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SST Awards 2015: All the Winners and Why they Won
May 11th, 2015
This year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards dinner, held on the evening of April 21 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, witnessed a number of new firms in the winners’ circle, four new categories, and the appearance by a genuine ...
OANDA Reports Record First Quarter Results
May 11th, 2015
Actively Traded Accounts Continue to Grow and Trading Volumes Remain Strong for Financial Technology Company OANDA, a global financial technology company, reported continued revenue growth in the first quarter of the year on the heels of an extremely successful ...
Crude-Oil Bulls Threatened as Shale Patch Revives Drilling Plans
May 11th, 2015
The rally in crude oil is reviving the U.S. shale boom, threatening speculators who are the most bullish on prices since July. Money managers increased their net-long position in West Texas Intermediate crude by 3.9 percent in the seven ...
China’s central bank is just getting started
May 11th, 2015
China’s central bank is just getting started with its efforts to shore up the country’s struggling economy. The People’s Bank of China announced new interest rate cuts over the weekend, the third such action since November. The central bank’s benchmark one-year ...
CRYEX announces new institutional FX and digital currency marketplace and clearing house
May 8th, 2015
10 M USD funding led by White Star Capital and Northzone CRYEX today announced the filing of an application with the Swedish Finansinspektionen (SFSA) to become a regulated clearing organization and create a member-only marketplace with clearing and settlement ...
SEC Approves Pilot to Assess Tick Size Impact for Smaller Companies
May 8th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved a proposal by the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for a two-year pilot program that would widen the minimum quoting and trading increments–or tick sizes–for stocks of ...
UBS Sets Sights on U.S. Investment Banking Again
May 8th, 2015
UBS AG, which stumbled badly the last time it pushed to expand in the lucrative U.S. investment-banking market, is again seeking to build its business here—though this time with more modest ambitions. UBS AG, which stumbled badly the last time ...
EBS to launch FX Outrights and Swaps on EBS Direct: ICAP
May 7th, 2015
EBS, ICAP‘s market-leading electronic FX business, announces today that it will beta launch FX Outrights and Swaps on EBS Direct in Q4 2015, subject to regulatory approvals. Eight major liquidity providers (LPs) have agreed to support the beta launch ...
Banks Expected to Settle FX Probes for Billions
May 7th, 2015
Citigroup Inc., Barclays PLC, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Royal Bank of Scotland Group are expected to plead guilty to rigging foreign-currency exchange rates and pay billions in combined penalties. Four big banks are expected to plead guilty ...
ACPR and AMF warn the public against unauthorized websites and entities proposing Forex investments
May 7th, 2015
The Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) are publishing a new updated list of websites and entities offering investments on the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market in France, without ...
