The Euro-dollar market* had caused many changes to the modern financial world in which, the open competitive effect of the international money market caused the liberalization by almost all industrialized countries of domestic money and banking markets. The market acted as a fully international mechanism for attracting deposits and offering loans, over a broad range … Read more
THE HISTORY OF THE EURODOLLAR MARKET IN THE 1960s (A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT) Introduction The Euro-dollar market* was in fact, and is indeed today, an international wholesale market in money, involving Euro-sterling and other national currencies such as Swiss franc and to a lesser degree the other major European currencies. This paper will briefly … Read more
Good afternoon, there has been a fair amount of discussion on the wires this morning as to robust ability of the coalition’s austerity budget in the currency markets from Moneycorp, Currencies Direct, Voltrex and TorFX. Today is primarily a continuation of yesterday’s feelings towards the UK and the Euroland. It is the turn of the … Read more
We continue our daily look at factors affecting currencies allowing some insight into market conditions affecting exchange rates. Cash and income timing for UK Pensions and QROPS should be considered to maximise the Pension, QROPS and investment income and benefits taken. Investment market volatility and currency exchange remains a challenge. Things are still very volatile … Read more
UK TAX POLICY AND THE EURO-DOLLAR MARKET * A. Introduction The view of the UK Treasury and the Inland Revenue was that, the way was now open for the nationalised industries and the local authorities to borrow in this way, if the UK wanted this to happen, and that the Boards and authorities … Read more