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Swaps Payout Is a Windfall for Funds
January 11th, 2016
Market participants, lawyers will divide up $1.9 billion settlement Here’s another way some Wall Street debt traders are making money: suing. Several hedge funds and other big credit investors are in line for payouts of tens of millions of ...
Asia markets close mixed as China shares turn higher
January 8th, 2016
Asian markets closed mixed Friday after swinging between gains and losses following early volatility in Chinese shares. The Shanghai Composite was up 2.17 percent after trading down as much as 1.89 percent and up as much as 3.32 percent shortly after ...
Dow Tumbles Nearly 400 Points on China Worries
January 8th, 2016
Dow industrials, S&P 500 are off to their worst-ever starts to the year The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 400 points Thursday as steep falls in Chinese equities spilled over to global markets. Thursday’s selloff came after the ...
Lloyds under investigation by FCA over possible market rigging
January 7th, 2016
Reports say investigation into gilts trading is not industry-wide despite recent criticism of regulator for dropping review into culture at major banks The City regulator is investigating whether traders at Lloyds Banking Group manipulated the price of government bonds, in a ...
Standard Chartered among banks in China forex ban – sources
January 7th, 2016
Standard Chartered (STAN.L) is among three lenders that China’s central bank last week suspended from conducting some foreign exchange business until the end of March, two sources with direct knowledge told Reuters on Wednesday. Reuters reported on Dec. 30 ...
China Said to Intervene in Stocks After $590 Billion Selloff
January 5th, 2016
State funds buy after CSI 300 index tumbled 7% on Monday CSRC signals six-month selling ban on major holders to stay China moved to support its sinking stock market as state-controlled funds bought equities and the securities regulator signaled ...
Oil prices volatile after Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran
January 5th, 2016
Oil prices went on a roller-coaster ride Monday after Saudi Arabia and some of its allies severed diplomatic ties with Iran. The rising tension in the Middle East sent crude prices spiking by nearly 3% in early trade before ...
China battles to shore up stocks, yuan after globe-shaking slide
January 5th, 2016
China moved to shore up shaky sentiment on Tuesday a day after its stock indexes and yuan currency tumbled, rattling markets worldwide, but analysts warned investors to buckle up for more wild price swings. Stocks fell more than 2 ...
China Halts Stock Trading After 7% Rout Triggers Circuit Breaker
January 4th, 2016
Weak manufacturing data, end to share-sale ban sparked rout Stocks in Hong Kong extend retreat after mainland halt The worst-ever start to a year for Chinese shares triggered a trading halt in more than $7 trillion of equities, futures ...
China cracks whip on foreign banks with forex shut-out
January 4th, 2016
* Beijing targets “aggressive” trading to stem capital flows * Also wants to narrow onshore-offshore yuan gap * China-based banker says “easy-money” arbitrage days now gone Chinese authorities are starting to police the nation’s foreign exchange market in a ...
