ATHENS | June 22, 2015 | By Manos Giakoumis via MacroPolis | Almost a year ago, Greek banks successfully raised 8.3 billion euros in capital increases, which were over 1.5 times subscribed amid strong interest – primarily from international institutional investors.
The Corner | June 21, 2015 | Rating agency Moody’s expects Spanish GDP to grow by 2.7% in 2015 and highlights the employment creation in the last quarter of 2014. But the country still “faces important challenges such as a public deficit that might hamper growth in the mid term.”
MADRID | June 22, 2015 | By Fernando Barciela | Member of the board at Spanish stock market operator BME since 2014, Carlos Fernández is the current ombudsman of the Madrid Stock Exchange. In the first part of this interview he spoke to The Corner about conflicts of interest in the auditing world –”Somehow regulators are the ones who should be regulated,”– and the excess of complex information that investors face.
LONDON | June 19, 2015 | UBS | There are some striking similarities currently between the US and UK labour markets. The unemployment rates are broadly the same, employment growth is similar, and the level of vacancies suggests continued jobs growth in both countries. Moreover, there are solid signs that pay growth has picked up in both the UK and US.
PARIS | June 19, 2015 | By Francesco Saraceno | Very busy period. Plus it is kind of tiresome to comment on the daily ups and downs of the negotiations between Greece and the Troika Institutions.
BEIJING | June 18, 2015 | By Huo Kan, Wang Ling and Wu Hongyuran via Caixin | A Chinese initiative to strengthen business ties abroad has sparked enthusiasm and risk warnings for companies and banks.
HONG KONG | June 18, 2015 | By Alicia García-Herrero via Caixin | Brazil’s economy is burdened by debt and China is leveraging at an unsustainable level, situations that could be exacerbated by Fed tightening.
Not everyone wins in trade, and winners have to compensate losers who might end up selling sex or worse to survive.
The Corner | June 17, 2015 | The Federal Open Market Committee’s policy statement, due to be released today at 1800 GMT, is widely expected to signal a first rates’ hike in September. For the first time in eight years the outcome of the meeting is not constrained by the “forward guidance” commitment. Is the US economy healthy enough?
The Corner | June 17, 2015 | Only qualified foreign investors (QFI) managing at least $5 billion in assets will obtain licenses to buy stocks in the Middle East’s largest stock market.