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ING Bank Reaches Agreement

U.S. Department of the Treasury

ING Bank announced today that it has entered into a Settlement Agreement with U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Deferred Prosecution Agreements with the Department of Justice, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the District Attorney of the County of New York (together the “U.S. Authorities”) in relation to the investigation by those agencies into compliance with U.S. economic sanctions and U.S. dollar payment practices until 2007.          [Read more…]

SA economic outlook modest

South Africa Reserve Bank

South Africa Reserve Bank

Pretoria – South Africa’s economic outlook remains modest, says the Reserve Bank in its Monetary Policy Review (MPR).

“The economic outlook for South Africa remains modest with a gradual recovery in domestic demand and supply expected, barring further international turbulence,” said the central bank as it released the MPR on Tuesday. [Read more…]

New World Bank president wants alignment

World Bank - Dr Jim Yong Kim

World Bank - Dr Jim Yong Kim

Pretoria – Newly appointed World Bank president Dr Jim Yong Kim will seek a new alignment of the World Bank group with a rapidly changing world.

The bank announced on Monday that it had selected the Korean-American global health expert to become its next president following the resignation of Robert Zoellick, whose term ends in June. [Read more…]

China GDP Slows

China Economy slows

China Economy slows

China is slowing. Now the second-largest economy, the East Asian giant has to ease its pace to keep from stumbling in its quest for prosperity. The National Bureau for Statistics released numbers today showing annual GDP growth in Q1 2012 of 8.1%, a continuation of the two-year slowing trend that follows the post-crisis rebound. [Read more…]

No asset can be viewed as truly safe

Global Financial Crisis

Global Financial Crisis

Washington – The global financial crisis and concern about debt levels in many advanced economies showed no asset could be viewed as truly safe, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday. [Read more…]

Chief must understand global challenges

The World Bank

The World Bank

Washington – The new World Bank chief should have a keen understanding of major global development challenges and facilitate solutions to those critical problems, a US expert has said. [Read more…]

Modest growth predicted in 2012

The Global Economy

The Global Economy

Mexico City – Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 (G20) nations expect modest growth this year as downside risks continue to threaten the global economy. [Read more…]

MahiFX Unveils New FX Trading Platform

MahiFX new FX Trading Platform

MahiFX new FX Trading Platform

MahiFX vision, values, technology and functionality combine to offer retail FX investors enhanced trading experience. 

MahiFX, the new proprietary-built foreign exchange (FX) trading platform, was officially unveiled at a launch held on the 2nd February at 30 St. Mary Axe in the City of London. The MahiFX browser-based platform will open for trading to retail FX investors on the 20th February. [Read more…]

Credit Risk In Most Countries

Worldwide Construction

Worldwide Construction

The situation of companies in the construction sector closely reflects the world, regional and national economic trends. At a time when the world economy is characterized by divergences between countries, with a recession in the euro zone, there are significant disparities between countries and subsectors. The construction sector was badly hit by the 2009 crisis, and a large number of payment incidents were still occurring in 2011. [Read more…]

EU leaders struggle

EU leaders struggle

EU leaders struggle

European leaders struggled to reconcile austerity with growth on Monday at a summit due to approve a permanent rescue fund for the euro zone and put finishing touches to a German-driven pact for stricter budget discipline. [Read more…]