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What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law
July 27th, 2015
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law? At a roundtable held under the Chatham House Rule, Jonathan Rayner heard City lawyers consider the potential fallout. Greek riot police silhouetted against ...
Asian shares skid as Fed monetary meeting looms
July 27th, 2015
Asian shares began the week on a plaintive note amid losses on Wall Street and worries over China, while investors braced for a Federal Reserve meeting that might take another small step toward lifting U.S. interest rates. Financial spreadbetters ...
ETX Capital Sees Influx of over 6,000 New Clients and $30 million in Client Funds From Alpari Deal
July 27th, 2015
Just five months after ETX Capital’s purchase of the client list of Alpari (UK) from the Joint Special Administrators, the deal has already proved to be a significant success for both the company and the former Alpari clients. “This was always about ...
Deutsche Boerse Buys 360T to Expand in Currency Trading
July 27th, 2015
Deutsche Boerse AG will buy foreign-exchange trading platform 360T for 725 million euros ($796 million) to move into the $5.3 trillion-a-day currency trading market. The agreement was signed by 360T shareholders including U.S. private equity firm Summit Partners, Deutsche ...
PwC takes over from KPMG at Aberdeen Asset Management
July 24th, 2015
PwC has picked up a new financial services audit client as Aberdeen Asset Management has announced its intention to end its 32-year relationship with KPMG PwC is to be appointed as the group’s external auditor for the year ending ...
Gold turns lower as US data takes pressure off dollar
July 24th, 2015
Gold turned lower on Thursday, dipping back below $1,100 an ounce as a steeper-than-forecast drop in U.S. jobless claims helped the dollar recover from earlier lows, though prices remained under pressure after this week’s plunge. Gold posted its deepest ...
OpenMAMA Sees Strong Adoption across Financial Services Sector
July 23rd, 2015
“Significantly increases vendor coverage and re-launches with a new advisory group” OpenMAMA, the project developed to allow financial services firms to move more freely between market data technology and content vendors, today announces its re-launch boasting a new advisory ...
The Euro is Destroying the European Movement
July 23rd, 2015
“Terrorists”, “blackmail”, “lack of trust” are just some of the terms voiced during the recent negotiations between Greece and its Eurogroup partners during the recent Greek negotiations. There were even suggestions that Greece should leave the common currency altogether. ...
European Banks Face Capital Hit From Second-Quarter Bond Selloff
July 23rd, 2015
The bond market selloff in the second quarter probably dented the capital defenses of many European banks, with lenders in Italy and Spain hit hardest. The extent of the damage will be disclosed when banks report earnings starting this ...
A profound change for China’s SOEs
July 22nd, 2015
The rapid rise of China’s outbound direct investment in the past decade is a significant economic phenomenon, one met with a lot of resistance in some destination countries, particularly due to the abundance of state-owned enterprises. But despite concerns over ...
