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Joint Administrators of Alpari (UK) Limited announced payment for unsecured creditors
December 7th, 2015
Further to the announcement in relation to Preferential creditor dividend, Joint Administrators of Alpari (UK) Limited announced that the JSAs will shortly be making a payment of 14 pence in the £ (GBP) to unsecured creditors whose claim has been agreed ...
European swap clearing to start in June 2016
December 3rd, 2015
Firms will have to centrally clear certain classes of interest rate swaps starting from 21 June 2016. The clearing obligation in the Europe Union (EU) will enter into force following the publication of the relevant technical standards in the ...
KPMG: Alpari (UK) Limited – Preferential creditor dividend
December 3rd, 2015
Preferential creditor dividend The Joint Special Administrators have announced a dividend to preferential creditors of 100p in the £ (GBP) (“the Preferential Dividend”) i.e. all agreed preferential claims will be paid in full. Preferential creditors should shortly receive a ...
Over 10,000 people were duped by Bitcoin mining startup, feds say
December 2nd, 2015
SEC: Josh Garza and GAW Miners “robbed one investor to pay another.” On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued the founder of a now-shuttered Bitcoin mining company, alleging that it committed $19 million worth of fraud in a Ponzi scheme. ...
Brazil sues BHP, Vale for $5 billion in damages for mine disaster
December 1st, 2015
Brazil filed a lawsuit on Monday against two of the world’s largest mining companies for 20 billion Brazilian reais ($5.2 billion/3.4 billion pounds) to clean up what it says was its worst environmental disaster, caused by the collapse of a ...
Bitcoin Price Surges by 12%, Setting Weekly High
November 27th, 2015
The price of bitcoin jumped 12% today, setting a weekly high of $368.51 at 12:30 (UTC). According to the CoinDesk USD Bitcoin Price Index (BPI), the digital currency opened the day at $328.98 before increasing $40. The price has shed about $20 from its intra-day peak, trading around ...
10 Forex Concepts You Need to Understand
November 25th, 2015
The foreign exchange (forex, FX for short) is the world’s most liquid financial market, with a daily turnover of $5.3 trillion(1). Each day, governments, multinational corporations, banks, investors and traders exchange currencies on the open market to facilitate ...
Big Oil: Which Are The Top 10 Biggest Oil Companies?
November 25th, 2015
Energy analysts are paying a lot of attention to which companies are cutting back on drilling, which are going bankrupt, and who will be able to survive the downturn. At least 37 oil and gas companies have filed for bankruptcy so ...
CySec announced imposition of an administrative fine and reprimand for the Directors of Pulp International Business Ltd
November 24th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) issued an announcement to inform public regarding its decision to impose an administrative fine / reprimand to the Directors of Pulp International Business Ltd. According to CySec, on its meeting held on ...
Currency Spoofing Is Said to Be New York’s Latest Target
November 24th, 2015
Subpoenas sent to brokers including TFS-ICAP, Tullett Prebon Schneiderman probing FX options linked to emerging markets The New York attorney general is investigating possible manipulation in foreign-exchange trading, according to a person familiar with the matter, aiming more scrutiny ...
