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Bank regulators need to get more realistic if we are to avoid a new crisis
September 2nd, 2014
The idea of a “Europe without banks” became popular after the financial crisis, when bankers were demonised and punitive regulations proposed. Six years on, the repercussions still resonate deeply, as I found at the recent Alpbach Financial Markets Symposium, ...
Goldman Sachs faces BES losses
September 2nd, 2014
Goldman Sachs lent over £500m to Banco Espirito Santo (BES) just a month before the Portuguese government was forced to bail out the crisis-hit bank. The Wall Street bank bought up $835m (£503m) worth of the Portuguese lender’s bonds ...
Gold Remains Below $1290 on Stronger U.S. Dollar; Palladium rise
September 2nd, 2014
Palladium rose for a fourth straight session on Monday to a 13-1/2-year high on fears that supply from top producer Russia could be hit due to the Ukraine crisis, while gold was little changed as the dollar nudged higher. ...
Australia 200 – Continues to Move Little Above 5600
September 2nd, 2014
Australia 200 for Tuesday, September 2, 2014 The Australian 200 Index has spent the last week consolidating and trading in a very narrow range right around 5620 after enjoying a strong surge higher to a new six year high ...
Bitcoin Foundation’s Shrem Will Plead Guilty
September 1st, 2014
Charlie Shrem, the former Bitcoin Foundation Inc. vice chairman, will plead guilty to unlicensed money transmission under an agreement with federal prosecutors, his lawyer said. Shrem was accused in an indictment of trying to launder more than $1 million ...
German business attacks ‘complacent’ Berlin
September 1st, 2014
Germany has become “overconfident” and “complacent”, with the government pursuing policies that put the country’s hard-won competitiveness at risk, some of Germany’s top business leaders warn. Their criticisms of chancellor Angela Merkel’s government come as Europe’s largest economy is ...
Abenomics, European Style
September 1st, 2014
Two years ago, Shinzo Abe’s election as Japan’s prime minister led to the advent of “Abenomics,” a three-part plan to rescue the economy from a treadmill of stagnation and deflation. Abenomics’ three components – or “arrows” – comprise massive ...
Weak data to test BOJ’s rosy economic view, policy on hold
September 1st, 2014
The Bank of Japan will maintain its existing stimulus policy and optimistic economic view on when it meets on Thursday, sources say, preferring to take more time to gauge whether a run of weak data is sufficient to threaten ...
ASIC charges Goldman Sachs Australia Pty Ltd with $35,000 penalty
September 1st, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commisions (ASIC) has charged Goldman Sachs Australia Pty Ltd (Goldman Sachs) with a penalty of $35,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The penalty was ...
Asian shares wobble in early trade, euro sinks
September 1st, 2014
Asian shares edged higher on Monday, with investors wary of a deepening crisis in Ukraine and a downbeat China manufacturing survey, while the euro touched a fresh one-year low ahead of this week’s European Central Bank meeting. “Naturally, developments ...
