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EEX Group published the key figures of December 2016
January 4th, 2017
EEX Group provides the central market platform for energy and commodity products. The offering of the group comprises contracts listed at the European Energy Exchange (EEX), EPEX SPOT, Powernext, Cleartrade Exchange (CLTX), Gaspoint Nordic and Power Exchange Central Europe ...
Man arrested for an allegedly $300 million Forex Ponzi scheme scam
January 4th, 2017
The arrest of a man who allegedly peddled a $300 million (Dh1.1 billion) Ponzi scheme as a foreign currency trading programme has come as a ray of hope for residents, many of whom have lost their entire life’s savings ...
SIX Swiss Exchange reports trading turnover CHF 1,279.3 billion
January 4th, 2017
Trading turnover CHF 1,279.3 billion (-6.8% year-on-year), average daily trading turnover CHF 5.0 billion Five company IPOs on SIX Swiss Exchange in 2016 Innovation: launch of XBTR trading platform, new SwissAtMid liquidity pool and SPI Multi Premia® index family ...
Bitcoin price jumped above $1,000 for the first time in three years
January 3rd, 2017
It has been a bumper year for bitcoin. Having risen in value in 2016 by 125 percent the digital currency started the new year by jumping above $1,000 for the first time in three years. As most bitcoin trading ...
Deutsche Börse cash markets achieve third strongest year since 2010
January 3rd, 2017
Turnover on Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange totals €1.38 trillion Daimler AG is equity with the highest order book turnover 2016 with €69.5 billion Order book turnover in December was €116.2 billion Deutsche Börse cash markets recorded a ...
China going cashless thanks to fintech boom
December 30th, 2016
Standing in line at a Starbucks in downtown Shenzhen, I suddenly realize that no one in front of me is paying with cash. They aren’t paying by credit card either. In fact, I can’t see a single customer holding a wallet or a ...
Swedish government proposes tax changes for startups
December 30th, 2016
The Swedish government says it has listened to criticism from flagship startups like Spotify and will now change the rules regarding employee share schemes for small companies in the country. Startups have long argued that they were struggling to ...
When Assets (Such as Real Estate) Become Liabilities
December 29th, 2016
It will be the middle class that accepted the notion that “real estate is the foundation of family wealth” that will be stripmined by higher taxes on immobile assets such as real estate. Correspondent Joel M. submitted an article ...
The decline in global forex trading
December 29th, 2016
Few surveys chart financial history and the changing structure and activities in financial markets as well as the Bank for International Settlements’ Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange and over-the-counter derivatives. The 2016 Triennial survey covers the period ...
28.7% of EU GDP spent on social protection
December 28th, 2016
Since 2011, social protection expenditure in the European Union (EU) has increased slightly, from 28.3% of GDP in 2011 to 28.7% in 2014, according to data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In 2014, the two ...
