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Interactive Data launches Liquidity Indicators service in Europe
April 18th, 2016
Interactive Data, a leading provider of fixed-income evaluated pricing, and subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), announced today that its Liquidity Indicators Service is now available for European and Asia-Pacific corporate and sovereign securities. This represents an expansion of its ...
R5 Goes Live In Singapore
April 15th, 2016
Receives Authorisation from the Monetary Authority of Singapore R5, the emerging marketplace for local market FX trading, announces that live trading has commenced in Singapore, following its authorisation from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). R5 went live with ...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has issued a Monetary Policy Statement
April 14th, 2016
INTRODUCTION 1. In October 2015, MAS kept the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate (S$NEER) policy band on a modest and gradual appreciation path, but reduced its rate of appreciation slightly. There was no change to the width of the ...
Emerging Currencies Halt Rally as Singapore Flags Growth Risks
April 14th, 2016
Malaysian ringgit leads declines after Singapore eases policy Won sinks on Korean election shock as dollar extends advance Emerging-market currencies fell for the first time in six days as Singapore surprised markets by easing monetary policy, spurring speculation other ...
International law firm in merger talks with Pepper Hamilton
April 13th, 2016
The global law firm Reed Smith is in talks to combine with the smaller Pepper Hamilton of Philadelphia, the firms confirmed on Monday night. “Based on these preliminary discussions, we see many potential benefits to joining forces,” said a Reed ...
Expansion of FTSE4Good with launch of FTSE4Good ASEAN 5 Index
April 13th, 2016
FTSE Russell, the global index provider, announces the launch of the FTSE4Good ASEAN 5 Index, an ESG index developed in collaboration with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Exchanges. The new benchmark consists of companies listed on the ...
Global Capital Flows: Why No Crisis (So Far) This Time?
April 12th, 2016
Here’s the puzzle. Outflows of international capital from emerging markets around the world played a key role in causing financial shocks and steep recessions all over the globe in the late 1990s, including the east Asian financial crisis affecting ...
Australian stock market becomes haven for tech startups
April 11th, 2016
The Asia-Pacific region has been picking up some of the slack we’ve been encountering lately within the technology merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape. While US capital markets are tightening, tech M&A activity in the Asia-Pacific region reached a three-year ...
Multinational law firm promoted 21 lawyers to partner across its global network
April 11th, 2016
Allen & Overy today announces the promotion of 21 lawyers to partner across its global network. Effective as of 1 May 2016, the promotions are across 12 offices in 11 countries and all the major practice groups in the ...
European stocks slip at the open as oil falls
April 11th, 2016
European markets opened lower, following a mostly negative lead from Asia, as the oil price reversed its positive moves to trade in the red. The pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.3 percent. Asia markets were mostly lower on Monday morning although Chinese ...
