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European stocks climb to 3-month high
May 8th, 2018
European stocks closed higher on Monday, boosted by a round of well-received earnings reports and an advance for heavyweight Nestlé after the consumer goods giant announced a deal to sell Starbucks products world-wide. A weaker euro after disappointing German ...
CME Group to acquire NEX Group plc, bringing together cash, futures and OTC Marketplaces
March 30th, 2018
CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) and NEX Group plc (NXG.L) today announced that they have reached an agreement in which CME Group will acquire NEX in a transaction valued at £10 per share, consisting of 500 pence in cash ...
European stocks end higher as Wall Street extends its rally
February 27th, 2018
European stocks closed in the green Monday, with investors starting the week in the mood to take on risk following Friday’s rally on Wall Street, and as U.S. stocks extended their march higher. How markets are trading The Stoxx ...
FX Volatility Sparks Trading Surge With Signs of More to Come
February 13th, 2018
The past week’s financial-market turbulence is keeping foreign-exchange traders busy, boosting volumes along with volatility. Price swings in the $5.1-trillion a day currency market have jumped this month to the highest since November 2016 on a monthly basis, according ...
European markets were slightly lower Monday morning
January 29th, 2018
European markets were slightly lower Monday morning, as investors monitored fresh economic data and corporate earnings. The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged down around 0.2 percent during mid-morning deals, with sectors and major bourses pointing in opposite directions. Europe’s banking ...
Forget bitcoin, its fourth-biggest rival is up nearly 5,800 percent this year
December 13th, 2017
Litecoin, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency in the world by value, has hit a record high and rallied nearly 5,800 percent this year, beating rival bitcoin’s rise. The price of litecoin reached an all-time high of $255.42 on Tuesday, according to industry website ...
Europe Markets: Bank Rally Helps Lift European Stocks To Highest Finish In 3 Weeks
November 30th, 2017
European stocks closed at a nearly three-week high on Wednesday, boosted by a rally in the region’s bank shares a day after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman-nominee Jerome Powell said he hopes to ease financial regulations. The U.K. stock market, ...
Jersey And The Isle Of Man Have Each Received High Rating In Tax Matters
November 28th, 2017
Jersey and the Isle of Man have each received the highest possible OECD rating in recognition of their compliance with global standards of information exchange in tax matters. Each jurisdiction’s tax transparency framework was subject to a peer review ...
Joint reviews by HKMA and SFC on managing conflicts of interest in financial groups
November 28th, 2017
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular highlighting observations from their recent joint thematic reviews on the potential conflicts of interest arising from the sale of in-house products by registered institutions ...
Closer Than Canada, Bigger Than Norway: The Optimism of UK Brexit Minister
November 24th, 2017
Brexit minister David Davis told a conference of business leaders that the UK is prepared for “no deal” with the European Union. David Davis, the UK’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, on Tuesday, November 21, said ...
