Alexis Tsipras flies to Moscow amid speculation of bailout from Putin
April 8th, 2015
Greek prime minister to sign accords with Russia, including gas price discount and possible loans in return for Greek assets, that would alarm EU creditors The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, began a controversial visit to Moscow on Tuesday as ...
NinjaTrader Launches Forex Brokerage Services
April 7th, 2015
NinjaTrader Group, LLC has announced the addition of forex trading to the services available through NinjaTrader Brokerage. Users of the awardwinning NinjaTrader platform can now access the world’s largest and most liquid market directly through a NinjaTrader Brokerage trading ...
Electronic Broking: March 2015 Volumes
April 7th, 2015
Average daily volume (in USD billions, single count) March YoY % change February MoM % change 12 Months ended 31 March % change 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 US Treasury 189.7 153.9 (19%) 181.9 (15%) 158.1 163.0 3% US ...
4th Story Introduces LP Analytics Tools for FX
April 7th, 2015
4th Story has introduced new tools to give FX brokers and traders valuable insight into their liquidity providers’ pricing. Dubbed 4S.Rocky Mountain, the tools provide detailed analytics of spreads, depth, relative book position and other metrics and display changes ...
Speed Trader Virtu Readies Another IPO Try
April 7th, 2015
Deal could value the company at $2.59 billion With the controversy over high-speed trading firms cooling, one of them is preparing to brave the stock market. Virtu Financial Inc. on Monday outlined plans to go public later this month ...
The Greek crisis and the clash of philosophies within the EU
April 7th, 2015
Listening to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis speaking about the recent Eurogroup agreement on Greece, one could be forgiven for thinking they were talking about two completely different texts. There are obviously deep ...
Andreas Theophanous
April 7th, 2015
Professor Andreas Theophanous was born in Cyprus on February 14, 1960. In 1980, he went to the USA on a Fulbright scholarship. He received his BA degree in Economics and Political Science (with distinction, baccalaureate) from Susquehanna University in ...
Cairn India takes Indian authorities to court over $3.3 bln tax demand
April 7th, 2015
Cairn India Ltd, India’s largest private-sector oil producer, said on Monday it had moved the Delhi High Court against a $3.3 billion tax demand from Indian authorities related to its listing in 2007. The company, a unit of London-listed Vedanta Resources ...
KPMG tells banks – Slash costs to get back to healthy profits
April 7th, 2015
Britain’s big banks must slash their bloated cost bases if they are ever to return to sustainable profitability, analysts at KPMG warned today. The largest lenders are all struggling to make steady returns. Despite improvements in profits last year, ...
Wall Street to open lower in wake of weak jobs data
April 6th, 2015
U.S. stock index futures fell in low volume on Monday, putting Wall Street on track for a lower open on the first trading session since Friday’s surprisingly weak jobs data. * Labor Department data showed U.S. employers last month ...
