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Financial Blog Corliss Group Lenders Fear Spread of Chinese Commodities Fraud Case - 2 views

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    Large banks and trading firms are frantically trying to determine whether they have fallen victim to a suspected commodities fraud emanating from the giant Qingdao Port in northeast China. Citigroup and several other large Western banks are concerned that their loans may lack the appropriate collateral, big stockpiles of copper and aluminum at the port. The banks have inspectors on the ground who are trying to assess whether enough of the metals are there. The worry stems from suspicions that a Chinese companies pledged the same collateral for multiple loans. Chinese authorities are investigating the matter. The case could have broad repercussions for the commodities market and the Chinese economy. Banks have funneled billions of dollars into the Chinese economy through these murky transactions, and commodities prices have been falling over concerns that such lending will dry up. Western banks, including Citigroup, are bracing for any potential fallout. Just months ago, Citigroup fell victim to a multimillion-dollar fraud in Mexico. If the Qingdao developments harm the bank, regulators and shareholders are likely to press it to explain why its controls had failed again. Chinese companies are at risk, too.
Gerald Hussen

Corliss Online Group Financial Mag: Can Hong Kong Solve Scotland's Currency 'Fankle'? - 1 views

Scottish nationalists are in a quandary: how to dissolve the three-century bond with the United Kingdom while preserving their monetary link with the British pound. And Hong Kong may provide the a...

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Gerald Hussen

China money market rates soar to 4-month high - 1 views

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    October 30, Wednesday, China's money market rates pointed on to a four-month high, a day following the country's central bank instill funds into the market to relieve worries that it was preparing to considerably constrict credit situation. The seven-day report rate, observed as a key measure of confidence to lend in the interbank markets, rose to around 5.59 percent - up about 64 basis points from the prior day. Analysts said that the jump in rates was seasonal in nature and at this stage were not too concerned about a repeat of events in June when a surge in money market rates fueled fears of a credit crunch in the world's number two economy. They further mentioned that liquidity infused into the market this week had not been huge enough to shove overnight lending rates considerably lower. On Tuesday via an open market operation, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) infused 13 billion yuan ($2.13 billion) into money markets. "Liquidity remains tight and the repo operation yesterday was small," said Nizam Idris, managing director, head of strategy, fixed income and currencies atMacquarie Bank. "China is still in the process of fine-tuning rates." Chris Weston, chief market strategist at trading firm IG, added: "Month end is coming up and of course tax implications are being blamed for higher rates." No fear With the benchmark Shanghai Composite stock index up 0.75 percent in afternoon Asia trade, Chinese markets became visible to take the spike in money market rates in stride. Analysts put this down to assumptions that the PBOC would approach into the market with better injections of cash to alleviate any doubts that it was geting ready to constrict monetary conditions in a big way. On Tuesday and Thursday, the PBOC usually carry out reverse-repurchase operations, an opportunity for it to inject liquidity into Chinese money markets. "They [PBOC policymakers] will probably provide liquidity on Thursday - at this point they don't wa
Polen Scalabrine

Corliss Group Online Financial Mag: 6 investing dos and don'ts for 2014 - 1 views

Successful investing depends a lot on timing. You want your money to be in the right place at the right time in order to obtain the best results. Take Japan for example. For years, the Tokyo marke...

Corliss Group Online Financial Mag 6 investing dos and don'ts for 2014

started by Polen Scalabrine on 21 Jan 14 no follow-up yet
Yelena Jakov

Tokyo investors focus on US debt woes by Corliss Online Financial Mag - 1 views

http://www.skynews.com.au/businessnews/article.aspx?id=912230 Tokyo investors will stay focused on the US government shutdown next week, as fears grow it could lead to a devastating debt default a...

corliss online financial mag Tokyo investors focus on US debt woes

started by Yelena Jakov on 07 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
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