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Oil falls as fear fades over Iraq conflict
June 24th, 2014
The price of oil fell Tuesday as fears receded that the insurgency roiling Iraq would affect its oil production and exports. Islamic militants have been steadily expanding their grip on the country’s north, where they control a broad swath ...
Silver futures down 0.32% on profit-booking, global cues
June 23rd, 2014
Silver prices fell 0.32 per cent to Rs 44,428 per kg in futures trade today as speculators booked profits amid a weak trend in global markets. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, silver for delivery in July traded lower by ...
Hedge-Fund Hack Part of Bigger Siege: Cyber-Experts
June 23rd, 2014
The attack on a U.S. hedge fund’s network, which a cybersecurity contractor said last week disrupted the firm’s high-speed trading and stole its data, is but one among many. That is the assessment of more than a half-dozen computer ...
Commodities market overview
June 20th, 2014
A summary of trading in key commodities markets overseas: ENERGY Oil prices soared on escalating violence in Iraq, as government troops recaptured a major refinery and the US said it was sending in military advisers to train Iraqi forces. ...
Regulator Investigates Controls at Deutsche Bank Commodities Unit
June 20th, 2014
Germany’s top financial regulator recently investigated internal controls at Deutsche Bank AG’s commodities unit, according to a person familiar with the probe. The regulator, BaFin, sent a letter to the bank outlining its findings in April, this person said. ...
Danske Defeat on Risk Weights Shows Regulatory Supremacy
June 20th, 2014
As regulators across Europe and the U.S. show signs of caving in to bank industry warnings that new rules risk hurting the economy, Denmark’s watchdog has just won a milestone battle against the nation’s biggest bank. Danske Bank A/S ...
CySec: Withdraw of CIF authorisation
June 20th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has issued an announcement that on a meeting held on June 16, 2014 has decided to withdraw the CIF authorisation of T.B.S.F. Best Strategy Finance Ltd (www.cedarfinance.com), ...
Post-Crash Economics
June 19th, 2014
In last month’s European Parliament election, euroskeptic and extremist parties won 25% of the popular vote, with the biggest gains chalked up in France, the United Kingdom, and Greece. These results were widely, and correctly, interpreted as showing the ...
European Stocks rise as Fed Signals Support Amid Recovery
June 19th, 2014
European stocks rose after the Federal Reserve repeated its pledge to leave interest rates near their record low and said the world’s largest economy should experience sustained growth. U.S. stock futures were little changed, while Asian shares rallied. Rolls-Royce ...
AMF Updates List of Unauthorised Binary Options Providers
June 18th, 2014
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), warns the investors by publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The AMF is once again warning retail ...
