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UAE Investors Spend 4.3bn EUR on Overseas Property in H1 2015
November 19th, 2015
High net worth individuals (HNWIs) and private investors in the UAE spent €4.3bn snapping up properties across the world in the first half 2015, according to CBRE. “Despite low oil prices, Middle Eastern purchasers remain very active, collectively investing ...
ICAP’s EBS BrokerTec and SGX sign collaboration agreement
November 19th, 2015
Agreement to launch SGX FX block futures on EBS Market Both businesses have noted growth in Asian trading volumes EBS BrokerTec, ICAP‘s market-leading electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business, and Singapore Exchange (SGX), Asia’s leading and trusted ...
Asian Stocks Gain With Oil as Dollar Falls on Dovish Fed Minutes
November 19th, 2015
Topix holds gains as Bank of Japan leaves policy unchanged Euro, ringgit rally as Fed signals tightening will be gradual Stocks rallied across Asia after U.S. Federal Reserve meeting minutes reaffirmed policy makers’ faith in the world’s biggest economy ...
Asian stocks higher as shock of Paris attacks fades
November 18th, 2015
Asian stocks were mostly higher Wednesday as the shock of the Paris terror attacks faded and an uptick in U.S. inflation added support for a possible interest rate hike. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.2 percent to 19,676.77 ...
CFTC charges IB Capital FX and agents for Forex Trading case
November 17th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement Complaint charging Defendants IB Capital FX, LLC (a/k/a IB Capital FX LLP) d/b/a IB Capital (IB Capital), Michel Geurkink, and Emad Echadi, individually and as the agents of IB Capital, with soliciting and accepting ...
The Rising Popularity of Vanilla Options
November 16th, 2015
Options volumes continue to rise as increasing volatility is keeping investors focused on purchasing protection against adverse movements in riskier assets. The Option Clearing Corporation which is the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced in early September ...
Nasdaq to develop blockchain services in Estonia
November 16th, 2015
Exchange and clearing house operator Nasdaq Inc plans to develop several applications for blockchain, the technology underpinning the digital currency bitcoin, using its Estonian settling and clearing business, a senior Nasdaq executive said on Friday. The blockchain is a ...
RBI’s Defence of Rupee Depletes Forex by USD 1.90 Billion
November 16th, 2015
The central bank’s attempts to arrest the fall in the rupee’s value due to domestic political uncertainty and a strengthening US dollar drained $1.90 billion from India’s foreign exchange (Forex) kitty, experts said on Saturday. Overall, the Forex reserves ...
Bitcoin has no future, says UBS chairman Axel Weber at Bank of England’s Open Forum
November 13th, 2015
The chairman of investment bank UBS, Axel Weber, has played down the potential of crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin. During a discussion at the Bank of England’s Open Forum, he said private currencies will fail to take off “because there ...
FirstRand joins CLS as new settlement member
November 12th, 2015
CLS Group (CLS) and FirstRand issued an announcement to inform that FirstRand joined CLS as a settlement member. Founded in 1998, FirstRand is one of the most important financial institutions in South Africa and the wider sub-Saharan region. It ...