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Gold Price History: The Last 2000 Years
June 25th, 2015
It really is no exaggeration to say that human beings have valued gold for as long as they’ve been able to get their hands on it. Burial sites going back to the 4th millennium BC include skillfully wrought gold ...
Barclays sued by California utility over alleged electric market manipulation
June 24th, 2015
A California water utility filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday to recoup losses in the electric market that it blames on Barclays Bank Plc , which the U.S. government fined $453 million in 2013 for manipulating electricity prices. ...
Asia First Trading-Atrium Announces Readiness For Low Latency Direct Market Access To Thailand From Singapore
June 23rd, 2015
Country Group Securities and Neo & Partners Global collaborate to establish Inbound and Outbound Low Latency Direct Market Access for Equities and Derivatives e-Trading. Neo & Partners Global’s unique 360° Business Eco-system combines high technology with human-centric design for ...
FCA Chose Not to Chase Some Firms in FX Probe
June 17th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority chose not to pursue all institutions involved in the foreign exchange rigging scandal, believing that targeting the worst cases would be enough to send a message of deterrence to all. The FCA fined five banks a ...
Noble Group Denies Repos Use, Slams Iceberg as Not Credible
June 17th, 2015
Asia’s largest commodity trader Noble Group Ltd. took on its critics today with an open letter defending its accounting methods and valuations of a coal asset. Noble has seen its shares drop more than 40 percent since a group ...
A study on Bitcoin use in UK
June 16th, 2015
UK based Bitcoin news site Miningpool.co.uk released the results of a study on bitcoin use in the UK. According to Mining Pool, The Bitcoin Poll reveals 3 surprising facts about UK Users While looking at the results of Miningpool.co.uk ...
BoE: Fair and Effective Markets Review Releases Final Report
June 11th, 2015
Bank of England – The Fair and Effective Markets Review today published its Final Report, which sets out 21 recommendations to help restore trust in the wholesale Fixed Income, Currency and Commodity (FICC) markets. The Review was established by the ...
RBNZ: Official Cash Rate reduced to 3.25 percent
June 11th, 2015
Statement by Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand today reduced the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent. Growth in the global economy remains moderate. Data on economic activity in ...
Fitch: Steep Emerging-Market FX Reserve Falls Likely to Continuee
June 3rd, 2015
Global EM FX reserves have fallen by USD524bn since June 2014, surpassing the drop in 2008-2009, and further declines are probable. Emerging-market (EM) official foreign exchange (FX) reserves have been falling steadily by an average of USD58bn a month ...
Statement by Glenn Stevens, RBA Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
June 2nd, 2015
At its meeting today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.0 per cent. The global economy is expanding at a moderate pace, but some key commodity prices are much lower than ...
