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China state media announces confessions in probes into stocks plunge
August 31st, 2015
Chinese state media announced a slew of confessions on Monday following investigations into recent stock market gyrations, including from a detained reporter who admitted to spreading false information that caused “panic and disorder”. An official from China‘s securities regulator ...
Middle Eastern Stocks Rally Led by Oman After Oil-Price Rebound
August 31st, 2015
Muscat’s MSM30 Index advanced the most since January Brent crude capped the best week since 2009 on Friday Omani stocks led a rally in most equity markets across the Middle East after oil prices had the biggest-weekly jump in ...
Gold price likely to average $1,025 an ounce this year
August 31st, 2015
UAE dirham continues to rise against other currencies as US dollar picks up strength Gold’s retail prices in Dubai continued to hold steady on Sunday although analysts are expecting the bullion to resume its weakness following the recovery of ...
Shanghai Composite widens losses as US futures tank
August 31st, 2015
Mainland equities lost as much as 3.7 percent on Monday while Dow futures tanked more than 200 points on reports that Beijing may finally halt its controversial market intervention. A report by The Financial Times over the weekend said that Beijing will abandon large-scale share ...
Sterling drops to 1-1/2 month low vs rallying dollar after U.S. data
August 28th, 2015
Sterling fell to a 1-1/2-month low against the dollar on Thursday after data showing the United States grew robustly in the second quarter, boosting a view that U.S. interest rates could rise this year. Investors are still uncertain about ...
China’s Economic Woes Jeopardize Putin’s Pipeline, Energy Trade Between Russia, China
August 28th, 2015
For the past decade, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been putting plans in place to free Russia from energy dependency on European markets with a series of projects that aim to capitalize on the economic clout of China. But ...
FMA releases enforcement and investigations report 2015
August 28th, 2015
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) published its enforcement and investigations report for the year ending 30 June 2015. The report shows the FMA’s enforcement and investigations activities closely reflect the FMA’s focus on the seven strategic priorities that it identified ...
Baker Tilly in the US and SF&Company Announce Merger
August 28th, 2015
Combination of accounting and advisory firms will increase Baker Tilly’s service capabilities in the Northeast region of the United States. Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) and SF&Company announced that they have agreed to merge, expanding and enhancing ...
UBS to pay $1.7 mln settlement over sanctions case – U.S. Treasury
August 28th, 2015
The U.S. Treasury on Thursday said it had reached an agreement with UBS for the Swiss bank to pay a $1.7 million settlement for “apparent violations” to U.S. sanctions. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in ...
ASIC cancels Financial Broking Consultants’ Australian Credit Licence
August 28th, 2015
ASIC has cancelled the Australian credit licence of Financial Broking Consultants Pty Ltd (ACN 116 632 743) (Financial Broking Consultants). Financial Broking Consultants was a finance broking business organising home, vehicle and low doc loans for consumers in the ...
