Commodity currencies feel heat; dollar, yen, euro stable
January 30th, 2015
Commodity currencies nursed hefty losses on Friday, as investors sent the Australian dollar to 5 1/2 year lows as they bet on the Australian central bank reducing interest rates when it meets next week. While currencies from energy and resource producing countries, such ...
PwC: Creating winning culture essential if financial services firms are to flourish
January 29th, 2015
Cultural change in the financial services sector globally is destined to fail if players continue to focus on it primarily as a compliance requirement, according to a paper just published by PwC. The paper, ‘Forging a winning culture’, which ...
IG Group launches Sunday Trading offering
January 29th, 2015
First platform to offer Sunday trading Clients able to trade select equity, binary and bitcoin markets IG Group, a global leader in online trading, is the first platform to launch a Sunday trading offering, allowing clients to trade a ...
Platts Launches Market Data Direct
January 29th, 2015
New Real-Time Global Commodity Prices and Data Service Trusted Industry Benchmarks From Platts Available in New Customizable Cross-Commodity Collections Historical Data at the Ready on a Global Basis for Trend and Arbitrage Analysis London – January 28, 2015 Platts, ...
First Derivatives announced on MongoDB
January 29th, 2015
First Derivatives Deploys Reference Data Management Solution on MongoDB to Radically Change the Way Capital Markets Information is Processed. First Derivatives (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, today announced that its ...
Standard Chartered CEO Is Under Pressure From Shareholders, Regulators, Staff
January 29th, 2015
Bank’s Top Shareholders Privately Push for New Leadership Amid Investor, Regulatory Anxiety Hundreds of Standard Chartered PLC’s most senior executives gathered earlier this month on Singapore’s Sentosa island to address the global bank’s dimming fortunes. From a lectern at ...
Asian shares skid as bullish Fed take investors by surprise
January 29th, 2015
Asian shares extended losses on Thursday after the Federal Reserve took an upbeat view on the U.S. economy and signalled that it remains firmly on track to raise interest rates this year despite an uncertain global outlook. A greater likelihood of ...
2014 Mining and Metals deal volume and value lowest in 10 years
January 28th, 2015
Deal volume in the global mining and metals sector reached a 10-year low in 2014, with transactions driven by divestments and forced sales in the face of falling commodity prices and risk-averse capital markets. EY analysis released today ...
Central Bank of Hungary voted to leave the central bank base rate unchanged
January 28th, 2015
Central Bank of Hungary issued a press release informing that voted to leave the central bank base rate unchanged at 2.10%. In the Council’s judgement, Hungarian economic growth is likely to continue. While the pace of economic activity is ...
Investment Analyst
January 28th, 2015
Reference Number: IA012015 The key responsibilities of the role include: Keeping up to date and reporting on global market developments, particularly with respect to currency and commodity markets Assisting in the preparation of charts, tables, or any other materials used ...
