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PwC named best Global Treasury Consultant for 14th consecutive year
January 22nd, 2015
Top honour in Treasury Management International’s annual Awards for Innovation and Excellence PwC has been recognised by global publication Treasury Management International (TMI) as Best Treasury Consultant in their annual Awards for Innovation and Excellence. This marks the 14th ...
Metro Bank grows 118% in 2014
January 22nd, 2015
Deposits increase to £2,867 million; representing year on year growth of 118% Total loans grow to £1,597 million, a year on year increase of 112% Loans to business customers make up almost half of total lending Metro Bank, the ...
Accounting firms: Small practitioners pick apart KPMG’s SME move
January 22nd, 2015
A torrent of defiance and disbelief has been unleashed by accountancy practices across the UK after KPMG‘s recent vow to disrupt and dominate the SME market by telling small businesses “you can pay us the same as your current accountant, ...
FXCM Revises FX and Gold Margin Requirements
January 22nd, 2015
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), a leading online provider of foreign exchange, or FX, trading and related services, announced that starting Wednesday, January 21, 2015 the firm will increase margin requirements globally on forex instruments, as well as gold in its ...
SEC Announces Charges Against Standard & Poor’s for Fraudulent Ratings Misconduct
January 22nd, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a series of federal securities law violations by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services involving fraudulent misconduct in its ratings of certain commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). S&P agreed to pay more than $58 ...
New acquisition in technology solutions for capital markets
January 21st, 2015
With a press release, Ipero announced the acquisition of ClearMomentum Ipreo, a global leader of data, market intelligence and productivity solutions to financial services and corporate professionals, today announced its acquisition of ClearMomentum, provider of portfolio monitoring applications to ...
Russell Investments and Integral, launch Russell FX Network
January 21st, 2015
Russell Investments and Integral launch comprehensive execution service for institutional investors – designed to fix the Fix Integral announced today the launch of Russell FX Network: Novel end-to-end foreign exchange (FX) trading solution leverages Integral’s InvestorFX™ technology Offers superior ...
UBS launches white paper for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015
January 21st, 2015
Publication recommends solutions to challenges presented by US energy independence, technological advancement, financial policy shifts, and the environmental credit crunch. Zurich/Basel, 21 January 2015 – UBS today launches a white paper titled, The New Global Context: Could economic transformations threaten ...
Swiss banks try to calm scared shareholders
January 21st, 2015
SWISS financial institutions and firms that trade with them yesterday tried to reassure investors who had been walloped by the soaring franc last week, after the central bank removed the currency’s peg with the euro. The Swiss National Bank ...
Markets advance in anticipation of the ECB meeting
January 20th, 2015
US stock markets were closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. When trading resumes today investor attention will likely be focused on earnings reports of big corporations like Morgan Stanley, Johnson & Johnson, IBM and Netflix. ...