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Wednesday December 17: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Indices
December 17th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for December 17, 2014 The S&P 500 rallied in the early session but found resistance in the 2020 area which put the bears back in action to push the index back below the 2000 mark. ...
Russia’s central bank sent an order to MOEX to halt trading in certain instruments – Exchanges Snapshot
December 17th, 2014
International Securities Exchange halted trading on its ISE and ISE Gemini options exchanges due to connectivity issues, resulting in several U.S. options exchanges to declare “self-help” against them, Reuters reported. Intercontinental Exchange warned that EU lawmakers’ plans to open ...
Australian dollar unexpectedly falls to four-year low; local market posts first modest gain in over a week
December 17th, 2014
The Australian dollar fell suddenly and inexplicably this afternoon, taking the currency below 82 US cents for the first time in more than four years. The dollar fell more than 0.5 cents against the greenback after lunch, with analysts ...
Grant Thornton resigns Quarto audit over conflict of issue and Deloitte duly took over with immediate effect
December 17th, 2014
DELOITTE has scooped the audit account of international publishing group Quarto from incumbent firm Grant Thornton following a conflict of interest issue. Quarto’s directors announced the move to the stock market following the emergence of a conflict of interest ...
European shares resume slide as Russia fears persist
December 17th, 2014
European shares fell in early trading on Wednesday, reversing part of the previous day’s tentative bounce, hurt by a further drop in oil prices and Russia’s brewing financial crisis. At 0807 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European ...
Alts fund manager Daniel Thibeault arrested in securities fraud
December 17th, 2014
The FBI accused GL Capital Partners CEO of creating fictitious loans to divert $12.6 million in assets to business accounts A prominent alternative fund manager in Waltham, Mass., was arrested on securities fraud charges last week after the FBI ...
Improvements needed in CRAs surveillance of structured finance credit ratings
December 17th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a report on the findings of its investigation into the way credit rating agencies (CRA) conduct surveillance of their structured finance credit ratings. The investigation, which took place between October ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
December 17th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against “Keystone Corporate Group” (www.keystonecorporategrp.com). The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with this company, since is not permitted to provide any financial ...
EZE software, provider of investment technology announced integration between execution management system and order management system
December 17th, 2014
Eze Software Group, a premier provider of global investment technology, today announced that they have completed an advanced integration between their best-of-breed execution management system (EMS) and order management system (OMS), combining critical trading and compliance workflows across its ...
Plunging Ruble Unsettles Russians, Poses Test for Putin
December 17th, 2014
As Russian President Vladimir Putin has ratcheted up the conflict with the West for most of the year, the economic fallout on ordinary Russians has been limited. Suddenly, though, the plunging ruble is reawakening fears of rising prices and ...
