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OPEC’s Colluders Are in a No-Win Situation
November 12th, 2014
Economists will tell you that cartels are hard to keep alive. They work when everyone in the cartel holds down production to keep the price artificially high (and punish customers). But there’s a huge incentive to exceed one’s quota. ...
SWIFT addresses the Know Your Customer’s customer compliance challenge
November 12th, 2014
New ‘SWIFT Profile’ is the first in a series of additional value-added Know Your Customer Services linked to the KYC Registry. SWIFT has announced the development of the SWIFT Profile, a report that provides an overview of an institution’s ...
Report on role of Bank of England officials in relation to conduct issues in the foreign exchange market
November 12th, 2014
The Oversight Committee has today published an independent report by Lord Grabiner QC. This follows his investigation into whether, between 2005 and 2013, any Bank of England official was involved in, or aware of, conduct issues in the foreign ...
FCA warning against clone firm
November 12th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has issued a warning to alert all recipients that: Kingsley Asset Management (clone of FCA authorised firm) Address: Hyde House, The Hyde, London, NW9 6LH (clone of FCA authorised firm), Unit 1, 47 ...
FCA fines five banks £1.1 billion for FX failings
November 12th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed fines totalling £1,114,918,000 ($1.7 billion) on five banks for failing to control business practices in their G10 spot foreign exchange (FX) trading operations: Citibank N.A. £225,575,000 ($358 million), HSBC Bank Plc £216,363,000 ...
Regulators fine global banks $3.4 billion in forex probe
November 12th, 2014
Global regulators imposed penalties totaling $3.4 billion on five major banks, including UBS (UBSN.VX), HSBC (HSBA.L) and Citigroup (C.N) on Wednesday for failing to stop their traders from trying to manipulate foreign exchange markets. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and JP ...
Wednesday November 12: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
November 12th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 12, 2014 EUR/USD edged higher on the day hitting resistance at the 1.25 handle. Pair looking to bounce above this key resistance level. A close above extends to the 1.2540-70 area. Consolidation and ...
The Two New Tools of Monetary Policy
November 12th, 2014
Every basic exposition of how monetary policy is conducted before about 2008 is soon to become obsolete. The three basic monetary policy tools that used to be taught in almost every introductory economics course were changing reserve requirements, changing ...
Dow, S&P 500 set record highs in light volume
November 12th, 2014
The Dow and S&P 500 eked out a fifth session of record closing highs on Tuesday, barely extending the market’s recent rally in light volume as consumer discretionary shares gained. The S&P 500’s top percentage gainer was Zoetis, which jumped 8.9 ...
Japanese stocks soar to seven-year peak on tax-hike delay talk
November 12th, 2014
Japanese stocks scaled seven-year highs on Wednesday, putting the rest of Asia in the shade, buoyed by expectations Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a planned sales tax hike to avoid damaging a fragile economic recovery. MSCI’s broadest index ...
