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When do markets close on New Year’s Eve?
December 31st, 2014
Virtually all major markets around the world will be shut on New Year’s Day, but U.S. stock traders can forget about popping any early afternoon corks on New Year’s Eve. Both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will ...
Fund board severs ties with Thibeault after arrest
December 31st, 2014
Alt fund manager accused of creating fictitious loans no longer has access to the GL Beyond Income Fund The small financial services empire of Daniel Thibeault, a well-known asset manager who was arrested earlier this month on charges of ...
Swiss Franc Falls Against Most Majors
December 31st, 2014
The Swiss franc weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Wednesday. The Swiss franc fell to nearly a 2-week low of 1.5397 against the pound, from yesterday’s closing quote of 1.5382. Against the euro and the ...
Singapore’s Stock Exchange Looks to Make Trading More Attractive for Individuals
December 31st, 2014
Singapore Exchange Ltd. (SGX) is looking to individual investors to boost Southeast Asia’s biggest stock market after trading volume this year tumbled the most since the 2008 global financial crisis. The bourse will cut the standard lot size for ...
FINRA Sanctions Monex Securities Inc. $1.3 Million for Failing to Register and Supervise Foreign Personnel
December 31st, 2014
Firm’s President Fined and Suspended The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has ordered Monex Securities Inc. to pay $1,100,000 in disgorgement of commissions, plus interest, obtained by unregistered foreign individuals who sold securities on the ...
Currencies: The Best and the Worst investment in 2014
December 30th, 2014
Best: The U.S. Dollar Every major currency fell against the U.S. dollar in 2014. The euro dropped 11%, the Japanese Yen fell almost 12% and the British pound dropped 5.6%. Of non-U.S. currencies, the Indian Rupee did best, down ...
U.S.-Listed ETF Assets Break $2 Trillion Mark
December 30th, 2014
“It took 18 years for ETFs to reach $1 trillion and three years for it to reach the additional $1 trillion,” says SSGA’s David Mazza. Assets invested in U.S.-listed exchange-trade funds/exchange-traded products reached the $2 trillion milestone. ETFGI is ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
December 30th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “Granfeld Wealth Management Ltd.“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under ...
Crude oil, one of the worst investment of 2014
December 30th, 2014
Opec’s refusal to cut production sent the price of oil down below $60 a barrel Performance in 2014: -45.1% What happened? After hitting a peak of around $115.71 on 19 June, Brent crude oil began to slide. By September, ...
Europe ‘must do more to tackle tax dodging’
December 30th, 2014
Labour MEPs are pushing the European Commission to do more to tackle tax avoidance – a subject that has plagued Commisison President Jean-Claude Juncker – and to come forward with concrete legislation that will clamp down on this pernicious ...
