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Bank of Israel keeps the interest rate unchanged
February 28th, 2017
Inflation data: The Consumer Price Index for January declined by 0.2 percent, in line with the average of forecasters’ projections. There were seasonal declines this month in the clothing and footwear component (9.2 percent), in the housing component (0.5 ...
Bundesbank posts distributable profit of €0.4 billion in 2016
February 24th, 2017
The Bundesbank posted a profit of €1.0 billion for the 2016 financial year, compared with €3.2 billion in 2015. Owing to an allocation to the reserves, the remaining distributable profit amounted to €0.4 billion and was transferred in full ...
Thomson Reuters provides Financial Markets with European Elections News and Analysis
February 22nd, 2017
Thomson Reuters has launched a dedicated app on its flagship desktop product Eikon that provides financial professionals with a one-stop location for market and economic data, news, and analysis leading up to and after the 2017 elections in The ...
CLS and TriOptima compress USD1 trillion
February 21st, 2017
triReduce CLS FX Forward Compression Service has compressed more than USD1 trillion since launch The last two cycles have reduced more than USD200 billion The second phase of service enables both compression and offsetting of trades in the same ...
FXCM reports Customer trading volume of $253 billion in January
February 15th, 2017
FXCM Inc. (NASDAQ:FXCM) today announced certain key customer trading metrics for January 2017 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business, excluding Forex Capital Markets LLC, (“FXCM US”). January 2017 Customer Trading Metrics from Continuing Operations (excluding United States ...
FXCM informs about the impact of U.S. exit
February 13th, 2017
Following the news from last week about the FXCM penalty imposed by CFTC, the withdrawal of its business from U.S. and selling its clients to Gain Capital, FXCM has issued an update report to inform about the impact of ...
Derivatives marketplace CME Group increases Dividend by 10 Percent
February 10th, 2017
The derivatives marketplace, CME Group Inc., has declared a first-quarter dividend of $0.66 per share, a 10 percent increase from the prior rate of $0.60 per share. The dividend is payable March 27, 2017, to shareholders of record as ...
SFC reprimands and fines GMO-Z.com Forex HK Limited $1.6 million
February 9th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined GMO-Z.com Forex HK Limited (GMOHK) $1.6 million for deficiencies in its order execution and slippage handling procedures, and failures in its electronic trading system for leveraged foreign exchange contracts ...
Hotspot expands its global sales team
February 9th, 2017
Hotspot Expands Global Sales Leadership Team, Promotes Leit, Watras to Europe, Asia Roles Additional Hires Add Extensive FX Experience Hotspot, a leading institutional foreign exchange (FX) market owned and operated by Bats Global Markets (Bats: BATS), today announced expansions ...
Bitcoin hits one-month high after drop in China FX reserves
February 8th, 2017
Bitcoin jumped more than 2 percent Tuesday to its highest since Jan. 4 amid a surge in speculative activity in Chinese exchanges after a drop in China’s foreign exchange reserves. “The volume in the Chinese exchanges is starting to ...
