Daily Archives: 22/09/2016
LSEG signs MoU with Bank Hapoalim to support Israeli high growth companies
September 22nd, 2016
Partnership will see LSEG’s ELITE and Bank Hapoalim collaborate to attract new Israeli companies to ELITE ELITE is London Stock Exchange Group’s international programme for ambitious high growth businesses Group’s first Capital Markets conference in Israel targets high growth ...
Recent Upgrade by S&P: What does it really mean?
September 22nd, 2016
The first long-awaited upgrade of the Cyprus economy by the rating agencies for this Fall has finally arrived with the recent upgrade from S&P by one notch (from BB- to BB). Now we are only two notches away from ...
Sberbank announces launch of global trade finance platform
September 22nd, 2016
Sberbank has announced the launch of its global trade finance platform, which has been developed by the Bank. The platform is aimed at all the segments of the Bank’s corporate business – from major to small enterprises. The platform ...
Lawyers must rebuild trust – Christine Lagarde
September 22nd, 2016
Lawyers have a key role to play in rebuilding public trust in institutions, the head of one of the globe’s most important bodies told thousands of lawyers gathered for the IBA’s annual conference. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the ...
Euro area employment rising faster than hoped
September 22nd, 2016
Employment in the euro zone is rising faster than expected and this may continue, but at a cost to productivity and potentially to long-term economic growth, European Central Bank research shows. Employment in proportion to GDP growth is now ...
Iran’s $50bn deal with Airbus and Boeing
September 22nd, 2016
Airbus and Boeing have received permission from the US government to sell aircraft to Iran, part of landmark deals potentially worth some US$50 billion in total following last year’s nuclear accord. The announcements came as Iranian and US leaders ...
Global real estate company says No growth in Central London house prices until 2019
September 22nd, 2016
House prices in London’s prime locations will fall by 9 percent this year and not grow again until 2019 as buyers, already hit by increased property taxes, wait to see the outcome of Brexit divorce talks, estate agents Savills ...
Bitcoin vs Litecoin vs Dogecoin – Cryptocurrency compared
September 22nd, 2016
Cryptocurrency was made mainstream by Bitcoin a few years back and with its popularity rising, everyone seems to want a piece of the cake. The currency was launched in 2008 by Japanese pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto to encourage the growth ...
Cash is no longer king
September 22nd, 2016
Contactless technology means debit cards are becoming increasingly popular for payments even for lower value transactions. Cash is now being used for less than half of all retail transactions, new figures show. Debit cards are now increasingly being used ...
ITG updates on POSIT Alert
September 22nd, 2016
ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading independent broker and financial technology provider, today provided an update on its PowerMatch functionality, which provides POSIT Alert’s highest-performing users with notification of larger trading opportunities. PowerMatch is delivering average block sizes of 66,000 shares ...
