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Forex Broker FXCM plans 1-for-10 reverse stock split
July 22nd, 2015
Foreign-exchange broker FXCM Inc. plans to cut by a factor of 10 the number of its shares outstanding, a move the company said is key to its effort to remain listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Shareholders would ...
Asia Stocks Drop With Nasdaq Futures on Apple; Commodities Slide
July 22nd, 2015
Asian stocks retreated with Nasdaq 100 Index futures as Apple Inc. tumbled in after-hours trade and the dollar held losses. Oil and gold resumed declines as a gauge of commodities dropped back to a 13-year low. The MSCI Asia ...
IG Group to launch ETF portfolios in partnership with BlackRock
July 21st, 2015
IG Group clients to be offered a range of ETF-based investment portfolios constructed by IG Group using Model Portfolios from BlackRock Launch aimed for 2016 IG Group, the online trading platform, will offer IG clients a range of exchange ...
PayPal Celebrates Listing on Nasdaq and Completes Separation from eBay Inc.
July 21st, 2015
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (“PayPal”) (Nasdaq : PYPL) announced that it has completed its separation from eBay Inc. (“eBay”) and is now an independent public company trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol “PYPL.” The company’s leadership ...
ESMA agrees to further renewal of short selling ban by Greek HCMC
July 21st, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued its official opinion agreeing to a further renewal, for a period of seven days, of the emergency short selling prohibition originally imposed by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) under ...
China stocks turn higher
July 21st, 2015
Other Asian markets also edge up on tail of strong U.S. corporate earnings Stocks in Asia edged higher Tuesday on the tail of strong corporate earnings in the U.S. and China’s stabilizing markets. The Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.48% ...
A&O and Freshfields win big on 888’s £900m purchase of Bwin after bidding battle
July 20th, 2015
Magic Circle duo Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acted as the bidding battle for online gambling company Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment came to an end today (17 July) with 888 beating GVC to acquire the FTSE 250-listed ...
Mainland China needs to let brokers play a bigger role in market
July 20th, 2015
While putting all shares in central clearing may be the mainland regulator’s idea of a “safe” market structure, the system creates a wide gap with the outside world and erodes the role stockbrokers can play. In Hong Kong, all ...
How Being a Boring Investor Can Make You Rich
July 17th, 2015
Think like a millionaire and learn how to boost your returns without resorting to exotic—or risky—investment strategies. Most millionaires don’t rely on complicated strategies to attain wealth. More than three-quarters of a typical millionaire’s portfolio is held in a ...
PLUS500 Shareholders approve Recommended cash acquisition by PLAYTECH PLC
July 17th, 2015
On 1 June 2015, the Boards of Playtech plc (“Playtech”) and Plus500 Ltd (“Plus500”) announced that they had reached agreement regarding the terms of a recommended cash acquisition through which the entire issued ordinary share capital of Plus500 will ...
