. Marcuard's Market update by GaveKal Research As China’s leaders in recent weeks have laid out an ambitious agenda for market-driven economic reforms, one element has been strangely lacking: urbanisation. Premier Li
. By Rakis Christoforou BBA, CPA/ABV/CFF, MCSI, CGMA, ACFE Under the current economic conditions, businesses are experiencing declines in income and cash flow. As a result, many businesses are seeking to reduce
. Privatisation: Governance should take centre stage – Troika says privatisation will usher a new era of professionalism and competition that will benefit the customer By Petros Florides Despite the Memorandum of
. Is the crowd wrong? It isn’t… not always By Andreas Tserkezos Candidate Certified Financial Technician (CFTe) Technical Analysis & Research Department – YESFX LTD www.yesfx.com.cy Regarding Humphrey Neil, the crowd is
. Marcuard's Market update by GaveKal Research In the good old days, a US economic rebound would be an unambiguous, no-brainer buy signal for global assets in general, and high-beta Asian assets
. The recent provocation by the Turkish research vessel Barbarosa off the south-western coast of Cyprus has shown, once again, how vulnerable our navy-less island is, while our “friends” in the EU do
. By George Selinsky A new proprietary trading business model popularised in the United States might provide a solid source of revenue for the struggling Cypriot Forex industry without radically altering a
. What’s the reasoning behind Japan’s stimulus? By Oren Laurent President, Banc De Binary The Japanese cabinet approved an 18.6 trln yen ($182 bln) package on Thursday to bolster the economy, amid
. By Christakis Christofides The controversial “haircut” of depositors’ funds held in Cyprus’s two largest banks, although unfair, at least compensated the fund-holders with Bank of Cyprus shares of equal face value
. Now that the centre-right Democratic Party has a new leader, it remains to be seen if the civil servant-dominated political group will change its mind on the privatisation of government services