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More foreign institutions allowed on China’s forex market
January 13th, 2016
China’s central bank allowed more overseas central banks and similar institutions to enter the country’s inter-bank foreign exchange market on Tuesday. Seven such institutions completed registration with the China Foreign Exchange Trading System, which signaled their official access to ...
Asian stocks rejoice at offshore gains, Japan Post debut
November 4th, 2015
Asian stocks rose sharply on Wednesday, as a confluence of factors including a stellar market debut from Japan Post’s units in Tokyo fueled risk appetite in the region. A fifth straight day of gains for energy counters alongside a ...
Top 10 Countries in Which Bitcoin is Banned
May 27th, 2015
Countries around the world have a wide ranging view of the digital currency bitcoin or a “virtual currency.” Western superpowers like the United States and United Kingdom have shown a positive attitude towards the new technology. Some countries like Canada and Australia are ...
Monetary Policy Committee’s Decision on 11 March 2015
March 11th, 2015
Mr. Mathee Supapongse, Secretary of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), announced the outcome of the meeting on 11 March 2015 as follows. The committee voted 4 to 3 to reduce the policy rate by 0.25 percent from 2.00 to ...
Fondex Adds Paymero as New Funding Method for Asian Clients
November 10th, 2020
Fondex, the multi-award winning and regulated online CFD broker, has declared yet another new addition to its various account funding methods – Paymero. Paymero is a world-class payment solution for Asian markets that offers Fondex clients the flexibility of ...
Strong growth in global investment demand for gold in Q3
October 29th, 2020
Global gold demand dropped by 19% y-o-y to 892t in Q3, as consumers continued to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the lowest quarterly total since Q3 2009. The Year-to-date demand of 2,972.1t was 10% lower ...
Most of the emerging Asian markets currencies dipped against the dollar
October 22nd, 2020
Thai shares bounced from earlier losses on Thursday after the government lifted emergency measures aimed at ending months-long protests against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and the monarchy. Uncertainty over whether U.S. lawmakers would be able to agree on and ...
Most Asian currencies struggled for direction on Friday
August 21st, 2020
Most Asian currencies struggled for direction on Friday as the yuan pulled back after hitting a seven-month high against the U.S. dollar, while the Taiwan dollar strengthened on the back of better-than-expected export orders. The yuan often tends to ...
Top Cryptocurrency stories in 2018
December 27th, 2018
Following an intense 2017 with cryptocurrency market spikes, year 2018 is the year with great majority of digital assets plunged well over 80 percent in value since their all-time highs. Year 2018 is also filled with many headlines about the ...
Pound and Yen fell, Asian stocks pointed to a firm start; These are the main moves
November 12th, 2018
Asian stocks and futures pointed to a firm start for equity markets in London and New York as investors assessed whether the recent rallies can endure. The pound slid as U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May fought to keep her ...
