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Bitcoin-Based Investment Fund Added to IG
May 25th, 2015
The first fund to offer bitcoin investment as part of a bespoke portfolio has launched on global derivatives trading platform IG, the UK’s largest forex provider. Launched in late 2014, funding platform Invest Your Way (IYW) will enable traders to invest ...
Banks Said to Go to Legal Big Five in S. African Forex Probe
May 22nd, 2015
Banks under investigation in South Africa over alleged currency manipulation have hired the largest law firms in the country to advise them on the probe. Bowman Gilfillan, ENSafrica and Webber Wentzel, three of the so-called Big Five legal firms, ...
Barclays to Pay $400 Million Penalty to Settle CFTC Charges
May 21st, 2015
CFTC Also Took Action Today Against Barclays and its Affiliates for Attempted Manipulation and False Reporting of the ISDAFIX Benchmark, an Interest Rate Benchmark — the First Enforcement Action Addressing Abuse of ISDAFIX Barclays Has Now Been Subject to ...
FCA fines Barclays £284,432,000 for forex failings
May 20th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a financial penalty of £284,432,000 on Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays) for failing to control business practices in its foreign exchange (FX) business in London. This is the largest financial penalty ever imposed ...
Top news of the day, May 20
May 20th, 2015
1. As Greek government officials expressed their confidence that a deal with the country’s creditors is close, top European officials indicated Tuesday that although there has been progress in negotiations, an agreement is unlikely before the end of the ...
CNMV (Spain): Warning against USFIA Inc. (having a web presence on www.usfiamlm.com)
May 20th, 2015
Pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 13 of the Law 24/1988, July 28th the Securities Markets Act, the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores, warns that: USFIA Inc. www.usfiamlm.com Is not authorised to provide the investment services detailed in ...
Asian shares slip, but Japan GDP surprise lifts Nikkei
May 20th, 2015
Asian shares slipped on Wednesday after a mixed day on Wall Street, though Japan’s better-than-expected economic growth lifted the Nikkei to a nearly one-month high. The euro remained pressured by expectations that the European Central Bank would increase its ...
ICAP: Full-year results for the year ended 31 March 2015
May 19th, 2015
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk and information services, announces today its audited results for the year ended 31 March 2015. Highlights: Double digit Post Trade Risk and Information revenue growth, ...
Asian shares shrug off losses, Greek woes pressure euro
May 19th, 2015
Asian shares shrugged off early losses on Tuesday, as rallying Chinese shares and Wall Street’s record close offset euro worries over Greece‘s fiscal woes. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.2 percent. The CSI300 ...
Bitcoin trading launches on Nasdaq Stockholm exchange
May 18th, 2015
The world’s first bitcoin-based security available on a regulated exchange has launched on Sweden’s Nasdaq. Bitcoin Tracker One, developed by Stockholm-based firm XBT Provider, is an Exchange Traded Note (ETN) that allows traders to invest in bitcoin and access the returns ...
