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Mastercard reports Fourth-quarter net income of $933 million
February 1st, 2017
Fourth-quarter net income of $933 million, including a special item, or $0.86 per diluted share Fourth-quarter net income of $940 million, excluding a special item,1 or $0.86 per diluted share Fourth-quarter net revenue increase of 9%, to $2.8 billion ...
NASDAQ reports fourth quarter 2016 with record revenues
February 1st, 2017
NASDAQ reports fourth Quarter 2016 with record revenues1; announces segment realighment and rebranding of fixed income Net revenues were a record $599 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 12% year-over-year. Subscription and recurring revenues2 in the fourth ...
Dollar Hits 12-Week Low on Trump, Nikkei to Slide: Markets Wrap
February 1st, 2017
Dollar strengthens after falling Tuesday on Trump comments Japan shares erase early losses while Hong Kong stocks slump Asian stocks were mostly higher while the dollar stabilized after its worst month since March as investors weighed the impact of ...
Citigroup Paying $18 Million for Overbilling Clients
January 27th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Citigroup Global Markets has agreed to pay $18.3 million to settle charges that it overbilled investment advisory clients and misplaced client contracts. The SEC’s order finds that at least 60,000 advisory ...
6 Places to Buy Property in 2017
January 19th, 2017
If you’re considering combining the adventure of living or retiring overseas with a property purchase, 2017 is the year to act. The U.S. dollar is at record highs against several currencies of note, including the euro, the Mexican peso, ...
Asian shares down, dollar jumps on Yellen’s rate hike signal
January 19th, 2017
Asian shares slipped on Thursday and the dollar rebounded after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled that the U.S. central bank is poised to pursue a path of interest rate hikes. The dollar had been grinding lower in recent ...
Israel issues largest ever Euro Bond offering on London Stock Exchange
January 18th, 2017
Israel’s €2.25 billion 10 & 20 year government bonds start trading on London Stock Exchange today First non-European sovereign to issue a euro-denominated bond in 20 year tenor Euro-denominated debt listing is the first for Israel in three years ...
The Path to $10,000 Bitcoin
January 16th, 2017
So let’s imagine a scenario in which tens of trillions of at-risk wealth suddenly seek an alternative–any alternative to staying in an asset class that’s circling the drain. As my colleague Davefairtex observed recently, the paint isn’t quite dry ...
Morgan Stanley to pay a $13 million penalty
January 16th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has agreed to pay a $13 million penalty to settle charges that it overbilled investment advisory clients due to coding and other billing system errors. The firm ...
AMF sets specifics for its ban on the advertising of the riskiest products
January 11th, 2017
A major investor protection milestone: the AMF sets specifics for its ban on the advertising of the riskiest products For several years, the AMF has focused its attention on exposing the danger posed to retail investors by highly speculative ...
