Asian Shares Mostly Lower as Investors Await U.S. Jobs Data
October 2nd, 2015
A stronger reading could increase the chances of a rise in U.S. interest rates by year-end Asian stock markets drifted mostly lower Friday, as investors looked to a coming jobs report in the U.S. for clues about when the Federal Reserve ...
U.S. banks moved billions in trades beyond CFTC’s reach
August 24th, 2015
This spring, traders and analysts working deep in the global swaps markets began picking up peculiar readings: Hundreds of billions of dollars of trades by U.S. banks had seemingly vanished. “We saw strange things in the data,” said Chris ...
Electronic Payments Remain Top Priority for Global Companies in Digital, Mobile Age
August 20th, 2015
While companies around the world are taking note of the growing emergence of mobile and digital payment applications, many treasury departments still grapple with the continued existence and enormous cost of paper payments. Clients at the Bank of America ...
Wells Fargo Advisors hires brokers to be in banks
August 18th, 2015
Wells Fargo Advisors’ bank channel, which puts brokers in bank branches, said Monday it hired two brokers, Jane Drew and Timothy Pester. Jane Drew joined Wells Fargo in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 7 from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where ...
FIS to Acquire SunGard, Deepens Enterprise Banking and Capital Markets Solutions
August 13th, 2015
Key facts The combined company will have over $9.2 billion in annual revenues. Upon closing, FIS will be uniquely positioned to offer a broad range of enterprise banking and capital markets solutions to empower financial institutions and businesses worldwide. ...
China Shares Rise but Uncertainty Hovers
July 10th, 2015
Greece inches closer to deal with creditors, but investors are wary of sustained China recovery China shares rose Friday, and other Asian markets made tentative gains, as investors assess whether a recovery in Chinese stocks proves sustainable. The Shanghai ...
Leading Global Banks, Service Providers and Market Infrastructures Create New Hub for End-to-End Margin Processing
July 8th, 2015
Goal is to facilitate compliance with new margin regulations for non-cleared derivatives effective in 2016 Thirteen major global banks, ICAP plc and market infrastructures The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Euroclear have joined forces with AcadiaSoft, Inc. ...
UBS signs whistleblower deal with Brazil to avoid punishments in Forex rigging case
July 7th, 2015
Swiss bank UBS has signed a leniency agreement with Brazilian authorities to avoid punishment in the alleged rigging of the country’s currency market. Local newspaper Valor Econômico reported that UBS signed an agreement with Brazil’s antitrust watchdog, the Council ...
Asian Shares Hold Steady After Greece Defaults
July 1st, 2015
China shares take a break from choppy trading; investors calm as Greece’s default comes as little surprise China’s markets were roughly flat Wednesday as investors took stock of a choppy period of trading over the past two weeks that ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
