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Europe Admits QE Has Failed, Promises More Of It
October 23rd, 2015
New Age monetary policy has begun to resemble the form of insanity in which a patient repeats the same behavior while expecting a different outcome. Throughout the developed world, interest rates are at record lows and central banks continue ...
Europol: Bitcoin May Become Sole Currency for EU Cybercriminals
October 2nd, 2015
Europol has said in a new report that it believes bitcoin could become the go-to currency for digital criminals in the region. The European Union’s top law enforcement agency released its Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment for 2015 on 30th September, ...
Investment Plan for Europe goes global: China announces its contribution to #investEU
September 29th, 2015
At the High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue in Beijing today, China announced its intention to contribute to the Investment Plan, as well as closer cooperation with the EU on investment issues in general. Today during the High Level ...
European stocks rise despite China fears, Volkswagen up 4%
September 23rd, 2015
European stocks were trading higher on Wednesday in what has been a choppy morning of trade amid renewed fears over the health of the Chinese economy and continued fallout from the Volkswagen emissions scandal. The pan-European STOXX 600 was up was ...
European Banks to Sell a Record $154 Billion of Loans, PwC Says
August 20th, 2015
European banks are set to divest a record 139 billion euros ($154 billion) of loans this year, led by the U.K., as the industry accelerates asset sales to meet new rules, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Banks have offloaded 54.5 ...
Europe: When the Macro Overshadows the Micro
August 17th, 2015
Christian Thimann currently works with the French investment bank AXA while also holding an academic position at the Paris School of Economics. However, from 2008 to 2013 he was Director General and Adviser to the President at the European ...
Schaeuble Shrugs Off Greek Vote Saying Euro Exit Is Best
July 16th, 2015
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told Greece the only way it’ll get a debt reduction is to leave the euro and cast doubt on the country’s ability to even complete negotiations on a third bailout. Schaeuble, who led the ...
Boutique Asset Managers Focus on European Equities Thanks to Regulations
July 15th, 2015
More regulations are driving smaller niche institutional investors to the European equity markets That’s according to the latest research from Tabb Group, an equity market consultancy, who reported that boutique asset managers are increasingly losing their home country bias ...
Emerging Challenges Facing Tax Policymakers and Administrations in the Area of International Taxation and Transfer Pricing
July 14th, 2015
From July 7-9, 2015, senior tax administrators and tax policy officials from 26 countries throughout Europe and Central Asia as well as experts from the WU University and the World Bank met in Vienna, Austria to share experiences and ...
European Central Bank Press Release on Greek ELA
July 7th, 2015
European Central Bank Press Release : 6 July 2015 – ELA to Greek banks maintained Emergency liquidity assistance maintained at 26 June 2015 level Haircuts on collateral for ELA adjusted Governing Council closely monitoring situation in financial markets The ...
