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Alpari (UK) Ltd is under administration
January 19th, 2015
Upon the application of the directors of Alpari (UK) Ltd, on Monday 19 January 2015, the High Court appointed Richard Heis, Samantha Bewick and Mark Firmin of KPMG LLP as joint special administrators of Alpari (UK) Ltd, under the ...
FXTM announced Normal Trading Resumes in fully Tradable Mode Again
January 19th, 2015
After switched trading on CHF-based instruments to “Close-only” mode, FXTM announced today Normal Trading Resumes with CHF-based Instruments in Fully Tradable Mode Again. Markets are gradually stabilizing in the aftermath of last week’s surprise events, which shocked the global ...
Here’s What the Swiss Central Bank Just Did and Why It’s Such a Shocker
January 19th, 2015
Today the Swiss National Bank shocked the world when it announced it would remove the cap it had in place to prevent the Swiss franc from rising too high against the euro. Here’s what that means and what it’s ...
Switzerland Underestimated Effect Of Currency Move On Swiss Franc
January 19th, 2015
After Switzerland’s central bank shocked global markets with a surprise currency move on Thursday, the global consensus a day later was: No more surprises, please. Currency brokers across the globe suffered deep losses, people in Geneva lined up at ...
SNB president defends shock move: reaction ‘overdone’
January 19th, 2015
Reaction to the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) scrapping of its cap on the value of the Swiss franc has been overdone, the bank’s president Thomas Jordan has said in a newspaper interview. “We see significant excesses in current exchange ...
Swiss Franc Trade Is Said to Wipe Out Everest’s Main Fund
January 19th, 2015
Marko Dimitrijevic made a smart bet in December. The hedge fund manager, wagering the Swiss franc would fall, profited after voters there rejected a plan to have the central bank hold a fifth of its assets in gold. For ...
Why the Swiss unpegged the franc
January 19th, 2015
In the world of central banking, slow and predictable decisions are the aim. So on January 15th, when the Swiss National Bank (SNB) suddenly announced that it would no longer hold the Swiss franc at a fixed exchange rate ...
ESMA to cooperate with the Hong Kong SFC on CCPs
January 19th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU establishes cooperation arrangements between the signatory authorities regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) that are established ...
FINMA issues public warning
January 19th, 2015
FINMA, the Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority, issues public warning concerning information provided by the following companies: Alpen Asset Management Trust Sàrl, Geneva, API Premiere Swiss Trust AG, Zurich Contrary to the information provided by the above companies neither ...
Banks Battle Speculation Denmark’s Euro Peg at Risk: Currencies
January 19th, 2015
Banks in Scandinavia are joining the Danish government in trying to persuade offshore investors that the Nordic country isn’t about to copy Switzerland and drop its euro peg. SEB AB, the Nordic region’s largest currency trader, said it’s been fielding calls ...
