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UBS Unit to Pay More Than $2.9 Million to Investors in Puerto Rico
September 2nd, 2015
Bank’s wealth-management unit ordered to pay two investors for losses tied to island’s municipal bonds UBS AG’s wealth-management unit was ordered to pay more than $2.9 million to two investors in Puerto Rico for losses tied to funds holding ...
Morgan Stanley: Central Banks Are Playing a Game of Chess That Results in an Endless Cycle of Easing
September 2nd, 2015
The struggle for inflation is real and strategic After the European Central Bank decided to initiate an asset purchasing program, President Mario Draghi reportedly elected to unwind with a game of chess on his iPad during the plane ride back to ...
In The Month Of September 2015 We Officially Enter The Danger Zone
September 1st, 2015
Is September 2015 going to be one of the most important months in modern American history? When I issued my first ever “red alert” for the last six months of 2015 back in June, I was particularly concerned with ...
Interactive Data Launches Best Execution Service for Fixed Income Transactions
September 1st, 2015
Continuous Fixed Income Evaluated Pricing Powers Execution Quality Measurement for Bond Trades Interactive Data, a leading, trusted provider of fixed-income evaluated pricing, today announced the launch of its patent-pending Best Execution (Best Ex) service for the fixed income markets. ...
How Many Hedge Funds Will Die Next Year? (Answer: A Ton)
August 31st, 2015
For those who keep hearing about hedge funds but aren’t quite sure what they are: Think mutual fund with no rules. A hedge fund is an investment company that can do pretty much anything, from shorting currencies to betting ...
Why Saudi Arabia Won’t Cut Oil Production
August 27th, 2015
Nine months after OPEC decided to leave its production target unchanged and pursue market share instead of trying to prop up prices, the group is facing a set of complex problems and decisions going forward. At first blush, the ...
CFTC Issues Orders of Foreign Board of Trade Registration to Permit Direct Access for ICE Futures Canada, Inc. and Montréal Exchange Inc.
August 27th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) announced today that it has issued Orders of Registration to ICE Futures Canada, Inc. (ICEFC), a Foreign Board of Trade located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and Montréal Exchange Inc. (MX), a Foreign ...
ECB’s economist says bank will act to combat China, oil impact on inflation target
August 26th, 2015
The risk has increased that the European Central Bank won’t get inflation back up to where it wants, the bank’s chief economist said on Wednesday, pledging to beef up its anti-deflation asset-buying programme if necessary. Peter Praet, who is ...
Swiss issuers to weather forex storm
August 26th, 2015
The ‘Swiss Credit Handbook 2015’ published today by Credit Suisse contains the credit profiles of the most important Swiss issuers and participants in the Swiss franc capital market. Assessments of the creditworthiness of the different entities covered by Credit Suisse credit ...
Global Markets to Fed: No Rate Hike, the Strong Dollar Is Killing Us
August 25th, 2015
Global markets are puking at the prospect of higher yields in the U.S. There are many reasons for global markets to melt down, but one that doesn’t get enough attention is the strong dollar. In effect, global markets are ...
