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London Stock Exchange intra-day auction to go live Monday 21 March
March 21st, 2016
Innovation provides new benchmarking opportunities for fund managers and mechanism for managing MiFID II volume caps Auction will see continuous trading of stocks pause for 2 minutes every day at 12:00 Introduction follows comprehensive, market-wide consultation and comes with ...
Asia mixed, with Chinese markets leading the way
March 21st, 2016
Chinese markets stood out in a mixed trading session in Asia on Monday, with many market watchers predicting a quiet week ahead in the absence of major economic data from the U.S. and China, and with many markets off ...
FINMA reduces obstacles to FinTech
March 18th, 2016
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has published a new circular facilitating video and online client identification. In addition to removing a number of unnecessary obstacles from its regulations, FINMA also supports the introduction of a new licensing ...
Asia markets mostly up as oil climbs; Nikkei down 1.3%, Shanghai up 1.7%
March 18th, 2016
Asian markets traded mostly higher Friday, after U.S. indexes ended higher and oil prices hit their highest levels for this year. But a stronger yen continued to weigh on Japan’s shares. “The drivers of big swings in the markets ...
UBS Securities automates risk and surveillance with Eventus
March 17th, 2016
Eventus Systems, a US-based provider of data processing and analysis solutions, has signed UBS Securities for its flagship Validus risk and surveillance platform. Mark Holder, global co-head of electronic trading at UBS, says Eventus and Validus offered “impressive capabilities ...
European farmers in crisis: EU Commission activates measures to support them
March 17th, 2016
European Commission activates exceptional measures to further support European farmers in crisis “This is a package of measures which can have a material and positive impact on European agricultural markets and it should now be given the chance to ...
Shareholders of J.P. Morgan and Citigroup will vote about the potential the banks break up into smaller pieces
March 17th, 2016
The proposal will be included in the banks’ proxy filings at the request of a shareholder activist Shareholders of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. will get to vote later this year on one of the most ...
Credit Suisse Accused of Money Laundering by Billionaire
March 17th, 2016
Former Georgian PM alleges bank failed to control ex-manager Geneva criminal complaint is latest to target the Zurich bank Lawyers for Georgia’s billionaire former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili accused Credit Suisse Group AG of money laundering as they step ...
Two-thirds of law firms actively target international growth
March 17th, 2016
Pricing and competition the biggest challenges facing firms in EMEA and APAC Over half of law firms across geographic regions are optimistic about growth in 2016, but pricing and competition pose the two biggest challenges to success, new research ...
Will bitcoin provide banks with their ‘Kodak Moment’?
March 16th, 2016
The world’s banks are facing a ‘Kodak Moment’ if they continue to dismiss the virtual currency bitcoin as just the opening act for more revolutionary blockchain-based innovation, says Max Tannahill, a business change and implementation manager at ANZ It ...
