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Bundesbank posts €2.95 billion profit in 2014
March 12th, 2015
The Deutsche Bundesbank posted a profit of €2.95 billion for the 2014 financial year, compared with €4.59 billion in 2013. The profit was transferred in full today to the Federal Government of Germany pursuant to section 27 number 2 of the Bundesbank Act ...
Liquidnet hires European head of EQS
March 12th, 2015
Liquidnet, the institutional trading network, has announced that industry veteran Chris Jackson has joined the company as European Head of Liquidnet’s Execution and Quantitative Services (EQS) Group. Chris brings over twenty years of experience to this new role which ...
Hungary brokerage troubles widen with Quaestor clampdown
March 12th, 2015
Third brokerage in a row to face regulatory action Quaestor bond issues may have exceeded permitted limit – cbank Bond redemptions exceeded its liquid asset-Quaestor Investment firm asks for state help (Adds central bank comments, detail) The National Bank ...
Low oil prices and supportive policy to drive recovery in Eurozone
March 12th, 2015
After a year of tentative recovery in 2014, the Eurozone has moved into 2015 aided by two important growth drivers – sharply lower oil prices and QE according to the March 2015 issue of the EY Eurozone Forecast (EEF). ...
PwC recognised as a Vanguard Leader worldwide
March 12th, 2015
PwC recognised as a Vanguard Leader worldwide in Kennedy Information’s new report on HR Communications consulting PwC praised for providing HR consulting capabilities, which enable end-to-end services and modernised solutions. PwC announced today that Kennedy, the leading consulting research ...
Reserve Bank of New Zealand: OCR unchanged at 3.5 percent
March 12th, 2015
Statement issued by Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler: The Reserve Bank (RBNZ) today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 3.5 percent. Global financial conditions remain very accommodative, and are reflected in high equity prices and record low interest ...
Deutsche Bank statement regarding the Federal Reserve’s 2015 DFAST and CCAR results
March 12th, 2015
Deutsche Bank Bank (XETRA: DBKGn.DE / NYSE: DB) today responded to the announcement by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the Fed) of the 2015 results of the Dodd Frank Act Stress Test (DFAST) and Comprehensive Capital ...
ESMA sees continued tense securities market conditions
March 12th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Report No. 1, 2015 on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities in European Union (EU) securities markets, covering market developments from July to December 2014. The report finds that market conditions in the ...
Citi Announces 2015 Planned Capital Actions
March 12th, 2015
The Federal Reserve Board today advised Citi that it has no objection to the planned capital actions requested by Citi as part of the 2015 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). The planned capital actions include an increase of ...
UAE set to be the first to offer green-energy sukuk
March 12th, 2015
The UAE is expected to issue the world’s first Sharia-compliant bond aimed at financing green energy projects this year, possibly as early as next month, according to industry experts. “We are going to get one, possibly two , ...
