25 July, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on These Asian banks are set to gain on a property boom
These Asian banks are set to gain on a property boom
The increase in home buying activity in Singapore has boosted demand for loans, which may be a key earnings driver for the country’s three banks this year.
25 July, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on More from RBA’s Lowe: Today’s CPI data in line with Bank expectations
More from RBA’s Lowe: Today’s CPI data in line with Bank expectations
Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Lowe in the Q&A
following his earlier speech
– CPI data in like with our expectations
– Bank liason suggests current slow rate of wages growth to remain for a while
25 July, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Singapore Startup Launches Cryptocurrency Debit Card
Singapore Startup Launches Cryptocurrency Debit Card
A Singapore startup called TenX has designed a Visa card capable of debiting users’ cryptocurrency wallets, allowing them to pay for goods at brick-and-motor merchants with bitcoin, Ethereum and a handful of other digital currencies, according to Bloomberg.
The question now is: Will anybody use it?
25 July, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Quant Manager Acadian Hires Roemer As Portfolio Manager
Quant Manager Acadian Hires Roemer As Portfolio Manager
Boston-based quantitative investment manager Acadian Asset Management has hired former Allianz Global Investors small-cap specialist Mark Roemer as a vice president in its London office.
25 July, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The "Who’s Who" Of Today’s Modern Jihadi Terrorist Groups
The "Who’s Who" Of Today’s Modern Jihadi Terrorist Groups
According to this Intel Center list, there are currently 43 worldwide terrorist groups which have pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the Islamic State. I started wondering how many of those were active, how many weren’t covered by that list, and what was the most recent documented activity of each. Hence this list.
25 July, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Amazon and the Strange Case of the Zillow Stock Selloff
Amazon and the Strange Case of the Zillow Stock Selloff
Don’t believe everything you read, and most importantly, don’t believe everything you read on the internet. Here is a tale of what can happen when a rumor, unconfirmed by either Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) or Zillow (NASDAQ: ZG) (NASDAQ: Z), is taken up by social media as fact, and is used to buy or sell a stock.
The result can ruin a portfolio.
Image source: Zillow Group.
25 July, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Chinese military sets up hi-tech weapons agency
Chinese military sets up hi-tech weapons agency
China created a steering committee early this year to develop state-of-the-art equipment, the SCMP reports.