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Europe rebounds as Ukraine rebels hand over black boxes
July 22nd, 2014
European markets rode a global rebound in risk appetite on Tuesday helped by the first signs of cooperation from Ukraine’s pro-Russian separatists over the downed Malaysian Airlines plane. After days of uncertainty, a train carrying the remains of some ...
Hong Kong Leads Asian Equities Higher
July 22nd, 2014
Asian stocks advanced, with the regional benchmark index on course for its highest close in six years, as investors bet rising tensions in Ukraine over the shooting down of a jetliner won’t curb global economic growth. Aluminum Corp. of ...
UK banks face break-up threat as watchdog plans competition probe
July 18th, 2014
Britain’s big banks could be broken up after the country’s new competition watchdog said it plans to launch an 18-month investigation into services for small business customers and personal current accounts. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on ...
New sanctions cause Russian shares and rouble to tumble
July 17th, 2014
The United States imposed its toughest sanctions yet on Moscow on Wednesday, and Russian stocks and the rouble tumbled on Thursday. Safe-haven assets such as gold, yen and German bonds rose. The rouble-traded MICEX stock market dropped 2.5 percent ...
EU Readies Russia Sanctions Amid U.S. Pressure on Ukraine
July 16th, 2014
European Union leaders may impose their first sanctions today against Russian companies that are helping undermine Ukraine as the U.S. urges the bloc to take a tougher stance against Moscow. EU leaders may also agree at a summit tonight ...
Hedge-Fund Boutiques Show Dubai Nurturing Oasis Trading: Cities
July 16th, 2014
When Ahmad Zuaiter started a frontier-markets hedge fund, the former Soros Fund Management LLC money manager chose Dubai over New York and London. Zuaiter’s Jadara Capital Partners LP and VY Capital Management Co. Ltd. opened in the emirate in ...
Japan Leads Global Volatility Decline to Seven-Year Low
July 15th, 2014
Across global stock markets, nowhere is calm descending faster than in Japan. The Nikkei Stock Average Volatility Index, which tracks the cost of options on the Nikkei 225 (NKY) Stock Average, tumbled 33 percent this year to 15.3 yesterday, ...
Stock futures fall sharply on Portuguese, Italian woes
July 10th, 2014
U.S. stock index futures fell sharply on Thursday as European shares tumbled on growth concerns after weak data out of Italy and concern over the health of Portugal’s top listed bank. With U.S. stocks trading near record highs, the ...
Israel’s Matomy says new requirement paves way for London float
July 8th, 2014
Israeli digital advertising firm Matomy Media Group said on Monday its renewed bid to float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) comes after the bourse made its requirements more accommodating. Matomy, which counts American Express and HSBC among its ...
High-Speed Trading Rules Coming From SEC
June 6th, 2014
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White unveiled the regulator’s most sweeping plan yet for reining in high-frequency trading and monitoring dark pools and other secretive trading practices in the world’s largest equity market. Proprietary traders who ...
