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FXCM Announces Third Quarter 2014 Results
November 7th, 2014
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), a leading online provider of foreign exchange, or FX, trading and related services, today announced for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, U.S. GAAP revenues of $116.1 million, compared to $113.2 million for the quarter ended ...
EU’s finance chief to unveil capital market plan in 2015
November 6th, 2014
The EU’s new financial services chief pledged on Thursday to set out his plans for a pan-European capital market by the middle of next year, aiming to reduce companies’ reliance on banks and help revive the bloc’s fragile economy. ...
Hedge fund nightmare turns into a dream
November 6th, 2014
Do computers that trade financial markets ever have nightmares about losing money? It is a question investors have asked in recent years of the hedge funds that use automated algorithms and models to buy and sell billions of dollars of assets. ...
UK banks face break-up threat as competition probe launched
November 6th, 2014
Britain’s big banks could be broken up after the country’s competition watchdog launched a full-blown investigation into services for small business customers and personal accounts because of a lack of competition. It marks the latest step by authorities to break the dominance of ...
Apple Issues Bonds in Euros for First Time
November 5th, 2014
When you are as rich as Apple and you want to make investors happy, you issue debt. That is what the company has done for investors over the last year and a half. On Tuesday, Apple issued debt for the first time ...
Islamic State Looks To Mediterranean To Continue Oil Operations
November 5th, 2014
There is serious concern that the battle for control of Syria by the group calling itself the Islamic State may soon shift from the mountainous region where the fight for the border town of Kobani continues, as fresh troops ...
EU leaders weigh plan for Greek exit from bailout
November 4th, 2014
Eurozone leaders are weighing a plan to allow Greece to exit its four-year-old bailout at the end of the year by converting nearly €11bn of unused rescue funds into a backstop for Athens for when it raises cash from ...
Is Better Communication Longer and More Complex?
November 4th, 2014
Twenty years ago, when the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee wanted to change interest rates, it didn’t make any announcement. It just took action, and market participants observe those actions. Mark Wynne of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas ...
It’s Currency War! – And Japan Has Fired The First Shot
November 4th, 2014
This is the big problem with fiat currency – eventually the temptation to print more of it when you are in a jam becomes too powerful to resist. In a surprise move on Friday, the Bank of Japan dramatically ...
GAIN Capital to acquire City Index
November 4th, 2014
New York-based forex trading firm GAIN Capital Holding has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire City Index (Holdings) Limited, a leading online trading firm specializing in contracts-for-difference (CFDs), forex and UK spread betting, for approximately $118 million, or ...
