Category: Forex

June 06, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Australian Super Fund Found Guilty Of Greenwashing

Active Super professed that it does not invest in organisations that notably threaten the environment. Based on the ASIC’s press release, Active Super had investments in gambling, oil tar sands, and coal mining companies at the time it made such marketing statements. The firms included SkyCity Entertainment Group Ltd (SKC.AX) and Pointsbet Holdings Ltd, ConocoPhillips…

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June 05, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Standard Chartered Hit by Fresh Court Allegations

The share price issues came after new allegations that STAN carried out transactions that violated international sanctions. This twist in the case came to light when new court documents were filed in the US alleging the bank allowed transactions worth billions of dollars for known terrorist groups such as al-Qaida and the Taliban, as well…

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June 05, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Intel Unveils New Xeon 6 Processor To Compete In AI Arena

The Xeon 6 processor is reportedly faster and more power efficient than its forerunner, which enables it to effectively manage demanding data centres. To date, Intel has mostly hovered on the fringe of the global AI frenzy. This new chip is the firm’s attempt to compete with AI trailblazers such as Nvidia and AMD and…

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June 04, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Monzo Planning Expansion After First Profit

Monzo was launched in 2015 and has become the seventh-largest bank in the UK in recent years. With almost 10 million customers, Monzo has benefited from more customers depositing more funds with it, giving a pre-tax profit of £15.4m in the financial year ending in March, which was a huge improvement on last year’s pre-tax…

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June 04, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

GameStop Stock Jumps After $116m Stake Posted On Reddit

This reportedly renewed the meme-stock fixation of 2021, which happens when a company’s shares peak in the wake of viral social media exposure. Gill’s post, which appeared on Sunday 2 June 2024, indicated that he had bought 5 million GameStop shares at $21.27 each. Should this be the case, Gill will be one of the…

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June 03, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Doconomy Raises €34m From Top European Banks

This Swedish green fintech, established in 2018, measures the carbon impact of regular spending activities. Based on CNBC data, S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) joined as an investor. Doconomy is also pillared by existing stakeholders such as Motive Ventures, PostFinance, and Tenity. Its collaborations include Mastercard, S&P Global, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…

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June 03, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

De-dollarisation Rumours Surface As China Offloads US Treasuries

Global Finance indicated that China “reduced its holding by more than $100bn in the year through to March 2023”. Global Finance stated that Belgium, which is reportedly a “proxy custodian for China’s debt holdings”, sold over $20bn of US Treasuries during this period. Although many regard this as a directed effort on China’s part, other…

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May 31, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Saxo Markets UK Appoints New CEO

Bresler replaces the segment’s interim CEO, Simon Camilleri. In Saxo’s press release, the firm emphasised that Bresler’s extensive experience in the financial sector earned him this top position. Previously, he was a core member of the company’s APAC leadership team and also acted as the sales trading deputy head in Singapore between 2016 and 2018.…

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May 31, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

JPMorgan Predicts Greenback Outlook For Rest Of The Year

The bank predicts a bullish medium-term greenback performance in tandem with high yields, a significant growth barrier and other relevant aspects. Investing.com indicated that this firm did, however, mention that “tactical concerns stem from nascent signs of fading US growth exceptionalism and saturated investor longs”. JPMorgan also stated: Inflation divergences will be key as central…

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