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Chinese Markets Plunge Amidst Widening Probes Against Brokerage Houses

  • Shares on the Shanghai Composite capitulated by more than -5% Friday, constituting its biggest decline since this summer.
Friday, 27/11/2015 | 11:19 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Regulation

China Allows First Overseas Banks into Forex Market

  • Three central banks and four international financial institutions will enter its domestic forex market.
Thursday, 26/11/2015 | 08:00 GMT by Irina Slav
Regulation

Chinese Yuan Eying Membership in IMF’s Benchmark Currency Basket

  • The Chinese yuan will be a point of emphasis next month, which could ultimately see its inclusion onto the IMF's Benchmark Currency Basket.
Tuesday, 20/10/2015 | 13:38 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Analysis

Chinese Government on a Mission to Find Market Collapse Culprits

  • Authorities have charged almost 200 people for allegedly illicit behavior leading to the Chinese stock market’s selloff
Monday, 31/08/2015 | 14:34 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Analysis

Greece Irons out Bailout Deal with Creditor Institutions

  • With only a few details left to settle, the Greek government is now set to secure a new three-year package.
Tuesday, 11/08/2015 | 13:49 GMT by Avi Mizrahi
Regulation

RMB Vying to Join the Ranks of the World’s Reserve Currencies

  • Before being included in the IMF's Special Drawing Rights basket of reserve currencies, the Chinese renminbi has a few hurdles to clear.
Wednesday, 05/08/2015 | 13:20 GMT by Andy Traveller
Brokers

IMF Could Back Away from Third Greek Bailout Program

  • The European institutions will have to cope without the International Monetary Fund when designing the third bailout for Greece
Thursday, 30/07/2015 | 22:32 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Exchanges

Cessation of Negotiations Threaten to Immolate Greece

  • Today's failed talks were the last straw as time is all but up for a deal to be struck, opening the door for a Greek default at month’s end.
Thursday, 18/06/2015 | 18:03 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Analysis

Greece's Decisive Week to Shape FX Volatility over the Summer

  • While the Greek government is struggling to agree on reforms with its creditors to receive aid, volatility will implode in case of a default
Monday, 15/06/2015 | 10:21 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Analysis

No Band-Aid for Greece

  • Things have gotten a little harder for Greece when it comes to negotiating additional, much-needed bailout funds.
Wednesday, 27/05/2015 | 07:12 GMT by Joshua Rodriguez
Execution

Time Running out Fast for Greece as Next $300 Mln IMF Repayment Looms

  • The balance sheet of Greece is stretched, as the opposition warned that failure to strike a deal with creditors would have dire consequences
Monday, 25/05/2015 | 10:18 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Brokers

Are FX Brokers Prepared for Another Black Swan?

  • As "Grexit" talk grows stronger, trading industry insiders weigh in its ability to survive another round of extreme volatility.
Wednesday, 22/04/2015 | 07:01 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Analysis

Greece Back into Junk Territory as Default Seems Imminent

  • Another payment to the International Monetary Fund in the beginning of May is about to strain the country’s finances to the limit
Saturday, 18/04/2015 | 09:22 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Brokers

Greece Commits to Stay in Line With Obligations to IMF.. For Now

  • As Greece claims to be in line with repaying to the IMF €450 million on the 9th of April, it still has to find €9 bln by end 2015.
Monday, 06/04/2015 | 11:30 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Brokers

Greek Finance Minister to Meet Christine Lagarde On Sunday

  • In a last ditch attempt to salvage a deal, Yanis Varoufakis is meeting IMF's Managing Director Christine Lagarde
Sunday, 05/04/2015 | 19:18 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Analysis

Former IMF Head, Dominique Strauss Kahn’s Investment Company Declares Bankruptcy

  • After Strauss-Kahn’s partner Thierry Leyne passed in an apparent suicide in Tel-Aviv last month the investment company where the formed Head of the IMF holds a 20% stake has filed for bankruptcy.
Wednesday, 05/11/2014 | 23:10 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Executive Moves

Poul Thomsen Elevated to European Director at IMF

  • The International Monetary Fund (IMF), vacancy created by Reza Moghadam’s resignation earlier this year to JPMorgan has been filled by Poul Thomsen, who assumes the role of Director of the European Department.
Tuesday, 04/11/2014 | 10:08 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Analysis

IMF Taps Cyprus on the Shoulder, More Structural Reforms & Fiscal Consolidation Needed

  • The IMF’s executive board, stated that while the country’s government has made progress with structural reforms it still needs more and the financial system remains vulnerable, with 54% non-performing loans.
Thursday, 23/10/2014 | 10:27 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Analysis

Debt, Tax Evasion and Competing Economic Doctrines Dominate IMF and World Bank Discussions

  • The rate of debt acquisition has slowed but its reduction will not begin until 2019 at the earliest. Posturing and political points scoring continue to lie at the heart of Europe's bureaucracy rather than economic sense.
Tuesday, 14/10/2014 | 05:04 GMT by George Tchetvertakov
Executive Moves

Former Executive Director, Dong He, Parts Ways with HKMA for IMF

  • The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has revealed that Executive Director, Dong He, has announced his resignation to leave the HKMA to join the International Monetary Fund (IMF), effective October 18.
Monday, 01/09/2014 | 14:48 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Analysis

Analysis: Ukrainian Currency at All-Time Low, FX Volatility Rising with Geopolitics

  • As the Ukrainian currency hits a new all time low and the Russian ruble is hovering close to its own bottom set earlier this year, we are seeing activity on the foreign exchange market slowly picking up.
Wednesday, 13/08/2014 | 16:54 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Executive Moves

IMF Director, Reza Moghadam, Joins Morgan Stanley as Vice Chairman

  • Reza Moghadam, the Director of the European Department at the IMF, has announced his resignation from the fund and will be joining Morgan Stanley as its newest Vice-Chairman in Global Capital Markets in Fall 2014.
Wednesday, 30/07/2014 | 15:52 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Analysis

FX Business In Cyprus? Troika States Fiscal Targets Exceeded Significantly

  • According to an announcement jointly issued by the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF, fiscal prudence in Cyprus is exceeding targets, FX companies in the region have less to worry about after Troika review.
Friday, 25/07/2014 | 13:15 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Brokers

Saxo Bank Plans on Abu Dhabi Office by Summer, as United Arab Emirates Hot for FX

  • Forex Magnates researches reports that Saxo Bank plans to open an office in Abu Dhabi, adding to its office in Dubai, as the United Arab Emirates and prospects in the middle east attracts the bank's attention, once again.
Thursday, 06/02/2014 | 21:58 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Regulation

Bank Indonesia Transfers Certain Regulatory Duties To Its Financial Services Authority

  • The Jakarta-based financial service authority OJK got its powers bolstered, thanks to a deal with the central bank of Indonesia made on New Years Eve, which gives it authority over banking institutions, as Forex fate uncertain.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 10:19 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
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