India’s exchanges spar for dominance in hot derivatives market
India’s top stock exchanges are luring investors with new products and lower fees as they battle for a share of the hot but fledgling derivatives market, in turn fuelling a…
EU exchanges to be made to share trading data to compete with UK
European Union stock exchanges will be forced to hand over data on market transactions on a single “tape” for investors to spot the cheapest deals and help the bloc compete…
Cyber threat grows for bitcoin exchanges
When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cyber theft - the…
Hong Kong-Shenzhen stock link no quick fix for MSCI entry
Connecting the giant stock markets of Hong Kong and Shenzhen is unlikely to fast-track the inclusion of Chinese shares in a major investment benchmark index as foreign access to China's…
Pakistan stock exchange: a quantum leap for pakistan’s capital market
On January11, 2016, the three stock exchanges of Pakistan will merge to become the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The unification of Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE), Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) with…
China pays a price to avert stock market crash
China's Communist government has averted a stock market crash - for now - but it will take the world's second-largest economy longer to repair tarnished reform credentials and investment sentiment…
Capital suggestion: Future of finance
The estimated total market capitalization of all the stock exchanges in the world is approximately $110 trillion. The largest exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ,…
How the elite add to the climate mess
Sweltering heat and unbearable temperatures in several parts of the world have once again forced millions of environmentalists to pressure policymakers into coming up with agendas that might address this…
It’s all the same
Socialist countries have often been accused of following one-party rule, banning other parties from participating in politics. In the past, the Soviet Union and several other communist countries established the…
After the IMF tranche
On December 16, 2021 at a Hamdard University seminar where Dr Miftah Ismail was another speaker, I had said that Pakistan as a state is no longer a ‘going concern’.…
