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Australia 200 – Reintroduces Itself to Major Trading Range Above 5400
October 27th, 2014
Australia 200 for Monday, October 27, 2014 Throughout most of September the Australia 200 Index declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 and 5500, ...
Calls for PM Abe to Delay Sales Tax Increase
October 27th, 2014
A top Japanese government official said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should delay a planned sales-tax increase, the strongest sign yet that economic weakness is causing concern among those close to the premier ahead of the difficult tax decision. “I ...
Billionaire Banned From Markets Increases DLF Risk
October 27th, 2014
The risk of India’s biggest property developer reneging on its debt in the year has surged to a 2009 high after it was barred from capital markets by the regulator. The median probability of nonpayment by DLF Ltd. (DLFU) ...
Latham and Bakers’ Saudi associates take key roles on $6bn National Commercial Bank IPO
October 27th, 2014
Latham & Watkins and Baker & McKenzie’s association firms in Saudi Arabia have won key roles advising on the IPO of the country’s largest lender, the National Commercial Bank (NCB). The $6bn (£3.7bn) flotation is the largest-ever listing in ...
Russia Brain Drain Saps Talent as Sanctions Hit Financing
October 27th, 2014
Artem Kulizhnikov, founder of a startup designed to help musicians annotate music, is packing his bags to leave Moscow in December. His destination: Dubai or Singapore, where he sees a better chance of securing funding for his second company. ...
PwC and MarketInvoice help small firms in investment
October 27th, 2014
An agreement between PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and online debt market MarketInvoice, announced today, plans to give businesses extra borrowing options. PwC will inform its clients about MarketInvoice’s financing services and the online firm will refer its clients to the PwC ...
Moscow Exchange to launch MOEX Board indicative quotation system
October 27th, 2014
Moscow Exchange will launch its new MOEX Board indicative quotation system in December 2014. The system will operate like a notice board, allowing traders and investors to enter and view quotes for stocks that are not traded on the ...
Asian cooperation hanging on a handshake
October 27th, 2014
The APEC summit is just over a week away and all stops are out in Beijing to make it an economic and diplomatic triumph, despite the huge underlying challenges in managing China’s relations with the region. The primary goals ...
Laiki and the European Central Bank in the New York Times
October 27th, 2014
The bankruptcy and accumulated debts of the Laiki Bank were a key element of the Cyprus financial crisis. A recent article (“To Restore Confidence in Economy, A Test of Europe’s Bank’s”, October 17) in The New York Times discusses ...
Twenty-four European banks fail financial stress tests
October 27th, 2014
One in five European banks have failed crucial tests of their financial strength, leaving a €25bn (£19.6bn) capital hole in the continent’s banking system at a time of renewed fears that the five-year long eurozone crisis may be flaring ...