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Trans-Pacific Partnership: vast trade deal made public
November 6th, 2015
The long-awaited text of the landmark trade deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been released to the public for the first time. The TPP is one of the world’s most extensive trade agreements, bringing together 12 Pacific rim ...
The end-point in financial credit
November 6th, 2015
Since the 1980s, markets have had to adapt to a world of infinite credit. Of course, this credit has not been available to everyone: it has been principally deployed in favour of governments, financial markets, and big business. It ...
SEC Identifies More Alleged Corrupt Brokers in Stock Manipulation Case
November 5th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has identified three additional individuals to charge in a penny stock manipulation case the agency filed last year against alleged corrupt brokers and others. The SEC filed a request in federal court ...
US fines Deutsche Bank $258m for working with Iran
November 5th, 2015
German company Deutsche Bank has been fined $285m (£185m) by US regulators for working with US-sanctioned countries Syria and Iran. The bank will pay penalties to the New York State Department of Financial Services and the Federal Reserve. Employees ...
Oil down more than 3% as U.S. crude stockpiles rise 6 straight weeks
November 5th, 2015
EIA reports 2.8 million-barrel weekly climb in crude supplies Oil futures lost more than 3% on Wednesday as U.S. government data showed that crude inventories rose for a sixth week in a row. Strength in the dollar added to ...
Asian stocks mixed on possible December rate hike
November 5th, 2015
Asian stocks put up a mixed performance on Thursday, after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said that December’s monetary policy meeting would be a “live possibility” for a rate hike if upcoming economic data were supportive. Yellen was testifying before the ...
BaFin and the SEC: An international comparison of supervisory practice
November 3rd, 2015
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) is often compared to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the media and by the public. The SEC is frequently perceived as the more powerful authority, in ...
Oil Price Paradox: Gasoline Could Be Even Cheaper
November 3rd, 2015
The price of gasoline is declining more slowly than oil, illustrating how consumers aren’t fully benefiting from falling commodities prices. Typically, gas prices go up and down in tandem with crude oil, the main ingredient. But recently, oil prices ...
Asian Stocks Track S&P 500 Gains; Aussie Rises as RBA Stays Put
November 3rd, 2015
Stocks rise from Sydney to Seoul as holiday closes Tokyo S&P 500 topped 2,100, back to pre-yuan devaluation levels Asian stocks climbed after signs of stabilization in global manufacturing activity helped drive the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to ...
KPMG takes occupation of One Sovereign Square
November 2nd, 2015
KPMG today (Monday 2 November) opens the doors to its new office, One Sovereign Square, in Leeds city centre. The 61,000 sq ft, eye-catching building has been developed exclusively for KPMG, which employs approximately 800 people in the city. ...
