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China’s ICBC to open clearing bank in Russia to boost yuan-ruble trade
December 15th, 2015
The world’s largest bank by assets and market cap, China’s ICBC, is planning to open a clearing bank in Russia for trade settlements in yuan and rubles. “ICBC, as the biggest bank dealing with CNY business in ...
Brokers Warned Not to Steer Clients’ Stock Trades Into Slow Lane
December 15th, 2015
Brokers have been put on notice: treat your customers’ orders as well as you treat your own. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street’s self-regulator, recently said firms using the fastest, most expansive price databases for their own stock trading must ...
Russia to launch own crude benchmark in 2016
December 14th, 2015
Russia wants to see its domestic oil blends compete with Brent and WTI as primary global crude benchmarks, according to an official from the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX). “Our goal is to take a place among the ...
Lawyers report lower satisfaction rates than Accountants with their IT systems
December 14th, 2015
Accounting, Legal and Marketing Firms Elevate their Reliance on Technology, New CompTIA Research Reveals Information-intense professional services firms in accounting, law and marketing are increasing their reliance on technology solutions to meet their business objectives, new research from CompTIA, ...
Gold price drop could spur jewellery maker profit in India
December 10th, 2015
While a strengthening dollar and an economic slump in China are battering stocks of jewellers from Tiffany & Co to Chow Tai Fook Jewellery, one company in India is predicting a demand pick-up after gold slid to a five-year low last week. ...
Falling Oil + Rising Dollar = Crisis For A Whole Lot Of People
December 10th, 2015
Oil is plunging again, this time in the wake of OPEC’s inability to limit its members’ production. The US dollar, meanwhile, is up on the divergence between Fed tightening and ECB/BoJ/BoC easing. This widening gap is a perfect storm ...
Asian markets trade lower, China bucks trend on IPO reform news
December 10th, 2015
Chinese stocks bucked a generally downward trend in Asian markets on Thursday to trade in positive territory after news broke that Beijing will finally introduce much-need IPO reforms. Oil prices, which remain under pressure due to a global supply ...
OPEC 168th Meeting concludes
December 7th, 2015
The 168th Meeting of the Conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was held in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, 4th December 2015 under the Chairmanship of its President, HE Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, whom the Conference ...
Asian markets close near flat, economic data eyed
December 7th, 2015
Asian stocks lost much of their gains from the morning session to close near flat on Monday, as investors eye a host of economic data due this week. Last week, nonfarm payrolls data showed the U.S. economy created 211,000 ...
Barbados Central Bank Should Consider Holding Bitcoin
December 1st, 2015
Two Barbadian economists have concluded that the country’s central bank may want to consider holding a small amount of bitcoin as part of its portfolio of foreign reserves. In a new working paper, the authors examine the potential role cryptocurrencies could ...
