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Deutsche Boerse Buys 360T to Expand in Currency Trading
July 27th, 2015
Deutsche Boerse AG will buy foreign-exchange trading platform 360T for 725 million euros ($796 million) to move into the $5.3 trillion-a-day currency trading market. The agreement was signed by 360T shareholders including U.S. private equity firm Summit Partners, Deutsche ...
On June 30 scientists will add a second and trading firms have to be prepared
June 29th, 2015
On June 30, time will stand still. Just for a second — a leap second. Since 1967, when clocks went atomic, human timekeeping has been independent of the earth’s rotation. The problem is, the planet is slowing down and ...
Nomura Is Latest Bank to Stop Clearing Swaps as New Rules Bite
May 14th, 2015
Nomura Holdings Inc. will no longer act as a middleman to allow clients to guarantee their swap trades with a clearinghouse, the latest bank to exit the business as new rules increase risks and costs in the $630 trillion ...
Options on Futures Now Available on Wolverine Execution Services Trading Platform
May 13th, 2015
Wolverine Execution Services (WEX), a leading provider of premier technology and execution services, announced the inclusion of options on futures trading functionality within the WEX Trading Platform (WTP). Permissioned WTP users can view options on futures market data, enter ...
When do markets close on New Year’s Eve?
December 31st, 2014
Virtually all major markets around the world will be shut on New Year’s Day, but U.S. stock traders can forget about popping any early afternoon corks on New Year’s Eve. Both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will ...
U.K. regulators hit hurdles on fixing benchmarks
December 18th, 2014
U.K. regulators are expected to report in coming weeks on plans to fix global financial benchmarks. But efforts so far under way are already running into difficulties. Some market participants are worried that a new benchmark silver price isn’t ...
World Cup Trading Championships set for November
October 20th, 2014
JUST ANNOUNCED: The Inaugural World Cup Championship of Binary Options Trading, co-sponsored by the Nadex exchange, runs Nov. 2-28, 2014! Account minimums of just $500 — our lowest ever — apply for this event. This is the first new ...
Copper in Shanghai Swings Near 4-Week High as Stockpiles Fall
August 25th, 2014
Copper in Shanghai swung between gains and losses near the highest in almost four weeks after stockpiles fell the most since May and before housing data in the U.S., the second-biggest consumer of industrial metals. Stockpiles tracked by the ...
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 ...
SEC Probes Threat From Cyber Attacks Against Wall Street
March 27th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the exposure of stock exchanges, brokerages and other Wall Street firms to cyber-attacks that have been called a threat to financial stability. The SEC held a roundtable discussion of those risks ...
