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China stock exchanges step up crackdown on short-selling
August 4th, 2015
China stepped up its crackdown on short-selling of shares on Tuesday, unveiling rules that make it harder for speculators to profit from hourly price changes, as some of the nation’s major brokerages suspended their short-selling businesses. China’s stock exchanges ...
Securities watchdog probes automated trading
August 3rd, 2015
China‘s securities watchdog is investigating the impact of automated trading on share markets, as authorities step up a crackdown on what they regard as heavy speculative selling that could destabilize the world’s second-largest economy. China’s main share markets, both ...
Standard Chartered, Societe Generale are among four banks added to Forex Lawsuit by investors
August 3rd, 2015
Standard Chartered Plc and Societe Generale SA are among four banks added to a suit by investors claiming banks manipulated the $5.3 trillion a day foreign-exchange market. The investors filed a revised complaint Friday in which they broadened their ...
Citadel Says One of Its China Accounts Was Suspended
August 3rd, 2015
A Guosen Futures account suspended amid Chinese regulators’ probe following recent stock market plunge U.S.-based hedge fund firm Citadel LLC said trading in one of the accounts it manages in China has been suspended, as regulators battle a steep ...
Forexware Invests in Asia with New Shanghai Operations
July 29th, 2015
Forexware, a leader in end-to-end forex (FX) solutions, as part of its continued expansion into the Asian market, today announced an arrangement with Shanghai Fu Li Lai Information and Technology Limited to act as an exclusive reseller of Forexware ...
The alpha and beta of smart investing in troubled times
July 28th, 2015
With better returns than passive funds at a lower cost than actively managed funds, smart beta vehicles are increasingly available and becoming more popular Even in normal times, individual and institutional investors alike have a hard time figuring out ...
China’s stock market crashes again as panicking sellers lose faith
July 27th, 2015
Beijing is struggling to rein in the self-preservation instincts of small investors. All that’s left to happen in China’s stock market is for government leaders to admit they are powerless to stop a selloff. Monday’s panic selling was the ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘Brexit’ fears haunt London’s roaring trade in euros
July 22nd, 2015
If there is a symbol of British ambivalence to Europe then it may be the euro itself. The capital of euro trading prospers outside the euro zone, but London’s dominance of the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market could wane if ...
