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GAIN Capital Announces Monthly Metrics for December 2015
January 12th, 2016
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP, “GAIN” or “the Company”) today reported certain operating metrics for the month of December 2015. Retail Metrics OTC average daily volume1 of $12.6 billion, an increase of 15.2% from November 2015 and 17.3% fromDecember 2014.2 OTC trading volume1 of $276.9 billion, ...
Swiss National Bank expects annual loss of CHF 23 billion
January 11th, 2016
Ordinary profit distribution, thanks to large distribution reserve According to provisional calculations, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will report a loss in the order of CHF 23 billion for the 2015 financial year. The loss on foreign currency positions ...
Commission concludes Belgian “Excess Profit” tax scheme illegal; around €700 million to be recovered from 35 multinational companies
January 11th, 2016
The European Commission has concluded that selective tax advantages granted by Belgium under its “excess profit” tax scheme are illegal under EU state aid rules. The scheme has benefitted at least 35 multinationals mainly from the EU, who must ...
Meet 2016’s Worst Economic Performers Flirting With Disaster
January 11th, 2016
For the world’s worst-performing economies, no good will come from New Year’s resolutions to do better. For many, 2016 will only bring more disappointment, say economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Oil-rich Venezuela will contract by 3.3 percent this year, the ...
The Challenges for the Cypriot Economy for 2016
January 11th, 2016
Assessing the current state of the Cypriot economy one could say that the year 2015 was undoubtedly another difficult year with several problems still remaining unresolved. One could also though add a positive note, that it was the year ...
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 ...
Shanghai drops 5%, Shenzhen down 6.5% in renewed sell-off
January 11th, 2016
Chinese markets extended an already rough start to the year Monday, losing further ground and other Asian markets came along for the ride lower. The Shanghai composite was down as much 5.22 percent in late-afternoon trade, while the Shenzhen Composite shed 6.5 percent. ...
Gold in 2016
January 8th, 2016
Advance signs of a global slump in economic activity emerged in 2015. Furthermore, the dollar’s strength, coupled with widening credit spreads confirms a global tendency for dollar-denominated debt to contract. These developments typically precede an economic and financial crisis ...
CySec imposed more than 2 million in Administrative Fines on Investment firms in 2015
January 8th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has imposed the total of €2,174 million of fines on Cyprus Investment Firms in 2015. In this amount is included a settlement made between CySec and a CIF. The biggest fines were ...
China to be Iran’s top partner in 2016
January 7th, 2016
The expected removal of the nuclear deal opens up new opportunities for Iran. Though the sanctions haven’t lifted yet, many countries and their respective companies have lined up to gain more advantage from the renewal or restoration of economic ...
