Tag: EU

July 08, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Brexit aftermath: Consumer Confidence Crashed

British consumers saw their confidence in the UK's economy fall at the sharpest rate in almost 22 years after the vote to leave the European Union. According to latest market research from Gfk, consumer confidence in the UK fell by 8 points to minus 9, a plunge not seen since December 1994. The Gfk survey…

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July 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

The AMF has Published its 2016 Risk Mapping

Brexit-related uncertainty, effects of a low interest rate environment, risk of a sharp re-pricing of assets, structural changes in markets: the AMF has drawn up a mid-2016 current state assessment of the main risks to markets, retail investment, collective investment and the financing of the economy. The AMF has published its tenth risk mapping in…

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June 20, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME Group launches EU Wheat Futures and Options

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), today announced the launch of physically delivered European Union (EU) Wheat futures and options on futures contracts to begin trading on 12 September 2016, pending all relevant regulatory review periods. These contracts will be listed subject to the rules and regulations of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The new EU…

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September 02, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Russia's currency has now hit all time lows

While the Ruble is breaching government mandated price controls; Russian Central Bank heads are still keen to proceed with plans to remove currency controls which analysts say in the long run with be net positive for the Russian economy

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