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Exchange Traded Fund Assets under management to exceed $5 trillion by 2020
January 26th, 2015
Professionally managed financial investments globally are predicted to grow at 6% per annum to reach $100 trillion by 2020, according to a new report by PwC. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) will pay a prominent role in this growth, as ...
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 ...
Here’s What the Swiss Central Bank Just Did and Why It’s Such a Shocker
January 19th, 2015
Today the Swiss National Bank shocked the world when it announced it would remove the cap it had in place to prevent the Swiss franc from rising too high against the euro. Here’s what that means and what it’s ...
Swiss National Bank press conference on Discontinuation of the minimum exchange rate
January 15th, 2015
Discontinuation of the minimum exchange rate The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has decided to discontinue the minimum exchange rate ofCHF 1.20 per euro with immediate effect and to cease foreign currency purchases associated with enforcing it. The minimum exchange rate ...
Swiss National Bank discontinues minimum exchange rate and lowers interest rate to –0.75%
January 15th, 2015
Target range moved further into negative territory The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is discontinuing the minimum exchange rate of CHF 1.20 per euro. At the same time, it is lowering the interest rate on sight deposit account balances that exceed a ...
Most Asian Stocks Drop; Commodities Slump, Yen Extends Advance
January 14th, 2015
Asian stocks declined, led by a retreat among materials producers, as the slump in crude prices spread to copper and the yen rose a fourth day against the dollar. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company, lost 2.8 percent in ...
Is the ECB allowed to buy sovereign bonds?
January 13th, 2015
The European Court of Justice is looking into whether the ECB’s plan to buy sovereign bonds is really within its mandate. Experts expect the central bank to start its program soon, in a bid to head off deflation. “The ...
British law firms dominate 2014 sukuk issuance sector
January 2nd, 2015
Allen & Overy, Dentons and other UK law firms are dominating the sukuk issuance sector, along with British banks, even though Malaysia remains the geographical capital. Other leading firms are Linklaters, Slaughter and May, King and Spalding and Clifford ...
Friday January 2: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
January 2nd, 2015
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for January 2, 2015 EURUSD hit new two year lows on the last trading session of the year. Market now almost at the bottom of its longer term range of 1.40-1.20. A break beneath the ...
Decline and Fall of the Demagogues
December 19th, 2014
This article could have been entitled ‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’ (with apologies to the book’s author Tom Wolfe) as it too is all about ruthless ambition, political sleaze and rampant greed. However, as vanity in others is regarded ...
