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Signs Of A 2020 Top: “Buyers Return to Riskiest Junk Bonds”
December 30th, 2019
If you’re managing money and need positive results in the year ahead, you’re in a tough spot. Stocks are at levels that in the past have preceded cycle-ending crashes while high-grade bonds yield virtually nothing but could easily produce ...
Top EU banks guilty of multi-billion tax fraud
October 23rd, 2018
Tax-scams operated by the EU’s top banks cost treasuries €55.2bn, a cross-border investigation has shown. The scams, dubbed “the biggest tax robbery in European history”, involved Deutsche Bank and Santander – the largest lenders in Germany and Spain. They ...
Investment fraud led to the loss of more than £2.8m of investors’ money
September 10th, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has issued an announcement to inform about FCA’s second largest ever criminal prosecution and most complex fraud investigations. Operation Tidworth was ...
CME Group to acquire NEX Group plc, bringing together cash, futures and OTC Marketplaces
March 30th, 2018
CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) and NEX Group plc (NXG.L) today announced that they have reached an agreement in which CME Group will acquire NEX in a transaction valued at £10 per share, consisting of 500 pence in cash ...
Ethereum Rises Above $1,000 for the First Time as Ripple Soars
January 5th, 2018
Even as the arguable star of 2017 Bitcoin stalls thousands below its all-time high, the third largest cryptocurrency by market value, Ethereum, is soaring to new records Thursday. For the first time ever, Ethereum prices rose above $1,000 per ...
Oil prices hits highest levels since 2015
November 6th, 2017
Oil prices hit their highest levels since July 2015 early on Monday as markets tightened, while Saudi Arabia’s crown prince cemented his power over the weekend through an anti-corruption crackdown that included high profile arrests. Brent futures LCOc1, the ...
Supervisory Authorities Warn: Be Cautious
November 2nd, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Belgium(Financial Services and Markets Authority – FSMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Jersey (Jersey Financial Services Commission), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – ...
Aussie dollar tumbled, Kiwi extended a slide, Gold fell 0.3 percent, Japan’s Topix index rose
October 25th, 2017
Gains in Asian equities stalled at recent highs, while optimism in the world economy and encouraging earnings reports buoyed the dollar and bond yields. The Australian dollar sunk to its lowest since July after inflation data damped the outlook ...
7 Cryptocurrency Predictions From the Experts
July 28th, 2017
Fortune convened some top cryptocurrency entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, bankers, and others to chat about the future of digital money at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colo. last week. A select group met at the Aspen Institute for a ...
LSEG to acquire leading providers of fixed income indices
June 1st, 2017
LSEG to acquire The Yield Book and Citi Fixed Income Indices from Citi, including the World Government Bond Index (WGBI), for total cash consideration of $685 million (£535 million) subject to customary adjustments The Yield Book and Citi Fixed ...
