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Asian stocks stabilize as oil prices try to recover
December 15th, 2015
Asian shares tried to stabilize early Tuesday as jitters about the high-yield bond market receded and oil prices recovered slightly, a reprieve from deep selling across the region a day earlier. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.39% was off 0.4% with a gauge ...
ASIC implements clearing regime in Australia for OTC derivatives
December 14th, 2015
ASIC has today released rules implementing Australia’s mandatory central clearing regime for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives of financial institutions – the ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules (Clearing) 2015 (derivative transaction rules (clearing)) and explanatory statement. The mandatory central clearing regime will ...
Borsa Istanbul Goes Live on Nasdaq Technology Suite
December 14th, 2015
BISTECH Transformation Will Give Turkey One of the World’s Most Advanced Exchange Technologies Marks Completion of Phase One Delivery of Nasdaq’s Suite of Technologies and Advisory Services Borsa İstanbul, in partnership with Nasdaq, continues to build a world-class capital ...
December 14th To 18th: A Week Of Reckoning For Global Stocks If The Fed Hikes Interest Rates?
December 14th, 2015
Are we about to witness widespread panic in the global financial marketplace? This week is shaping up to be an absolutely critical week for global stocks. Coming into December, more than half of the 93 largest stock market indexes ...
MP calls for FRC accounting body to investigate KPMG over HBOS
December 14th, 2015
Britain’s accounting standards watchdog has made a “serious mistake” in refusing to open a formal investigation into accountancy firm KPMG over the way it checked the books of HBOS bank before it collapsed, a senior UK lawmaker said on ...
Russia’s Biggest Bank Wants To Adopt Blockchain. Not Bitcoin
December 11th, 2015
Sberbank, the biggest bank in Russia might adopt blockchain technology in the future. The bank plans to join the international consortium R3 and develop blockchain based services. However, as in the case of other international big banks, it doesn’t plan to use ...
Central Bank of Cyprus fined FBME Bank for €1.2 million
December 11th, 2015
The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC), within the remit of exercising its supervisory role, may take, under subsection (6) of section 59 of the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering Activities Laws of 2007 to 2013, all or any ...
Banks are still betting on blockchain over bitcoin
December 10th, 2015
Bitcoin is back in the limelight, with speculation again swirling around the mysterious identity of the creator of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency. Intense media coverage caused a spike in the bitcoin price, following the publication of parallel investigations by ...
FCA set to investigate HSBC amid claims of ‘improper practices’
December 10th, 2015
Complaints commissioner forces inquiry at regulator, accusing it of mishandling reports of credit card overcharging The City regulator is set to launch an investigation into whether large numbers of people lost out financially because of “improper practices” at HSBC, after ...
SGX announces successful launch of SGX Bond Pro
December 10th, 2015
Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced the successful launch of SGX Bond Pro, the first Over-The-Counter (OTC) trading venue dedicated to Asian bonds. SGX Bond Pro has been established under SGX’s subsidiary, SGX Bond Trading (“SGX BT”), a licenced Recognised ...
