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China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) joins R3 distributed ledger consortium
November 3rd, 2016
Financial innovation firm R3 has announced the addition of China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), China’s official interbank market trading platform, to its consortium to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. Headquartered in Shanghai, CFETS ...
ASIC and Ontario Securities Commission sign agreement to support fintech companies
November 3rd, 2016
Innovative fintech companies in Australia and Ontario, Canada will be able to draw on support from the combined resources of their financial regulators as they seek to operate in the others’ market, under a new agreement. Under the agreement, signed ...
ICAP acquires Abide Financial
October 13th, 2016
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that it has acquired Abide Financial (Abide), a market-leading global regulatory reporting specialist. Abide will become a subsidiary of ICAP’s ...
ACCA launches innovations to its qualification to shape the future of Global Accountancy
October 12th, 2016
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) takes a major step forward in shaping the future of accountancy by unveiling major innovations to its Master’s level qualification, tailored to meet the strategic challenges of the 21st century’s disruptive economy. ...
Trade deals – a global issue
October 7th, 2016
The annual Conservative Party conference commenced last Sunday, and the media focus was mostly about the Government’s stance on Brexit. This is hardly surprising, because Mrs May is being secretive, avoiding stoking a public spat with the EU by ...
Sydney Stock Exchange blockchain project reaches first milestone
October 6th, 2016
APX Settlement Pty Limited (APXS), the Sydney Stock Exchange’s joint venture with Bit Trade Labs to develop a blockchain based settlement solution, has successfully prototyped its blockchain smart register for real-time issuance and allocation of equity securities. This marks ...
Saxo Bank reports higher profits and client assets as diversification strategy yields results
September 30th, 2016
Saxo Bank Group (“The Group”) has reported a net profit of DKK 158 million for the first six months of 2016. During the same period, client collateral deposits continued to rise, increasing by DKK 6 billion, compared to H1 ...
America is on a slippery slope
September 30th, 2016
It hadn’t happened before, at least not since US presidents started visiting foreign countries after the Second World War. In early September, when President Obama landed at Hangzhoi for the G-20 summit in early September, the CIA security men ...
Asian Stocks Slide as Deutsche Bank Jitters Boost Dollar, Gold
September 30th, 2016
Deutsche Bank sank to record low in U.S., hitting financials Gold advances with sovereign bonds as haven assets favored What’s set to be the best quarter for Asian stocks since 2012 is ending on a sour note as concern about ...
Asian Stocks Rally With Won, Bonds After Fed as Crude Oil Gains
September 22nd, 2016
Kiwi weakens as central bank flags more easing; won jumps Iron ore, coking coal and steel prices surge in China Asian stocks rallied With European equity index futures and bonds after central banks including the Federal Reserve indicated monetary policies ...