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FINMA issues public warning
January 19th, 2015
FINMA, the Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority, issues public warning concerning information provided by the following companies: Alpen Asset Management Trust Sàrl, Geneva, API Premiere Swiss Trust AG, Zurich Contrary to the information provided by the above companies neither ...
Leucadia is investing $300 million in cash into FXCM to Permit FXCM to Continue
January 19th, 2015
Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK) and FXCM (NYSE: FXCM) announced that Leucadia would be providing $300 million in cash to FXCM and its subsidiaries (collectively “FXCM”) that will permit FXCM to meet its regulatory-capital requirements and continue normal operations ...
CySec requests further information from CIFs after the recent move on Swiss Franc
January 19th, 2015
The recent move on the Swiss Franc has urgent CySec to ask information from the investment firms under its supervision, on the impact of the move on their business. With a circular, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) ...
GFG Weekly Market Insight – 2015: The Year of Massive Market Volatility? (week 12 Jan 2015)
January 16th, 2015
We continue to believe that one of the big themes to play out in the financial markets in 2015 will be increasing multi-asset class volatility. Reasons to think this may be the case include: (1) the bullish chart technicals ...
Investors fear global economy slowdown
January 16th, 2015
US stocks were traded lower on Thursday for the fifth consecutive time. Investors are concerned over global economy slowdown, which indicates a plunge in world crude oil prices, and fear that the results of American earnings reports wouldn’t meet ...
Swissquote builds provisions following the decision of the SNB
January 16th, 2015
The surprising decision from the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to remove the 1.20 floor on the EUR/CHF has consequences on Swissquote Bank. Many clients were following the confirmed longstanding strategy from the SNB and were anticipating a weakening of the Swiss Franc against the ...
FXTM Announce on CHF Pairs
January 16th, 2015
Trading on CHF Pairs Switches to “Close-Only” Mode Following SNB Shock Decision The Swiss National Bank’s decision to abandon the franc’s cap against the euro just days after officials stated that this policy is as concrete as ever, sent ...
Goldman Sachs Trade Was Caught Short by Swiss Bank Move
January 16th, 2015
The Swiss move to scrap the floor that kept its currency’s strength in check against the euro caught most people by complete surprise. Among them: Goldman Sachs GS -0.97%. One of its key trading ideas for 2015 has been ...
London Capital Group Statement on Swiss Franc movement
January 16th, 2015
Following yesterday’s announcement by the Swiss National Bank, which resulted in extreme movement in the value of the Swiss Franc, and a sudden reduced liquidity in the Swiss Franc foreign exchange market, London Capital Group provides an update on ...
FxPro Announcement regarding CHF Movement
January 16th, 2015
FxPro Group announces that negative balances resulting from yesterday’s extreme market conditions on CHF crosses have not affected the funds of our clients. All such losses were borne solely by the capital the company places as collateral with its ...
