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Cypriot crisis reminder that problems in Eurozone are not over
03/04/2013
The Cypriot debt-crisis is a timely reminder that the problems in the Eurozone are not over and that economic recovery for the region is on a fragile, uneven trajectory, but the Eurozone Financial Services Forecast predicts that, while localized problems can’t be ruled out, the collective pain for the financial services sector in the Eurozone is almost over.
Record highs for Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes
03/04/2013
Both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 share indexes have reached new all-time highs on Wall Street.
Four M&A mega-deals in the opening quarter of 2013
02/04/2013
Mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A data and intellience service, released its Q1 2013 league tables for financial advisers for Global M&A Round-up.
Euro falls after surprise jump in German unemployment
28/03/2013
The Euro is starting to resemble a boxer who's too tired to keep up his guard.
esure in £1 billion London Stock Exchange float
28/03/2013
London Stock Exchange have welcomed esure Group to open its UK markets, marking the start of unconditional dealings in its shares following its successful IPO.
FSA fines Prudential £30 million and censures CEO
27/03/2013
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined companies in the Prudential Group (Prudential) a total of £30 million for breaching FSA Principles and UKLA Listing Principles.
Barriers to entry for new bank entrants relaxed
26/03/2013
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Bank of England have published the results of their review (the Review) into barriers to new entrants to the banking sector.
Despite market noise M&A deals tread water at start of 2013
26/03/2013
The number of M&A deals completed in the first quarter of 2013 fell significantly compared to the record levels seen at the end of 2012, according to data in the latest edition of Towers Watson’s Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM).
Cyprus crisis: Will others in the Eurozone suffer the same fate?
26/03/2013
For a bailout designed to keep Cyprus from exiting the Eurozone, it is ironic that the terms appear destined to destabilise the single currency.
FSA finalises proposals for the regulation and supervision of benchmarks
25/03/2013
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has finalised new rules and regulations for financial benchmarks. This follows the recommendations of the Wheatley Review of the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
