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The dollar found support on Thursday. These are the top performers
May 27th, 2021
The dollar found support on Thursday from emerging views the Federal Reserve is slowly but surely edging towards a discussion about tightening monetary policy, and as traders await crucial U.S. inflation data this week. In a market heavily short ...
Company tax deal is close, Paris and Berlin say
May 27th, 2021
International talks to rewrite the rules of cross-border taxation are in the home stretch with a deal possible in the coming weeks, the French and German finance ministers said yesterday. Nearly 140 countries are negotiating how to update rules ...
CySEC announced withdrawal of Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation
May 20th, 2021
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement today to inform that it has decided to withdraw CIF authorisation of a Cyprus investment Firm. In accordance with CySEC’s announcement, CySEC on its meeting of 10 May ...
European stocks rose on Thursday
May 20th, 2021
European stocks rose on Thursday after one of the worst selloffs this year as strong earnings and merger talks in the chip sector helped investors look past inflation worries. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.6% after suffering a ...
Bitcoin plunges 30%; Other cryptocurrencies also plunged
May 20th, 2021
Bitcoin plunged 30% to near $30,000 at one point on Wednesday, continuing a major sell-off in the cryptocurrency markets that began a week ago. The digital currency hit as low as $30,001.51 as the selling intensified Wednesday before paring ...
European stocks hit fresh record high
May 10th, 2021
European stocks extended a record-setting rally on Monday as optimism about the reopening of economies and easy monetary policy lifted cyclical sectors, including mining and financials. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.1% to hit a fresh all-time high ...
European stocks dipped slightly on Tuesday
April 27th, 2021
European markets are following the trend seen overnight Asia-Pacific, where stocks mostly declined as concerns about the spread of Covid-19 lingered. Elsewhere, U.S. stock futures held steady in early premarket trading on Tuesday as investors braced for another batch ...
London copper set for third straight weekly gain on weaker dollar
April 23rd, 2021
Copper prices were on track for their third straight week of gains on Friday, as a weaker dollar made greenback-priced metals cheaper and more appealing to holders of other currencies. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 rose ...
Cyprus, Ghana and Kenya join growing list of countries to create beneficial ownership registries
April 15th, 2021
An infamous tax haven in the heart of Europe and two of Africa’s largest economies will force companies to declare their owners, joining a growing list of countries responding to public pressure over crime and tax avoidance enabled by ...
ESMA: Retail clients continue to lose out due to high investment products costs
April 15th, 2021
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities regulator, published its third annual statistical report on the cost and performance of European Union (EU) retail investment products. In the report ESMA finds that the costs of investing ...