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Liquidnet Named No.1 Global Broker for Equities Operational Performance
February 3rd, 2015
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, announced that it has once again been named the #1 Global Broker for Equities Operational Performance as part of the 2014 McLagan Survey of Operational Performance of Brokers. This marks the seventh ...
Spotware Systems Ltd announcement for its platform
February 3rd, 2015
Spotware Systems Ltd issued a press release to announce that: Its highly anticipated mirror-trading platform “cMirror” has now gone live. For the past year, traders around the world were only capable of using the platform in demo mode as ...
ICAP to face EU fine over yen cartels
February 3rd, 2015
ICAP faces an EU fine this week for allegedly facilitating cartels on yen-denominated inter-rate benchmarks, as Brussels tackles the holdouts in rate-rigging probes that have already resulted in about €1.7bn in penalties. The world’s largest interdealer broker has strongly ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
February 3rd, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against: ‘Globus Capital Associates Limited (GCAL)’ Address: Globus Capital Associates Limited (GCAL), Level 3 207 Regent Street, London W1B 3HH Website: https://www.globuscapitallimited.com Email: support@globuscapitallimited.com The warning recommends that the ...
Greek markets cheer renewed optimism around debt deal
February 3rd, 2015
Greek markets rallied this morning, after an apparent easing of tensions over the country’s bailout programme thanks to a debt swap programme devised by new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. The Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) jumped as much as 7.7 ...
Markets advance as oil rebounds
February 3rd, 2015
US markets recorded solid gains on Monday after a choppy trading session as investor sentiment improved with rebounding oil prices. Energy sector shares led the gains. Markets discounted disappointing economic news. The ISM report showed that manufacturing activity slowed ...
Ireland Announces New Tax Amnesty Terms
February 2nd, 2015
The Irish tax authority, the Revenue Commissioners, has confirmed that taxpayers who have engaged in certain tax avoidance transactions may avail themselves of a new settlement opportunity, which is to be offered until June 30. Legislation was contained in ...
Russian Central Bank Defends Its Independence After Surprise Rate Cut
February 2nd, 2015
Ruble Slides Lower Against the Dollar The Bank of Russia has defended its independence after Friday’s surprise cut in interest rates raised concerns about the influence of the Kremlin, industrialists and bankers over the central bank’s policy. Amid complaints ...
Alstom Gets Break on Fine
February 2nd, 2015
Court Granted Delay in $772 Million Payment Because of Possible Business Impact When the U.S. Justice Department announced a record $772 million foreign-bribery settlement with Alstom SA in December, there was a hitch: The French engineering company couldn’t pay ...
EBS to unveil a cutting-edge, next generation integrated trading platform
February 2nd, 2015
EBS, ICAP’s market-leading electronic FX business, with an announcement today, releases that: It will be unveiling a cutting-edge, integrated trading platform cutting-edge, next generation integrated trading platform. Pushing the boundaries of FX innovation, customers will have a fully integrated ...
