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Co-heads of ICAP’s EBS Market FX trading platform leave
July 11th, 2014
ICAP, the world’s largest brokerage, said on Thursday that the co-heads of its flagship electronic foreign exchange trading platform, EBS Market, had left the firm amid a management shake-up at the broader business. Darryl Hooker, who has been head ...
ESMA defines central clearing of interest rate and credit default swaps
July 11th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a first round of consultations to prepare for central clearing of OTC derivatives within the European Union. The two consultation papers seek stakeholders’ views on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) ...
Eurex Enters FX Trading Business, Could Force CME To Reduce Prices
July 11th, 2014
In its recent monthly volumes breakdown, CME Group reported a decline in trading volumes in the last several months over the year-ago period across almost all derivative classes, other than interest rate derivatives, after a solid start to 2014. ...
Global stocks mixed, Indonesia up after election
July 10th, 2014
Global markets were mixed Thursday with a slight pickup in China’s exports failing to give a lift to European stocks after most Asian indexes closed up. Indonesian stocks surged despite a contested presidential election result. European markets failed to ...
China Said to Probe Alleged Bank of China Money Laundering
July 10th, 2014
China’s central bank and currency regulator are investigating a state media report that alleged Bank of China Ltd. broke rules on transferring money overseas, two government officials familiar with the matter said. The probe focuses on whether Bank of ...
Ex-CS commodities head turns to bitcoin
July 10th, 2014
A UK-based bitcoin exchange has tapped the former global head of commodities at Credit Suisse to lead its attempt to promote professional trading of the virtual currency. Adam Knight, who has been an angel investor in London since leaving ...
Dollar slips on Fed minutes, Aussie eyes jobs test
July 10th, 2014
The dollar started at one-week lows against a basket of major currencies on Thursday, coming under some pressure after minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June meeting gave no clear indication on when interest rates will rise. The minutes confirmed ...
Silicon Valley is moving into Bitcoin
July 9th, 2014
Richard Waters, writing in Financial Times, is reporting that Silicon Valley’s A-Listers seem to be fast climbing onto the Bitcoin bandwagon. More and more of Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists have been queuing up to invest in Bitcoin start-ups. Yesterday, ...
Portugal Bonds Drop With Europe Stocks as Gold Advances
July 9th, 2014
Portugal and Italy led declines in European bonds and stocks dropped while gold climbed. Emerging-market shares fell from a 16-month high. The yield on Portugal’s 10-year bond jumped 19 basis points to 3.84 percent by 9:53 a.m. in London. ...
Stagflation for HSBC Means Russian Ruble Seen Weakening
July 9th, 2014
The weakest pace of economic growth in five years combined with the fastest inflation (RUCPIYOY) in three are prompting the most-accurate ruble forecaster to predict steeper declines for the currency. The ruble will fall 9.2 percent to 37.50 by ...
