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Asia stocks decline while Europe shares rise
May 27th, 2014
Asian stock markets were muted Tuesday as tensions flared between China and Vietnam over a territorial dispute while hopes of easier monetary policy continued to boost European shares. Germany’s DAX rose 0.4 percent to 9,927.85, extending the previous day’s ...
MOEX Q1 Net Profit
May 27th, 2014
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results for the first quarter (1Q) 2014 according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Strong earnings growth was driven by fees and commissions generated by increased trading volumes across markets, particularly the ...
Euro feels impact of European elections – Euro Currency update
May 27th, 2014
Currencies Outlook of May 27th The Euro The Euro is weaker against most of its rivals as the impact of last week’s European elections continues to be felt. Victory for Euro-sceptic parties weighed upon the single currency. Also piling ...
Dutch Regulator Says Banks Benefit More Than They Pay for
May 26th, 2014
Banks will draw benefits from the European Central Bank’s direct oversight that will outweigh the extra supervisory costs they face, according to the Dutch central bank’s chief supervisory official. “They said it’s a lot of money, but it’s worth ...
Barclays Manipulated Gold as Soon as It Stopped Manipulating Libor
May 26th, 2014
If you were writing a paranoid fantasy of gold price manipulation you’d be hard pressed to come up with something more on the nose than the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority’s order against Barclays. It has everything; it is the ...
CySec imposes administrative fine €10.000 to Banc De Binary Ltd
May 26th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission informs the investors that, at its meeting held on 7.4.2014 , decided to impose the administrative fine of €10.000 in total against CIF “Banc De Binary Ltd” (‘the Company’) for breaching the Article 139 (2) of ...
Europe Index Futures Rise With Asia Stocks as Kiwi Drops
May 26th, 2014
European stock index futures rose as Asian stocks headed for their highest close this year after China’s premier said policy will be fine-tuned as needed to support the economy. New Zealand’s dollar fell with crude futures as copper and ...
UK interest rate could settle at 3%
May 26th, 2014
The official UK interest rate could settle at an average of 3% in a few years, the outgoing deputy governor of the Bank of England has predicted. Charlie Bean suggested it was likely to reach that level between 2017 ...
ESMA adds CC&G and LCH.Clearnet SA to list of authorised CCPs under EMIR
May 23rd, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its list of Central Counterparties (CCPs) that have been authorised to offer services and activities in the Union in accordance with the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation EMIR (EMIR). With the ...
Soft Futures market outlook
May 23rd, 2014
Wheat futures once again started firm, but whether they will end that way… There may be some cause to hope that the trend which set in on Tuesday, of strong starts followed by weak closes, may come to an ...