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Uncertainty over Greek elections could weigh on Euro – Euro Currency update
September 18th, 2015
Euro As forecast by the majority of economists, the Federal Reserve played it safe and left borrowing costs at record lows after its latest gathering. The decision sent the US Dollar trending lower against the Euro and as EUR/USD ...
Greece: Council shows solidarity through faster mobilisation of EU funds
September 17th, 2015
On 16 September 2015, the Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee backed a Commission proposal to help Greece maximise its use of EU funds and improve liquidity for boosting growth and creating jobs. The proposal’s main objective is to address the lack ...
Thomson Reuters: Interview with Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB
September 16th, 2015
Interview with Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, conducted by Paul Ingrassia, Balazs Koranyi and John O’Donnell on 14 September Is quantitative easing working? It is working and effective in many ways. The ultimate metric to assess success is the ...
UBS reveals its interest in Sidechains as well as Ethereum
September 15th, 2015
There is an air of confidence about UBS at this time concerning the bank’s exploration of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. Recently, UBS demonstrated how a bond could be automated on a blockchain, the shared ledger system similar ...
Deutsche Bank to close almost all Russian operations: sources
September 15th, 2015
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) has decided to close its Russian operations, apart from transaction banking services, two financial sources told Reuters on Monday. Such a move would make Russia the first casualty of a sweeping plan to shrink the group’s ...
Thomson Reuters Launches Industry Leading Market Data Services in SGX Co-Location Data Centre
September 15th, 2015
Elektron Managed Services now available to customers in SGX data centre through a simple cross-connect Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today the launch of its industry leading market data services ...
Deutsche Boerse’s Asia plans hit by turbulence, tech woes
September 11th, 2015
Financial market turbulence in China and software problems have prompted Deutsche Boerse to delay its planned Asian derivatives exchange and clearing house by about 18 months, three people familiar with the plans said on Wednesday. The German exchange operator ...
Bats Global Markets Reports Record U.S. Equity; European Equities Market Share Reaches 25.0%
September 9th, 2015
Remains on Track to Launch Hotspot London Matching Engine September 14th BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported August data and highlights including record market share in both its U.S. equities and U.S. options businesses. In U.S. equities, BATS reported ...
GDP up by 0.4% in both euro area and EU28
September 8th, 2015
Second estimate for the second quarter of 2015 GDP up by 0.4% in both euro area and EU28 +1.5% and +1.9% respectively compared with second quarter of 2014 Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.4% in both the euro area ...
EBA updates on remuneration practices and high earners data for 2013 across the EU
September 8th, 2015
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a report combining the benchmarking of remuneration practices across the European Union and aggregated data on the remuneration of EU institutions’ staff who received, in total, EUR one million or more in 2013. The ...
