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London Capital Group – Conversion of Loan Notes
January 22nd, 2015
The Company announces that, on 20 January 2015, the Company approved a notice from GLIO Holdings Limited (“GLIO”) to convert 1,688,000 loan notes of £1.00 each in LCG at a price of 25.02p in accordance with the terms of ...
Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target to 3/4 per cent
January 22nd, 2015
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is ...
Fresh progress in China-Switzerland financial cooperation
January 22nd, 2015
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the People’s Bank of China (PBC) signed, yesterday Jan 21 2015, the Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of RMB Clearing Arrangements in Switzerland, and the PBC decided to extend the pilot scheme of ...
Canadian Securities Regulators propose derivatives reporting rules
January 22nd, 2015
The securities regulatory authorities in Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan (participating jurisdictions) today published for comment Proposed Multilateral Instruments 91-101 Derivatives: Product Determination and 96-101 Trade Repositories and Derivatives Data Reporting. Together, these proposed instruments would form ...
WARNING: Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier
January 22nd, 2015
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) warns the public of the activities of an entity named iGetMania which claims to have established in Luxembourg an alleged investment fund named ACG1 regulated by the CSSF. The CSSF informs the public that ...
Deutsche Bank gains market share
January 22nd, 2015
Deutsche Bank gains market share in fixed income to rank No 1 globally Greenwich Associates’ 2014 Global Fixed Income survey, published today, shows Deutsche Bank has increased its fixed income market share by 10 basis points to 10.1% over ...
Asia Stocks Little Changed Before European Central Bank Decision
January 22nd, 2015
Asia’s benchmark stock gauge was little changed as investors awaited a European Central Bank decision today on quantitative-easing strategy. Chinese shares rallied as the People’s Bank of China pumped funds into the financial system. Bridgestone Corp. sank 1.7 percent as tiremakers ...
Metro Bank grows 118% in 2014
January 22nd, 2015
Deposits increase to £2,867 million; representing year on year growth of 118% Total loans grow to £1,597 million, a year on year increase of 112% Loans to business customers make up almost half of total lending Metro Bank, the ...
Oil tycoon Harold Hamm sells company for $3 billion
January 22nd, 2015
Oil magnate Harold Hamm is selling one of his companies for $3 billion, but that kind of money still won’t make up for what he recently lost. Kinder Morgan (KMI) said Wednesday that it will buy Hamm’s company Hiland, which owns ...
ECB Executive Board’s QE Proposal Calls for Roughly €50 Billion in Bond Buys Per Month
January 22nd, 2015
The European Central Bank’s executive board proposed buying roughly €50 billion ($58 billion) a month in bonds for at least a year, according to people familiar with the matter, but markets largely shrugged as investors pondered whether the ECB ...
