The offshore yuan market seems to be a success: Banks are paying about 30 percent less interest on yuan-denominated debt sold in Hong Kong than they pay in Shanghai as faster currency appreciation fuels overseas …
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October 19, 2010
The BoC left the overnight rate unchanged: The economic outlook for Canada has changed. The Bank expects the economic recovery to be more gradual than it had projected in its July Monetary Policy Report, with …
October 18, 2010
Trichet’s recent comments on fiscal discipline illustrate the number one problem with regulation: European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet called for “more ambitious” rules to force member countries to maintain fiscal discipline and punish those …
October 15, 2010
I see that commodity ETF promoters have had good idea – and the boohoohoo brigade is in full cry: Plans by ETF Securities and others to launch a range of base metal exchange-traded funds (ETFs) …
Preferred Shares: Play caution
I was recently interviewed for an article in Les Affaires, titled Actions privilégiées : jouez de prudence (translation below courtesy of Google): Currently, they are perpetual preferred shares at fixed rates which offer the best …
October 14, 2010
It looks like the Flash Crash will be simply an excuse: Data firm Nanex LLC has since questioned regulators’ finding, suggesting Waddell’s algorithm actually did factor in price because data show a slowdown in selling …
October 13, 2010
The CFTC will step up its efforts to ensure markets are a cooperative game in which everybody wins: The top U.S. commodity regulator will review algorithmic trading and other practices such as “spoofing” and “quote …
WFS.PR.A Downgraded to Pfd-4(low) by DBRS
DBRS has announced that it: has today downgraded the rating of the Preferred Shares issued by World Financial Split Corp. (the Company) to Pfd-4 (low) from Pfd-4 (high). The rating has been removed from Under …
October 12, 2010
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October 8, 2010
Not much time to write, but here are a couple of quick links: Market structure is causing the IPO crisis — and more and Equity Trading in the 21st Century. That should keep you guys …