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Big banks accused of interest rate-swap fixing in U.S. class action suit
November 26th, 2015
A class action lawsuit, filed Wednesday, accuses 10 of Wall Street’s biggest banks and two trading platforms of conspiring to limit competition in the $320 trillion market for interest rate swaps. The class action lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court ...
CS is first of post-2007 ventures to win China brokerage approval
November 26th, 2015
CS is first of post-2007 ventures to win approval China gradually loosens rules for foreign players Licence limited to Qianhai area (Recasts, adds context on China reforms) Credit Suisse Group AG said on Thursday its investment banking joint venture in ...
Fear Spreads as China’s Finance Firms Face Arrests
November 18th, 2015
“People are worried” as hedge funds, traders, CSRC targeted At least 16 connected to finance world caught up in crackdown The high-drama highway arrest of a prominent hedge fund manager. Seizures of computers and phones at Chinese mutual funds. The investigations ...
Tim Cartledge to join EBS BrokerTec as Chief Strategy Officer
November 17th, 2015
Joins as member of EBS BrokerTec Executive Management Team and ICAP Global Executive Management Group EBS BrokerTec, ICAP‘s market-leading electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business, announces today that Tim Cartledge has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer, effective ...
Virtusa Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire a Majority Interest in Polaris Consulting & Services, Ltd.
November 5th, 2015
Virtusa and Polaris would together create a leading global provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions to banking and financial services (“BFS”) industry segment. Virtusa and Polaris collectively will have approximately 18,000 (1) employees, generating $826 million of pro ...
Major Global Banks announced their results for 3Q 2015
November 4th, 2015
HSBC, Credit Suisse, Commerzbank, BNP Paribas and Barclays have issued statements to inform public and investors for their results regarding the 3rd Quarter of 2015. HSBC Holdings plc 3Q 2015 Earnings Release Highlights Reported PBT up 32% in 3Q15 ...
BOJ holds rates despite overseas headwinds, stagnant inflation
October 30th, 2015
The Bank of Japan held off on expanding its massive stimulus program on Friday, preferring to preserve its dwindling policy options in the hope that the economy can overcome the drag from China’s slowdown without additional monetary support. But ...
Japan’s Biggest Brokerages Tumble After Posting Lower Earnings
October 29th, 2015
Nomura falls the most in two months as profit drops 12% Global market turmoil also dented trading income at Daiwa Nomura Holdings Inc. and Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Japan’s biggest brokerages, fell the most in at least in a ...
Fintech Innovation Lab 2016 invites Applicants
October 21st, 2015
Accenture, Partnership Fund for NYC and Leading Banks Call for Applicants for New York FinTech Innovation Lab 2016 Program helps leading financial technology entrepreneurs accelerate product and business development Applications are now being accepted for New York’s sixth annual ...
GE to sell $30 billion specialty finance business to Wells Fargo
October 13th, 2015
General Electric Co (GE.N) said it will sell its commercial lending and leasing businesses worth more than $30 billion to Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) as the industrial conglomerate shifts its focus back on the manufacturing businesses. The sale ...
