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Asian markets mostly down as dollar continues to fall
May 17th, 2017
A falling U.S. dollar pressured stocks in Japan and cast broader concern over equity markets in the region, as turmoil in Washington continued to raise doubts about the Trump administration’s ability to make progress on policy. The WSJ Dollar ...
SEC charges former head traders at Nomura with fraud
May 16th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a pair of former head traders who ran the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) desk at Nomura Securities International Inc. with deliberately lying to customers in order to inflate the profits of the ...
Oil Jumps as Saudis, Russia Favor Extending Output Deal to 2018
May 16th, 2017
Ministers agree pact should extend through the end of March OPEC deal is working and inventories decreasing: Al-Falih Oil rallied after Saudi Arabia and Russia stoked expectations that production cuts might be extended for nine months. Futures closed at ...
Former director jailed in misappropriate investor funds case
May 15th, 2017
Mr Gavin Keith Hyland has been convicted in the Brisbane District Court on two counts of dishonestly using his position to misappropriate investor funds. In relation to the first count, Mr Hyland was sentenced to two years imprisonment and ...
KCG averaged $26.3 billion dollar volume traded in Market Making for April 2017
May 15th, 2017
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today released trade volumes for the month of April 2017. In Market Making, KCG averaged $26.3 billion dollar volume traded, 11.1 billion shares traded, and 3.3 million trades per day in U.S. equities. In ...
China shares gain on spending program
May 15th, 2017
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index on course for six-day surge Oil climbs as Russia, Saudi Arabia favor extending output deal Chinese equities rose as optimism over infrastructure spending offset concerns over the strength of the global economy, while oil surged ...
Update on Brexit
May 14th, 2017
This article looks at the background to Brexit negotiations and concludes that Britain is negotiating from a position of strength, while the EU is increasingly in a position of financial difficulty. Not only will the European Commission be forced ...
How money is created
May 13th, 2017
How money is created Since the Eurosystem launched its accommodative non-standard monetary policy measures, the central bank reserves of commercial banks in the euro area have gone up sharply, more than seven-fold within a period of not quite ten ...
Goldman Sachs AM to close fixed income fund
May 12th, 2017
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is closing one of its fixed income funds due to its dwindling size. The asset management firm has decided to shut the $19 million (£14.7 million) Sterling Broad Fixed Income portfolio. Wealth Manager understands the ...
Crude’s rally took the price of a barrel back above $48 in New York
May 12th, 2017
Retailers slump on Macy’s results as bonds, gold advance Crude sustains momentum in wake of U.S. stockpile data U.S. stocks fell from records, though losses eased in afternoon trading as crude’s rally took the price of a barrel back ...
