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Asian Stocks Fall as Dollar Strengthens Before Fed; Oil Rebounds
March 16th, 2016
Yen weakens as Kuroda says negative rate can be cut further Crude climbs toward $37 a barrel before U.S. investories data Asian stocks fell and the dollar strengthened against most major currencies before a Federal Reserve policy review on ...
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 ...
HSBC Going Solo in China Credit Cards Boosts Expansion Plan
March 10th, 2016
Bank has ended card venture with Bocom, Asia head says HSBC would be just one of three foreign card issuers in China HSBC Holdings Plc winning approval to start a credit-card business in China’s $1 trillion market offers Chief ...
Swiss National Bank published the Annual results for 2015
March 7th, 2016
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is reporting a loss of CHF 23.3 billion for the year 2015 (2014: profit of CHF 38.3 billion). The loss on foreign currency positions amounted to CHF 19.9 billion. A valuation loss of CHF ...
ISIS ‘making millions’ by gaming forex markets
March 4th, 2016
The militant group that calls itself Islamic State (ISIS) is exploiting national banking operations in Iraq and could be making up to $25 million a month in Middle Eastern money markets, according to experts. Speaking to a U.K. parliamentary ...
A Modi Lecture Berating Tax Breaks For Rich Rattles India Funds
February 26th, 2016
In the run-up to India’s annual budget, a speech last month by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the focus of this year’s market chatter, unsettling some investors. Many local mutual funds, who bought record Indian stocks in 2015 ...
Bundesbank posts €3.2 billion profit in 2015
February 25th, 2016
The Bundesbank posted a profit of €3.2 billion for the 2015 financial year, up from €3.0 billion in 2014. This profit was transferred in full today to the Federal Government of Germany pursuant to section 27 number 2 of the Bundesbank Act (Bundesbankgesetz). ...
VimpelCom will pay to resolve probes in the second largest global anti-corruption settlement in history
February 19th, 2016
Amsterdam-based telecommunications operator VimpelCom Ltd on Thursday said it would pay $795 million (£555 million) to resolve U.S. and Dutch probes into a bribery scheme in Uzbekistan, in the second largest global anti-corruption settlement in history. The settlement was ...
Japan’s Fsa Warns Against Unauthorized Optionrally, Two Other Binary Options Brokers
February 11th, 2016
Japan’s financial watchdog, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), included on Wednesday into its alert list binary options brokers LFG Investment, trading as OptionRally, and WorldOptionner Management Office and BizOption Management Office, trading as Bizoption and Worldoption, respectively. The three companies have been providing financial services in the ...
Top London Lawyers Now Cost More Than £1,000 Per Hour
February 8th, 2016
Report says hourly rates for elite London firms at record high Lack of competition and opaque fee structures are to blame The cost of hiring a top London lawyer has risen to more than 1,000 pounds ($1,445) an hour, ...
