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Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: The Winners
April 22nd, 2015
For the third straight year, Waters identified the best on the sell side at the Sell-Side Technology Awards dinner in Manhattan following the North American Trading Architecture Summit. This year’s set of winners includes a mix of reigning champions ...
Asian central banks back in action this week
April 6th, 2015
The week ahead starts with Asian markets digesting the crucial U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, which continued to fuel the ongoing debate over when the Federal Reserve will launch its first interest rate hike. After digesting the U.S. jobs data, ...
Asia up after dismal U.S. jobs data, dollar pressured
April 6th, 2015
Asian shares rose and the dollar steadied but remained under pressure on Monday, after a dismal U.S. jobs report led investors to pare bets the U.S. Federal Reserve would hike interest rates anytime soon. Major European markets were closed from Friday to ...
Iran Moves Closer to Restoring Oil Exports on Nuclear Accord
April 3rd, 2015
Iran’s accord with world powers brings the OPEC member a step closer to restoring oil production that was cut by sanctions while leaving unresolved when it will happen. The preliminary agreement outlined Thursday signals the Persian Gulf nation may ...
Why liquidity is drying up in the currency market
March 25th, 2015
Sovereign bonds aren’t the only market facing a liquidity shortage. As volatility in the foreign-exchange market has risen over the past eight months, currency traders are finding that liquidity has become much patchier than it once was. Several factors, ...
Russia Deposit Fight Sees Foreign Banks Seeking New Clients
March 19th, 2015
Oksana Semenikhina, a customer of Citigroup Inc.’s Russian unit for the past decade, got an offer from the lender this year that she couldn’t pass up. “They offered to open a ruble term deposit for me at 9 percent ...
U.S. Oil Prices Fall to Fresh Six-Year Lows
March 18th, 2015
Oil prices fell further in Asian trade Wednesday with U.S. crude posting fresh six-year lows on mounting worries over rising supplies. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in April traded at $42.62 a ...
Commerzbank nears $1.4 billion-plus settlement with U.S. – sources
March 6th, 2015
Commerzbank AG (CBKG.DE) is nearing an agreement to pay U.S. authorities more than $1.4 billion to settle allegations it violated U.S. sanctions and a separate investigation that stemmed from the Olympus Corp (7733.T) accounting scandal, according to two people ...
Saudis’ Oil Price War Is Paying Off
February 27th, 2015
Three months after Saudi Arabia made clear it was going to let oil prices keep tumbling, the strategy is showing signs of working. U.S. drillers are idling rigs at a record pace, gutting investment plans and laying off thousands ...
MTS Markets International Launches BondVision US Trading Platform
February 26th, 2015
Offers global network of counterparties and premium liquidity vis-à-vis MTS BondVision Provides US Institutional investors unparalleled access to European bond market Allows MTS to further penetrate US market in wake of global demand for fixed income products MTS ...
