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Dollar slips but poised for winning week on March Fed rate hike bets
March 3rd, 2017
The dollar slipped on Friday but remained on track for a solid weekly gain on growing expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its mid-March meeting, which led to a rise in U.S. Treasury yields. The ...
CBOE Holdings Announces Close of Acquisition of Bats Global Markets
March 1st, 2017
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today said the company completed its acquisition of Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) on Tuesday, February 28, in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion (based on the closing price ...
Gain Capital Successfully Transfers Former FXCM U.S. Retail Customers To FOREX.com
February 28th, 2017
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) (“GAIN” or “the Company”), a global provider of online trading services, announced that it has successfully migrated the former customers of FXCM‘s U.S. business to GAIN’S retail brand FOREX.com (www.forex.com). Over the weekend, GAIN ...
U.S. oil ticks up for 2nd day on record OPEC output cut compliance
February 28th, 2017
U.S. crude oil edged higher for a second day on Tuesday, underpinned by high compliance with OPEC’s production cuts even as the market remains anchored by rising U.S. production. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has so ...
Global (economic) warming
February 26th, 2017
If the economy was on its uppers, Trumpenomics could be reasonably compared with Reaganomics. But that is not the case. The economy is operating close to capacity, ….any further fiscal and monetary expansion will begin to create …. economic ...
Global brokerage BGC Partners pays $90,000 penalty
February 23rd, 2017
BGC Partners (Australia) Pty Limited (“BGC”) has paid a total penalty of $90,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (“MDP”). The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that BGC had contravened subsection 798H(1) ...
Asia Stocks Slump as Dovish Fed Minutes Spur Yen: Markets Wrap
February 23rd, 2017
S&P 500 falls for second time in 11 sessions after record high Yen strengthens, dollar higher against most other major peers Asian equities followed U.S. stocks lower, with Japanese shares slipping after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting ...
Crude oil rises after report shows drop in stockpiles
February 23rd, 2017
Oil futures climbed nearly 1 percent on Thursday after data showed a surprise decline in U.S. crude stocks as imports fell, supporting the view that a global glut is ending. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude April contract CLc1 ...
Asia Stocks Gain Even as Topix Swings, Yen Rises: Markets Wrap
February 22nd, 2017
U.S. currency slipped earlier on Fed official’s rates comment Chinese shares in Hong Kong resume rally; oil extends gains Asian stocks rose as markets from Hong Kong to Singapore followed a rally in the U.S. The dollar pared earlier ...
Fidessa appoints Chris Monnery to head its Electronic Execution business in the US
February 22nd, 2017
Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced a key new appointment for its sell-side business: Chris Monnery is now the US Head of Product Marketing for Electronic Execution. He is based in New York and reports to David Polen, ...
