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Deloitte named a leader in global business consulting based on capabilities and strategies
August 3rd, 2015
For the fifth consecutive year, IDC has named Deloitte Consulting member firm practices and advisory businesses globally as a leader in worldwide and regional consulting capabilities and business strategies. “Deloitte is perceived to be the best at challenging corporate ...
Securities watchdog probes automated trading
August 3rd, 2015
China‘s securities watchdog is investigating the impact of automated trading on share markets, as authorities step up a crackdown on what they regard as heavy speculative selling that could destabilize the world’s second-largest economy. China’s main share markets, both ...
Standard Chartered, Societe Generale are among four banks added to Forex Lawsuit by investors
August 3rd, 2015
Standard Chartered Plc and Societe Generale SA are among four banks added to a suit by investors claiming banks manipulated the $5.3 trillion a day foreign-exchange market. The investors filed a revised complaint Friday in which they broadened their ...
Two Chinese Firms Seek Multibillion-Dollar IPOs
August 3rd, 2015
China Merchants Securities and China Reinsurance are pursuing Hong Kong listings Two Chinese financial firms are gearing up for multibillion-dollar initial public offerings in Hong Kong, even as China’s stock markets saw one of their steepest selloffs last month. ...
Brokers hit the ground running on FATCA compliance
August 3rd, 2015
Training and planning have helped insurance brokers meet new tax reporting regulations for 2015, and compliance is moving into the “another part of doing business” phase. Initial reporting under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, meant to help combat ...
China makes FX rules ready for foreigners to trade its commodity futures
August 3rd, 2015
Foreign investors will be allowed to transfer either foreign currency or yuan funds into China to trade in the country’s commodity futures markets, the foreign exchange regulator said on Friday. The imminent opening of its booming commodity futures market ...
Asian stocks near 2015 lows on China worry, dollar steadies
August 3rd, 2015
An index of Asian shares outside Japan fell close to this year’s lows on Monday thanks to a deepening selloff in commodities and fresh concerns over slowing growth in China, while the dollar held its ground against a basket of ...
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is reporting a loss of CHF 50.1 billion for the first half of 2015
July 31st, 2015
The central bank of Switzwerland has issued a press release to inform for the Interim results The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is reporting a loss of CHF 50.1 billion for the first half of 2015. The loss on foreign currency ...
China’s 1929 moment
July 30th, 2015
Anyone with a nose for markets will tell you that the Chinese government’s attempt to rescue the country’s stock markets from collapse is far from succeeding. Bubbles collapse, period; and government interventions don’t stop them. Furthermore, we are beginning ...
The Six Biggest Mistakes Investors Make
July 30th, 2015
Investing isn’t a game. If you screw up, real money is lost. As a broker and supervisor for a major discount brokerage firm for close to two decades, I saw it firsthand. People lost their children’scollege tuitions and even their ...
