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Banks May Get Extra Time to Soften Up EU Financial-Market Rules
November 11th, 2015
European Commission considers postponing MiFID II start date Delay isn’t set in stone, European Parliament’s Ferber says Financial companies pushing back against Europe’s post-crisis market rule book for the past five years may get more time to chip away ...
CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
UBS Asset Management launches QDLP business in China
November 6th, 2015
UBS Asset Management has set up a wholly-owned foreign enterprise (WFOE) in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone to launch private funds in China for investing in overseas markets under the Qualified Domestic Limited Partner (QDLP) scheme. UBS Asset Management ...
Visa Inc. to Acquire Visa Europe
November 2nd, 2015
Further to the released published today: Visa To Keep UK Presence After BoE Steps In, the company has just announced a definitive agreement for Visa Inc. to acquire Visa Europe. Strategic Acquisition to Create One Global Company That Further Extends Visa’s ...
Euronext expands global reach to Hong Kong
October 30th, 2015
Regulatory approval given for Hong Kong domiciled trading firms to become Members of the Euronext Paris derivatives market Euronext today announced that it has received approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“HKSFC”) to provide automated trading ...
FINRA warns that trading Binary Options can be extremely risky
October 27th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a new Investor Alert, Binary Options: These All-Or-Nothing Options Are All-Too-Often Fraudulent. FINRA published the alert to warn investors that trading binary options can be extremely risky. Unlike other types of options ...
ICE to acquire Interactive Data Corporation for $5.2 Billion
October 27th, 2015
Intercontinental Exchange to acquire Interactive Data Corporation from Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus in $5.2 Billion cash and stock transaction October 28 investor call set to review ICE’s third quarter 2015 results and IDC transaction details Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), ...
MiFID II – the road ahead
October 22nd, 2015
The financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the financial regulator of UK, has published a Speech by David Lawton, Director of Markets Policy and International, FCA, delivered at the FCA MiFID II Conference, London. David Lawton, Director of Markets Policy and ...
MNB warns for INTERACTIVE LTD
October 19th, 2015
The Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) has issued a press release to inform public regarding an unauthorised firm with the name INTERACTIVE LTD. Specific, MNB informs that: INTERACTIVE LTD. (former Interactive Brokerage Ltd. and Global Markets Ltd.) (1) Street: ...
Oil Market Showdown: Can Russia Outlast The Saudis?
October 19th, 2015
“Two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter…” Oil consuming countries will celebrate the first anniversary of the Saudi decision to let market forces determine prices. This decision set crude prices on ...
