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Credit Suisse posts positive results for 3Q 2016
November 3rd, 2016
Group reported PTI of CHF 222 million, up 12% compared to 2Q16 Group adjusted* PTI of CHF 327 million, up 13% compared to 2Q16 Combined reported PTI of CHF 1,155 million (adjusted* CHF 847 million) for APAC, SUB and IWM Adjusted* ...
Deloitte: Blockchain reinvents the financial services industry
November 2nd, 2016
Deloitte Global report highlights use cases for distributed ledger technology to transform the industry Distributed ledger technology (DLT), more commonly known as blockchain, is challenging traditional business models and providing new opportunities to reinvent financial services, according to a ...
IEA report suggests UK to abolish twenty current taxes
November 2nd, 2016
The Institute of Economic Affairs has today published a ground-breaking report which calls for the abolition of a raft of taxes, to be replaced with a simpler, less burdensome tax system. Leading economists, including Patrick Minford, David B. Smith and Professor ...
Don’t Sweat The Election. The Next Crisis Is Already Baked Into The Cake
November 1st, 2016
Friday was one of those days where you walk away from the screen for a minute and come back to find a completely different market. All it took was the FBI finding a trove of new Clinton emails, thus ...
Standard Chartered faces sanctions over Hong Kong flotation
November 1st, 2016
Standard Chartered has become ensnarled in another regulatory problem after admitting it faced potential sanctions from the Hong Kong authorities over its handling of a stock market flotation. As the London-listed bank reported its third quarter results, it admitted that ...
The price of bitcoin has risen by 19% in October
November 1st, 2016
In a year of monster hackers, the rise of new cryptocurrencies, and its own unresolved “civil war” over how to enlarge its transaction capacity, bitcoin has not only survived, but thrived. The price of bitcoin has risen by 19% ...
Tesco hit with £100m lawsuit over accounting scandal
November 1st, 2016
More than 125 large investment funds have filed a £100 million-plus legal claim against Tesco over the 2014 accounting scandal which saw its profits inflated by £326m. Bentham Europe, the London-based litigation firm fronting the claim, said that institutional ...
Financial Firms are taking measures to the risk of high volatility and low liquidity ahead of the US Election
October 31st, 2016
Following the announcement of Dukascopy for taking measures due to the risks of high volatility, low liquidity and significant price gaps on the presidential election day in the USA, Capital Index has just announced that the firm changes the ...
Market Volatility Has Currency Traders Abandoning a Tool to Stop Losses
October 30th, 2016
Some currency investors, worried that events such as the pound’s recent collapse could become more common, are abandoning an automated trading mechanism that was supposed to protect them from losses after big market swings. The trading mechanism, known as ...
What Else Can Central Banks Do?
October 28th, 2016
Central banks all over the world took dramatic actions during the Great Recession and its aftermath. For example, the US Federal Reserve took the “federal funds” interest rate down to near-zero in December 2008 and left it there until ...
