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Where Are Oil Prices Headed In The Long Run?
December 18th, 2014
Global benchmark crude oil prices have declined sharply this year on slower demand growth and rising supplies. The growth in demand for crude oil has slowed down significantly this year due to moderating economic growth in emerging markets, such ...
U.K. regulators hit hurdles on fixing benchmarks
December 18th, 2014
U.K. regulators are expected to report in coming weeks on plans to fix global financial benchmarks. But efforts so far under way are already running into difficulties. Some market participants are worried that a new benchmark silver price isn’t ...
UK Government to resume sell-off of its stake in Lloyds Banking Group
December 18th, 2014
The government is to resume the sell-off of its stake in Lloyds Banking Group over the next six months, potentially disposing of a further £3bn worth of shares in the run-up to the general election. Chancellor George Osborne took ...
A Full-Blown Economic Crisis Has Erupted In Russia
December 17th, 2014
The 8th largest economy on the entire planet is in a state of turmoil right now. The shocking collapse of the price of oil has hit a lot of countries really hard, but very few nations are as dependent ...
Company not registered with the CFTC as a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer ordered to pay over $2.5 Million in Monetary Sanctions
December 17th, 2014
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that the Honorable Ronnie L. White of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered a Consent Order for permanent injunction against Defendants Daniel K. Steele and ...
European shares resume slide as Russia fears persist
December 17th, 2014
European shares fell in early trading on Wednesday, reversing part of the previous day’s tentative bounce, hurt by a further drop in oil prices and Russia’s brewing financial crisis. At 0807 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European ...
Improvements needed in CRAs surveillance of structured finance credit ratings
December 17th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a report on the findings of its investigation into the way credit rating agencies (CRA) conduct surveillance of their structured finance credit ratings. The investigation, which took place between October ...
DGCX Gold Futures climb 22 per cent in November
December 16th, 2014
November volumes on the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) grew 19 per cent from the same period last year, trading 981,925 contracts, valued at $28.5 billion. DGCX’s flagship contract, Gold Futures traded 46,066 contracts in November, recording a ...
An alternative oil investment that hinges on infrastructure needs
December 15th, 2014
The sharp decrease in oil prices over the past six months undoubtedly has pained advisers and investors interested in the energy sector. Oil prices dropped sharply last week, reaching five-year lows. For the first time since July 2009, the ...
Boiler room fraudsters ordered to pay £843k
December 15th, 2014
Two men involved in a £70 million boiler room fraud have been ordered to pay £843,000 between them after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud. In 2010 Philip Morris and Daniel Gooding were among the nine fraudsters found ...
