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ESMA agrees to proposed short-selling ban by Greek HCMC
June 30th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today its official opinion agreeing to a seven-day emergency short selling prohibition proposed by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HMCM) under the Short Selling Regulation. The ban will take effect on 00:00:01 ...
CFTC Issues Proposed Rule on Cross-Border Margin
June 30th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today voted unanimously to propose a rule that would apply the Commission’s margin requirements for uncleared swaps in the context of cross-border transactions (Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule would apply to Commission-registered ...
Nasdaq Launches Index Calculation System for Marketplaces
June 30th, 2015
Offering gives exchanges index producer capabilities, opportunities for new revenue streams Singapore Exchange to leverage technology to boost index services offering Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the launch of the Nasdaq Index Calculation System, a standalone solution that provides marketplaces with ...
China stocks are giving investors a nasty case of whiplash
June 30th, 2015
China stocks resumed their volatile decline on Tuesday, compounding losses that have erased trillion of dollars in market value in recent weeks. The Shanghai Composite dropped as much as 6% in morning trading, before bouncing back. The performance pushed ...
Asia stocks bounce back but Greece uncertainty still looms
June 30th, 2015
Asian stock markets bounced back Tuesday, recouping some of the previous day’s sharp losses, but investors remained worried the crisis in Greece could spread to other financially weak countries. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.4 percent to 20,189.02 after ...
Top Stories of the day June 29
June 29th, 2015
News of the day are around Greek crisis and what is the next day. Trading firms are on alert regarding currency volatility where National Bank of Switzerland confirmed that intervened in markets. 1. In wake of MPs approving plebiscite, ...
The Greek Bank Run is real – Bitcoin an option?
June 29th, 2015
So, as it turns out, people are trying to get all of their money out of the banks in Greece. We suspected this might happen. Everyone in the Bitcoin community is saying these people should convert to Bitcoin. Is ...
Swiss National Bank President Thomas Jordan confirmed on Monday that the central bank intervened in markets overnight
June 29th, 2015
Swiss Step Into Currency Market as Greece Adds to SNB’s Woes Greece’s decision to effectively call a public vote on its euro-area membership is one more blow for Switzerland, the country where overwhelming demand for its currency is pushing ...
Athens Stock Exchange: Announcement
June 29th, 2015
The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), during its 715th/ 29.6.2015 Board of Directors’ meeting decided the following: a. The ATHEX regulated market and the Multilateral Trading Facility of “EN.A” (Alternative Market of the Athens Exchange) shall remain closed, throughout ...
Euro volatility: The impact of Greece crisis has been less clear in FX than in other markets
June 29th, 2015
Euro recovers ground but still broadly down in volatile trade The euro recovered much of the ground it had lost overnight in volatile trading on Monday, but was still 0.8 percent down against the dollar, after Greece took a ...
