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Switzerland initiates consultation on new Fintech regulations
February 4th, 2017
During its meeting on 1 February 2017, the Federal Council initiated the consultation on amendments to the Banking Act and Banking Ordinance in the fintech area. The revision should ensure that barriers to market entry for fintech firms are ...
Dollar Slips After Trump Move, Asia Stocks Decline: Markets Wrap
January 30th, 2017
Yen gains with gold; many Asia markets shut for Lunar New Year Global criticism of Trump’s ban is building across globe The dollar declined with Asian stocks as traders digested the tensions sparked by Donald Trump’s order halting some ...
Massive Demand for UK Gilts Spurs GBP/USD Higher
January 25th, 2017
The Pound to Dollar exchange rate trades at 1.2571 and is the best-performing currency in the G10 space. The Pound to Euro exchange rate trades at 1.1693 with an attempt at 1.17 already having been made today. Gains are ...
Former BlackRock Manager sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for insider dealing
December 22nd, 2016
In a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Mark Lyttleton, a former Equity Portfolio Manager at BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, has today been sentenced to 18 months reduced with credit to 12 months on two counts ...
Strong franc, negative interest rates expected to stay
December 21st, 2016
The Swiss economy will continue to be plagued by an over-valued franc and negative interest rates for the whole of next year, according predictions released by Credit Suisse bank economists. The silver lining to this forecast is that Swiss ...
European Stocks Hover Near 1-Year High, Set for 2nd Weekly Gain
December 16th, 2016
European stocks held steady after closing at their highest level since January on Thursday, heading for a second week of gains. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose less than 0.1 percent at 08:45 a.m. in London as gains in ...
BaFin plans to limit CFD trading
December 9th, 2016
Following the proposal by FCA UK for limiting leverage on Forex and CFDs, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) has issued an announcement to inform that the Authority intends to limit the marketing, distribution ...
Switzerland’s economy failed to grow for the first time in more than a year
December 2nd, 2016
Swiss Economy Unexpectedly Stalls on Weak Domestic Demand Median estimate in Bloomberg survey was for 0.3% increase Trade balance in goods and services had negative effect Switzerland’s economy failed to grow for the first time in more than a ...
Binary options – AMF updates its list of illegally operating platforms
November 30th, 2016
Once again, the Autorité des marchés financiers (the “AMF”) is sounding the alarm and alerting Québec consumers to the dangers of binary options. The AMF wishes to stress that no business is currently authorized to market or offer binary ...
Dollar rides Trump rally, hovers near 3-1/2-month high vs. yen
November 11th, 2016
The dollar hovered near a 3-1/2-month high versus the yen on Friday, after making big gains overnight as the markets prepared for a Donald Trump presidency that could stimulate the U.S. economy fiscally and lift interest rates. The U.S. ...
