Democratic Republic of Congo’s inflation rate will fall to a target of 15 percent by the end of the year despite new figures that put it at more than twice that, its central bank has said. The bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) said annualised inflation was 38.7 percent in the second week of February, down…
It is Sunday evening in Warsaw. People are still enjoying their weekends in big malls and fancy restaurants across the city and commuters are crowded on the roads to the city. Most of the sky-scraper aspirants in the centre are still asleep but there are few lights already on at the Warsaw City Gate building….
The financial crisis has deeply affected the modus operandi of all the main players in the markets and raised new questions for policy makers and regulators. These questions regard, on the one hand, how to handle the crisis itself, and on the other hand, how to remove the structural imbalances, both at macro and micro…
As a global supplier of transaction services, Neonet’s mission is to simplify global trading, enabling their clients to capitalise on increased trade fragmentation and new technical opportunities. Based in Sweden, the company was established in 1996, with growing operations also conducted across the UK, Italy and Germany, as well as the US. The company is…
Esignal, long known for its reliable, comprehensive data offering, puts the information crucial to negotiating the futures market together with the tools that make the data come to life. Reliable, fast, streaming, real-time futures, stock, options and forex prices come from the world’s markets, including approximately 150 North and South American, European, African and Asian…
With advanced technological infrastructures, including the ever-growing network of branches, Marfin Popular Bank Group is equipped with officers assisting the group’s vision to become one of the largest and most successful banking organisations in Southeast Europe. Marfin Egnatia Bank (MEB) is part of Marfin Popular Bank Group, which also owns the second largest bank in…
Back in 2000, when internet access was a fledgling market in Egypt, the founders of Sigma Securities were ahead of the financial services market in launching the first online trading platform. Today, Sigma remains at the forefront of online brokerage in Egypt through its ongoing investment in its people and technology. Sigma offers the full…
France’s biggest listed bank BNP Paribas took fewer bad debt provisions than expected in the fourth quarter, helping it beat profit forecasts, and said these charges would be lower again in 2010. BNP struck a relatively confident note despite the economic uncertainty clouding the banking industry. Its profit was up on the previous quarter and…
The spoken word started civilisation, the printed word started industrialisation, and the internet started the information age. Today, the world is open for businesses, as the internet has fundamentally reshaped international markets and brought the vision of a global economy to fruition. The internet has brought us closer for we no longer live estranged and…
Buying a self-storage facility is a lot harder than you think – particularly if you want to make money. There are some basic traits that separate winning facilities from losers, and that genetic code is hard to break.There are many people who will tell you all about how to buy a self-storage facility, in order…
