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Asia stocks advance before Fed, dollar treads water
March 18th, 2015
Asian stocks shook off a slow start and rose on Wednesday, led by China shares, while the dollar marked time as markets waited for the Federal Reserve‘s policy statement for clues to when U.S. interest rates will rise. Following Asia’s lead, ...
Isle of Man Preparing to Pass Digital Currency Regulatory Framework
March 17th, 2015
The Isle of Man wants to become a leading Bitcoin hub and attract digital fintech businesses, entrepreneurs and developers, Business Insider reports. The government of the tiny island is about to pass a new regulatory framework to create a true paradise ...
HSBC closing Britons’ Jersey accounts amid ID checks
March 17th, 2015
HSBC is closing all accounts on Jersey belonging to customers living in the UK. It is part of a move by UK banks carrying out checks on the identity and addresses of thousands of their customers on the Channel ...
Eversheds global expansion sees Ian Gray appointed as first International Managing Partner
March 17th, 2015
Law firm Eversheds has announced the appointment of Ian Gray as the firm’s first International Managing Partner with executive responsibilities for its fast-growing international operations. Since 2008-09, the firm’s revenue from international offices has grown 41%. At the same ...
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 ...
Speech by Hans Hoogervorst: ‘Bad accounting breeds bad policies’
March 16th, 2015
Speaking today at the NAPF Investment Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), said everybody is best served by accounting that reflects the economic reality, even if it makes for uncomfortable reading. ...
Crédit Agricole CIB Chooses DealHub for its FX Post Trade STP connectivity
March 16th, 2015
DealHub (Option Computers Ltd) announced today that its FX post trade connectivity platform has been deployed at Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB). DealHub’s modular platform combines the firm’s comprehensive market connectivity with flexible, rules based ...
Results of the Poll Vote: Will Digital Currencies become more popular in 2015? (Poll Closed March 15)
March 16th, 2015
On March 15 closed the poll on www.onestopbrokers.com where you have shared your opinion about an interesting question for the future of Digital Currencies. Please find below the results: Poll: Will Digital Currencies become more popular in 2015? Answer ...
Investor Group to Buy GE Capital’s Australia, New Zealand Consumer-Lending Unit
March 16th, 2015
Investors include KKR, Deutsche Bank, Värde Partners, in one of biggest deals in Asia-Pacific this year In one of the biggest deals in the Asia-Pacific region so far this year,General Electric Co. agreed to sell the consumer-lending business of GE Capital ...
Asian stock markets drift as investors await Fed meeting
March 16th, 2015
Most Asian stock markets drifted Monday as investors hunkered down ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting this week that may set the stage for the first U.S. interest rate hike since the global financial crisis. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark ...
