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Oil Bears Miss Out as Record U.S. Refinery Demand Drives Rally
May 25th, 2015
Oil speculators missed out as record demand from U.S. refineries helped trim supplies from their highest level in more than eight decades and drive prices higher. Hedge funds and other money managers reduced their net-long position in West Texas ...
Citigroup Closes Exclusive Credit Program Following Swiss Franc Losses
May 14th, 2015
‘Alternative Credit Program’ clients were fast-tracked through less intensive version of bank’s normal credit checks Citigroup Inc. has closed down a little-known program that allowed a small group of coveted clients to make high-stakes bets on currency markets without going through ...
Hotspot cuts trading fees with “Hot List” pricing for more than 30 currency pairs
May 14th, 2015
Hotspot, a leading institutional foreign exchange (FX) market owned and operated by BATS Global Markets (BATS), today announced plans to eliminate liquidity removal fees for customers in more than 30 select currency pairs, beginning 1st June 2015. The “Hot ...
Asian shares rebound, sterling jumps on UK exit polls
May 8th, 2015
Asian shares rebounded from one-month lows on Friday, helped by signs global bond markets are stabilising after a big selloff, though investors were on guard ahead of U.S. jobs data and crunch talks between Greece and its creditors at the weekend. ...
Covestor To Be Acquired by Interactive Brokers
April 24th, 2015
Online investing pioneer joins with electronic broker to expand products and services globally Covestor, an online investing marketplace, and Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. the largest US electronic broker by daily average revenue trades, announced that they have entered into ...
Asian stocks mixed as Mideast worries linger, oil eases
March 27th, 2015
Asian stocks were mixed on Friday and the dollar rebounded as rising tensions in the Middle East clouded the investment outlook. Spreadbetters expected Britain’s FTSE .FTSE, Germany’s DAX .GDAXI and France’s CAC.FCHI to tip toe higher while the markets awaited fresh cues from ...
Citigroup Says Court Order Will Let It Pay Argentine Bond Interest
March 23rd, 2015
There is a new twist in the fight between Argentina and a group of hedge funds that has been playing out in New York courts. A United States federal court has allowed Citigroup to make interest payments to investors holding $2.3 billion of ...
Citibank Sues Two Former Goldman Sachs Partners Over $29 Million Swiss Franc Margin Call
March 19th, 2015
The sharp and unexpected rise of the Swiss franc in January resulted in big losses for hedge funds, investment banks and other currency speculators, even causing some hedge funds to shut down. Now, there is a lawsuit over a ...
Citibank Plans to Exit Custody Business in Argentina
March 18th, 2015
Citibank said Tuesday it will exit the custody business in Argentina, following a ruling by a U.S. court preventing it from passing on interest payments from the South American country to local bondholders. In a letter to U.S. District ...
LMAX Exchange launches Prime of Prime service
March 16th, 2015
LMAX Exchange, the world leading FCA regulated MTF for global FX and the UK’s fastest growing technology firm, has launched LMAX Prime, a prime of prime service to provide retail brokers, hedge funds and asset managers with credit intermediation and ...
