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SGX reports FY2016 net profit of $349 million
August 11th, 2016
Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced net profit of $349.0 million for FY2016, unchanged from the previous year. This included an impairment charge of $6.0 million on SGX’s investment in the Bombay Stock Exchange. Revenue was $818.1 million, up 5%. ...
Online lender secures record-breaking $52.5 million FinTech funding
August 11th, 2016
Finova Financial’s industry-first, cloud and mobile-based consumer auto title lending platform has raised $52.5 million in a combination of equity and a credit facility, one of the largest initial rounds in FinTech industry history, Finova announced today. The funding round ...
Investment demand for gold jumps to all-time high
August 11th, 2016
In late trade in New York on Wednesday gold edged higher to exchange hands at $1,352 an ounce. Last week gold closed at a two-year high and year to date the metal is up 27% or nearly $300 an ounce. A new study ...
Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Official Cash Rate reduced to 2.0 percent
August 11th, 2016
Statement by Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler: The Reserve Bank today reduced the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 2.0 percent. Global growth is below trend despite being supported by unprecedented levels of monetary stimulus. Significant ...
Saving the system
August 10th, 2016
Monetary policy, we are told, is all about staving off recession and stimulating economic growth. However, not only is monetary debasement in any form counterproductive and destroys the personal wealth of the masses, but the economists who devised today’s ...
Dollar Weakens as Muted Prospects for Fed Rate Hike Boost Gold
August 10th, 2016
Bonds gain as odds of a 2016 U.S. rate increase stay below 50% Asian stocks near one-year high as Hang Seng Index climbs The dollar weakened on speculation the Federal Reserve will be slow to raise interest rates amid ...
Moscow Exchange Announces 2Q 2016 Results
August 9th, 2016
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the second quarter 2016. Earnings growth was supported by an increase in fee and commission income from all trading markets across the Exchange’s diversified ...
Robo-investor Wealthify preps £1m crowdfunding campaign
August 8th, 2016
Robo-investor, Wealthify is preparing to raise capital through the crowd. Continuing its mission to democratise investing in the UK, the online investment service, which went live in April, launches its public crowdfunding campaign on 12th September. Priority access will ...
Asian stocks jump to one-year highs as yield hunt spreads
August 8th, 2016
Asian stocks rose to one-year highs and the Australian dollar climbed on Monday as investors’ hunt for yield gathered momentum against a backdrop of a recovering U.S. economy and ultra-easy easy global monetary policy conditions. While the strong July ...
Bank of England cuts Bank Rate to 0.25%
August 4th, 2016
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending 3 August 2016, the MPC voted for ...
