 5th, 2015
The price of oil collapsed by more than 8 percent on Wednesday, and a decision by the European Central Bank has Greece at the precipice of a complete and total financial meltdown. What a difference 24 hours can make. ...
SIX selects UnaVista as partner for its Swiss derivative trade repository solution
February 5th, 2015
In response to banks’ demand, SIX Securities Services Ltd is to establish a central trade repository for derivative transactions in Switzerland. The service from SIX will use the reporting technology of London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) UnaVista platform. The solution ...
Markets mixed as oil plunge resumes
February 5th, 2015
US stocks pulled back on Wednesday on the backdrop of resumed slide in oil prices and news that European Central Bank will no longer accept Greek bonds as collateral. Energy, utilities and health-care stocks led the losses, with six ...
UBS Faces a New Tax-Evasion Probe
February 5th, 2015
Authorities Investigate Whether Swiss Bank’s Clients Used ‘Bearer Securities’ to Hide Cash Federal prosecutors have launched a new probe into whether Swiss bank UBS AG helped Americans evade taxes through investments largely banned in the U.S., according to people familiar with ...
ICAP to fight €14.9m Brussels fine
February 5th, 2015
ICAP is to fight a €14.9m fine imposed on it by European antitrust authorities for aiding a cartel in the yen swaps markets as Brussels formally closed a portion of its long-running probe into rate manipulation. The UK interdealer broker ...
Yanis Varoufakis expresses surprise at free market endorsement
February 5th, 2015
Here’s why Adam Smith Institute agrees with Syriza The world’s most interesting finance minister has expressed his surprise at being backed one of Britain’s leading free-market think-tanks. Yanis Varoufakis, the man appointed by Greece’s radical left wing party Syriza ...
