Greece set for final vote on austerity bill
Jun 30, 2011Jeremy Parkinson0
The Greek government is set to hold a second vote on Thursday on an austerity bill that forms part of the bailout deal with the IMF and ECB. Amid public protests Greece is expected to pass the bill which needs to be implemented to guarantee the next tranche of financial support. Greece’s Prime Minister George […]
New IMF chief Lagarde calls for Greece unity
Jun 29, 2011Jeremy Parkinson0
Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister, was late on Tuesday elected as the first woman to head the IMF. Her victory was sealed after a late endorsement from the US which saw her beat Mexican central bank governor Agustin Carstens to the post. Lagarde, who succeeds Dominique Strauss Kahn following his resignation in May to […]
TomTom shares crash after profit warning
Jun 28, 2011Jeremy Parkinson0
TomTom, the Dutch navigation system maker, on Tuesday lost an estimated €325.7m in market value as investors responded to the company’s profit warning published on Monday. The company said in a statement that it expects profits to decrease by almost half in 2011 compared to the year before. The drop was attributed to a decline […]
New chief of IMF announcement imminent
Jun 27, 2011Jeremy Parkinson0
The IMF board’s 24 members are due to make a decision on who will be the next IMF managing director after the two key candidates had an opportunity to present all relevant information concerning their candidacy to the executive board.
French finance minister Christine Lagarde remains a clear favourite for the top job as head […]
Does Dodd Frank meet the test of our times?
Jun 24, 2011Jeremy Parkinson0
With financial reform legislation barely a year old, Republican policymakers, urged on by Wall Street’s influential figureheads, have been vehemently spinning the yarn of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (DFA) into new regulatory fabric, trying to ignore the distraction of initiatives to tear up certain aspects of the existing law. […]
“You only feel liquidity when it’s not there”
Jun 24, 2011Jeremy Parkinson0
Liquidity is a key factor in all markets. And it is often more elusive and fragile than it appears, as recent events in the commodity markets have emphasised. “Obviously liquidity is a very relevant subject,” says Peter Billington, Head of FX Trading at Commerzbank. “We’ve had a timely reminder of the importance of liquidity in […]
EU leaders agree to Greek bailout
Jun 24, 2011Jeremy Parkinson0
Europe’s leaders agreed late on Thursday to release a fresh €12bn bailout for Greece provided it passes an austerity package before its parliament.
Greece is expected to introduce strict measures of €28bn in tax rises and spending cuts and in addition will have to commence a €50bn programme in privatisations of state assets.
“Greece must […]
Inbursa: Growth with profitability
Jun 23, 2011Jeremy Parkinson0
The bank has a very strong balance with a 20.5 percent tier one capital ratio, and its loan loss reserves cover 5.4 times the non performing loans. The strength is reflected in the BBB rating that Standard & Poor’s has given Inbursa – the highest rating in Mexico. Low operating costs is a key principle […]
Ideas-based trading
Jun 23, 2011Jeremy Parkinson0
Forex gained the confidence of active people investigating avenues of generating additional income long ago. Distance methods of earning are the most popular ones and attract the attention of the majority. Their unquestionable advantage is that they do not require any initial expenditure and time for transfers – trading on forex meets these requirements. At […]
New growth frontier for Islamic finance
Jun 23, 2011Jeremy Parkinson0
In Islamic banking, traditionally banks do not invest in interest bearing instruments like treasuries or bonds, which means all deposits collected are transferred to the real economy as “murabaha” loans. Besides supporting real businesses and production, it protects the borrower from financial shocks in crisis situations. Furthermore, in the Islamic system, banks cannot call back […]