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Gazprom building global alliance with expanded Shell
June 23rd, 2015
Gazprom is building a global strategic alliance with energy major Royal Dutch Shell that will include asset swaps and allow the Russian gas giant to penetrate new markets, its chief executive told Reuters. Gazprom, the world’s top gas producer, ...
LAT Joins Forces With FXCM UK to Launch New Trading Programme
June 23rd, 2015
The London Academy of Trading (LAT) has launched a Financial Trading Programme in association with online spread betting and CFD broker Forex Capital Markets Limited (“FXCM UK”). This new course marks another step forward in LAT’s expansion as it remains the only ...
Bitcoin Could Change The Derivatives Market, Says UBS Banker
June 22nd, 2015
Bitcoin could change derivatives, in particular settlement, trading and securities issuance according to some individuals, among whom are bankers and technologists. Alex Batlin, who has been a vocal supporter of banks adopting Bitcoin related technologies, told attendees of the ...
An alternative Legal Services Business is launched by Herbert Smith Freehills
June 22nd, 2015
Herbert Smith Freehills has launched a pioneering new global alternative legal services business, which harnesses the firm’s key legal and client technology expertise around the world to offer cost efficient legal products and technology services for clients. The new ...
Buy side should double down on scaling R&D investments
June 17th, 2015
To address declining return on investment, buy side needs to speed up the process of testing and disqualifying unworkable strategies, while allowing more resources to be invested in benchmarking and scaling up the most promising systems, according to a ...
China shares fall, other Asian markets mixed ahead of Fed
June 17th, 2015
Chinese stocks fell for a third day and other Asian markets were mixed Wednesday as investors looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve‘s policy update. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index shed 2.4 percent to 4,769.73 and Tokyo’s Nikkei ...
EU and IMF sign an Agreement for a €8 million Fiscal Reforms Program in Southeastern Europe
June 12th, 2015
The European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) signed a grant agreement for a €8 million (US$9 million) capacity development program on fiscal reforms in Southeastern Europe (SEE). IMF Deputy Managing Director Carla Grasso made the following ...
Basel Committee consults on interest rate risk in the banking book
June 8th, 2015
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today issued a consultative document on the risk management, capital treatment and supervision of interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB). This consultative document expands upon and is intended to ultimately replace the ...
OPEC 167th Meeting concludes
June 8th, 2015
The 167th Meeting of the Conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was held in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, 5th June 2015 under the Chairmanship of its Alternate President, HE Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Sada, ...
Egypt signs €8bn power deal with Siemens
June 4th, 2015
Egypt yesterday signed an €8 billion (Dh33bn) contract with Siemens to increase power generation capacity by 50 per cent, which is expected to provide a boost to the economy. The contract, which was signed in Berlin by the Egyptian ...
