In Brief: Gold holds near one-week high ahead of Fed decision
Gold holds near one-week high ahead of Fed decision Gold is trading around $4,340 an ounce on Wednesday, near a one-week high, after gaining more than 6% over the previous four sessions. Two forces are behind the move. Markets are weighing a reported US-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which would ease the […]
The index-inclusion consensus has fractured and the split will outlast the IPO that caused it
For years, the rules that decide when a newly listed company joins a major equity benchmark were dull, shared and largely uncontested. A flurry of mega-IPOs has changed that. Within weeks of each other in 2026, the largest index providers reached opposite conclusions about whether sheer size should buy a company early entry, and the […]
BOJ raises rate to 1% as deputy governor signals more to come
The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate to around 1% from around 0.75% at its meeting concluding on 16 June, the highest level in 31 years and its first increase since December 2025. The decision was announced with Governor Kazuo Ueda absent, currently hospitalised for treatment of a liver cyst infection. Deputy Governor Shinichi […]
BOJ raises rate to 1% as deputy governor signals more to come
The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate to around 1% from around 0.75% at its meeting concluding on 16 June, the highest level in 31 years and its first increase since December 2025. The decision was announced with Governor Kazuo Ueda absent, currently hospitalised for treatment of a liver cyst infection. Deputy Governor Shinichi […]
BOJ raises rate to 1% as deputy governor signals more to come
The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate to around 1% from around 0.75% at its meeting concluding on 16 June, the highest level in 31 years and its first increase since December 2025. The decision was announced with Governor Kazuo Ueda absent, currently hospitalised for treatment of a liver cyst infection. Deputy Governor Shinichi […]
In Brief: Gold holds near one-week high ahead of Fed decision
Gold holds near one-week high ahead of Fed decision Gold is trading around $4,340 an ounce on Wednesday, near a one-week high, after gaining more than 6% over the previous four sessions. Two forces are behind the move. Markets are weighing a reported US-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which would ease the […]
In Brief: Gold holds near one-week high ahead of Fed decision
Gold holds near one-week high ahead of Fed decision Gold is trading around $4,340 an ounce on Wednesday, near a one-week high, after gaining more than 6% over the previous four sessions. Two forces are behind the move. Markets are weighing a reported US-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which would ease the […]
Dubai paper: inside the CFD industry’s rush for UAE licences
A pattern has become impossible to miss in 2026’s broker news flow: barely a month passes without another CFD firm announcing a licence from the UAE’s Capital Market Authority. Kudo.com’s Category 5 approval this month, completing the process started in May, is only the latest entry in a queue that has included some of the industry’s […]
BOJ raises rate to 1% as deputy governor signals more to come
The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate to around 1% from around 0.75% at its meeting concluding on 16 June, the highest level in 31 years and its first increase since December 2025. The decision was announced with Governor Kazuo Ueda absent, currently hospitalised for treatment of a liver cyst infection. Deputy Governor Shinichi […]
SNB keeps policy rate unchanged at 0% in June: What it means for Swiss Franc
The Swiss National Bank (SNB), as widely expected, announced to keep the policy rate unchanged at 0% at the conclusion of the second quarter meeting this Thursday.
