Europe Stocks Rise as Crimea Vote Boosts Russia’s Micex
March 17th, 2014
European stocks rebounded from a five-week low while the yen and Swiss franc weakened and Treasuries declined after Crimea’s vote to leave Ukraine. Russian shares rallied after four days of declines while Ukraine’s hryvnia retreated. The Stoxx Europe 600 ...
Yen Retreats as Russian Stocks Gain After Crimea
March 17th, 2014
The yen fell for the first time in six days against the dollar as a rally in Russian stocks damped concern Crimea’s vote to leave Ukraine will lead to an immediate increase in tensions between Russia and the West. ...
Moscow stocks higher after Crimea votes to join Russia
March 17th, 2014
Russian shares opened higher on Monday after Ukraine’s Crimea region voted in favour of joining Russia, as local investors shrugged off threatened Western sanctions believing they would be largely symbolic. At 0745 GMT the dollar-denominated RTS index .IRTS was ...
Parliament toughens up anti-money laundering rules
March 13th, 2014
The ultimate owners of companies and trusts would have to be listed in public registers in EU countries, under draft anti-money laundering rules voted by Parliament on Tuesday. The draft law would also require banks, auditors, lawyers, real estate ...
Obama Meeting With Yatsenyuk Raises Stakes in Ukraine
March 12th, 2014
Barack Obama’s meeting with Ukraine’s prime minister today raises the stakes in his attempt to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions in Crimea and preempt its spread to other countries in the region. The invitation to Prime Minister Arseniy ...
As talk of sanctions on Russia heats up, business groups draw cautionary line
March 10th, 2014
Business groups are pushing to ensure that any economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States are joined by as much of the rest of the world as possible, warning Congress and the Obama administration that unilateral U.S. ...
Market Regulation
February 4th, 2014
A “regulated market” or “organized market” as defined by Directive 2004/39/EC means the multilateral system managed or operated by a market operator and which brings together or facilitates the bringing together of multiple third-party buying or/and selling interests in ...
