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BGC Partners Completes Full Merger with GFI Group
January 13th, 2016
Public Shareholders to Receive $6.10 per GFI Share in Cash BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (“BGC Partners,” “BGC,” or the “Company,”) a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced that it has completed ...
IASB shines light on leases by bringing them onto the balance sheet
January 13th, 2016
The International Accounting Standards Board® (the Board) today issued a new accounting Standard, called IFRS 16 Leases. It replaces accounting requirements introduced more than 30 years ago that are no longer considered fit for purpose and is a major revision of ...
Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into acquisition of oilfield service provider Baker Hughes by Halliburton
January 13th, 2016
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the proposed acquisition of oilfield service supplier Baker Hughes by rival Halliburton would impede effective competition in breach of the EU Merger Regulation. Both companies are US-based. Commissioner ...
Slater & Gordon bankers bring in investigative accountants
January 8th, 2016
Slater & Gordon faces further scrutiny after it emerged that the company’s lenders have appointed investigative accountants to take a closer look at its books. The move follows a shock abandonment of its earnings guidance in late 2015 that unnerved shareholders ...
Lloyds under investigation by FCA over possible market rigging
January 7th, 2016
Reports say investigation into gilts trading is not industry-wide despite recent criticism of regulator for dropping review into culture at major banks The City regulator is investigating whether traders at Lloyds Banking Group manipulated the price of government bonds, in a ...
Four London-based traders are being investigated by DoJ for possible manipulation
January 7th, 2016
DoJ investigates bond traders over market-rigging “What is Bond: A name for debt which is issued for a specified period of time. Depending the terms of the Bond, the issuer owes the holder/s a debt, and is obliged to pay ...
World Bank:Anemic recovery in emerging markets to weigh heavily on global growth in 2016
January 7th, 2016
Weak growth among major emerging markets will weigh on global growth in 2016, but economic activity should still pick up modestly to a 2.9 percent pace, from 2.4 percent growth in 2015, as advanced economies gain speed, according to ...
Monex’s Global DARTs trades and Global FX Volume are higher in December 2015
January 7th, 2016
Monex Group has issued a report to make publish its monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in December 2015. According the company’s report, the Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) which are the trades and transactions per day which generate revenue, ...
Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics for December 2015, includes Reg.-NMS Execution Statistics
January 5th, 2016
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. an automated global electronic broker and market maker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for December. Highlights for the month included: 628 thousand Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), 6% higher than prior year ...
China Halts Stock Trading After 7% Rout Triggers Circuit Breaker
January 4th, 2016
Weak manufacturing data, end to share-sale ban sparked rout Stocks in Hong Kong extend retreat after mainland halt The worst-ever start to a year for Chinese shares triggered a trading halt in more than $7 trillion of equities, futures ...
