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Gold outlook improves
February 12th, 2016
There is a conflation of three related events that materially alter the prospects in favour of a higher gold price. The change in the outlook for US interest rates has probably put an end to the dollar’s four-year bull ...
Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2016
February 11th, 2016
The Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook and the Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Sourcebook are published today. New research analyses 70,000 days of financial market history and 2,400 country-years of data across 21 countries Rate rises typically bad ...
ABX announces the launch of the Allocated Bullion Exchange (ABX)
February 10th, 2016
ABX announces the launch of the Allocated Bullion Exchange (ABX), the world’s first electronic institutional exchange for allocated physical precious metals. The ABX launch sequence commences with the soft launch today and the hard launch in Q3 of this ...
The five fears stalking the global banking industry
February 10th, 2016
China, emerging markets, the eurozone, oil and commodities all pose a threat to the banking sector this year Banking shares have come under pressure this week as investors express fears that the sector will be badly hit by a global ...
Gold hits new 3-month high on global economy concerns
February 8th, 2016
Gold hit three-month highs on Monday, extending its biggest weekly rise since July 2013 as sliding stock markets, global growth uncertainty and a softer dollar prompted investors to seek safety in hard assets. Spot gold reached a peak of ...
FTSE hits three-year low, business confidence slumps
February 8th, 2016
FTSE 100 sheds more than 100 points, with technology and financial shares worst hit, as global growth fears reignite. The FTSE 100 has tumbled to a fresh three-year low, hit hard by a sell-off in technology, financial and industrial ...
Asia markets trade mixed as Nikkei extends losses
February 5th, 2016
Asian markets came under pressure on Friday, despite a positive finish on Wall Street overnight, as a newly weaker dollar brought fresh concerns. “The U.S. dollar basket has lost 3.2 percent since the close on Friday and 2.3 percent ...
CFTC Charges Financial services Firm
February 4th, 2016
CFTC Charges Florida-Based Oakmont Financial, Inc. and Joseph Charles DiCrisci with Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil injunctive enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern ...
Surprises in store…
February 3rd, 2016
The month of January has been a wake-up call for complacent equity investors. From the peaks of last year stock indices in the major markets have fallen 10-20%, give or take. On their own, these falls could be read ...
Seabury FXone and Spotex Enter Into Joint Product Offering
January 27th, 2016
Agreement Expands Companies’ Global Network of Institutional Clients Seabury Financial Solutions LLC (“FXone”), a subsidiary of Seabury Group LLC (“Seabury”) and a provider of FX liquidity management solutions announced that the company entered into a Joint Product Offering with ...
