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Morgan Stanley sees 30% risk of world recession
March 15th, 2016
Morgan Stanley has hiked the probability of a recession hitting the global economy within the next year to 30 percent from 20 percent. The U.S. bank also cut its baseline forecast for world economic growth to 3.0 percent in ...
China Drafts Rules for Tobin Tax on Currency Transactions
March 15th, 2016
Initial rate of levy may be kept at zero, people familiar said The rules still need central government approval, they said China’s central bank has drafted rules for a tax on foreign-exchange transactions that would help curb currency speculation, according ...
MiFID II deadline extended to January 2018
March 11th, 2016
The extension is to take account of the exceptional technical implementation challenges faced by regulators and market participants. The European Commission has proposed granting national competent authorities and market participants one additional year to comply with the rules ...
Fintech funding hits all-time high in 2015, despite pullback in Q4: KPMG and CB Insights
March 11th, 2016
KPMG and CB Insights release their inaugural quarterly fintech venture capital (VC) report, highlighting a record year for venture-backed fintech startups in 2015, but waning investor appetite to close out the year. While 2015 marked a banner year for ...
Gold is the only sound money
March 11th, 2016
This article notes that the technical situation for the gold price has sharply improved, to the evident surprise of many mainstream analysts. It discusses possible reasons behind the turnaround, and implications for the future The technical situation is shown ...
Draghi Defines His Era With Stimulus Measures Locked Into Next Decade
March 11th, 2016
Lending program can lock in ultra-low rates until next decade ECB action provides rebuttal to doubts over central bank power Whether Mario Draghi’s latest barrage of stimulus works or not, the European Central Bank president made one thing clear on ...
China to ease commercial banks’ bad debt burden via equity swaps
March 10th, 2016
China’s central bank is preparing regulations that would allow commercial lenders to swap non-performing loans of companies for stakes in those firms, two people with direct knowledge of the new policy told Reuters. The new rules would reduce commercial ...
Commission launches a public consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights
March 9th, 2016
The European Commission presents a first, preliminary outline of the European Pillar of Social Rights announced by President Juncker in September last year and launches a broad public consultation The European Commission presents a first, preliminary outline of the ...
KPMG Announces Agreement With IBM Watson To Help Deliver Cognitive-Powered Insights
March 9th, 2016
Deal accelerates adoption of new technologies across KPMG’s businesses, strengthening firm’s commitment to reinforcing confidence in the capital markets KPMG LLP and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to apply IBM’s Watson cognitive computing technology to KPMG’s professional services offerings. The agreement, including ...
Worldpay Group earnings climb 8 pct in debut annual results
March 8th, 2016
Underlying earnings (EBITDA) up 8 pct to 406 mln pounds First interim dividend due late 2016 (Recasts, adds share price performance, company comments) British payments processor Worldpay reported an 8 percent rise in underlying earnings to 406 million pounds ...
