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29-Year-Old Russian Hedge Fund Founder Disappears With All The Firm’s Money
January 5th, 2015
The value of the ruble isn’t the only thing that is vanishing in Russia. A Moscow hedge fund chief executive has disappeared, along with all the money in the firm’s accounts. That’s according to a stunning feature in The ...
The Russian Riddle: An Alternative View on the Collapse of the Rouble
December 18th, 2014
Winston Churchill is famously quoted as saying that: “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” The past twelve months have surely proved how right he was. The past couple of weeks have certainly not been ...
Who Are the Winners of Russia’s Ruble Meltdown?
December 18th, 2014
The Russian ruble‘s spectacular falls this year have been relentlessly portrayed as bad news. But with the ruble now down some 45 percent against the U.S. dollar since January, are there no winners? Companies that produce in Russia but sell abroad are bound ...
Russia’s ruble rout rattles emerging markets
December 16th, 2014
Russia’s currency rout has sent a shudder through global markets and the sell-off is spreading to other emerging markets. The Russian ruble plunged about 12% Monday, while the Indonesian rupiah fell to its lowest level since the 1997 Asian ...
The Russian Central Bank Is Intervening Again To Halt A Rouble Collapse
December 4th, 2014
Traders are claiming that the Central Bank of Russia has stepped back into currency markets to halt the rouble’s slide as it continued to fall in early trading on Wednesday. Here’s the evidence — the rouble sudden reversed its ...
Ruble Jumps on Rising Oil Prices and Stimulus Hopes
November 24th, 2014
The ruble rose sharply on Monday, lifted by Russian exporters buying to meet tax payments and as oil prices stabilised at around $80 a barrel. At 1356 GMT, the ruble was around 1.7 percent stronger against the dollar at ...
Emerging Stocks Fall on China, Euro-Area Slowdown; Ruble Gains
November 20th, 2014
Emerging-market stocks fell as manufacturing gauges in China and Germany retreated, dimming the outlook for exporters. The ruble rose as Russian companies sought funds to meet their tax commitments. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index lost less than 0.1 percent ...
As Ruble Falls Even Teeth Cost Too Much to Fix
November 19th, 2014
In Rostov-on-Don, a Russian port city of 1.1 million people just east of the Ukrainian border, signs of the fallout from the ruble’s collapse are everywhere. There’s the 27-year-old entrepreneur whose storage facility is packed to the ceiling with ...
Yen Drops as Abe Delays Sales Tax, Calls Early Vote; Ruble Rises
November 18th, 2014
The yen fell against the euro and touched its weakest in more than seven years against the dollar as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an early election and suspended a planned sales-tax increase. Japan’s currency slipped against most ...
Ruble Recovers Slightly as Exporters Sell U.S. Dollars for Tax Payments
November 18th, 2014
The ruble strengthened on Tuesday as Russian exporters converted part of their foreign-currency earnings to meet tax payments, but weak oil prices capped gains. At 0830 GMT, the ruble was around 0.8 percent stronger against the dollar at 46.72 ...