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The Pound is under pressure as market rushes to buy options protecting against ‘No Deal’ Brexit
October 31st, 2018
The British Pound is suffering fresh losses taking it back to October lows against the Euro and two-month lows against the U.S. Dollar. The impasse in Brexit negotiations remains front-and-centre for foreign exchange markets with little near-term attention being ...
Top EU banks guilty of multi-billion tax fraud
October 23rd, 2018
Tax-scams operated by the EU’s top banks cost treasuries €55.2bn, a cross-border investigation has shown. The scams, dubbed “the biggest tax robbery in European history”, involved Deutsche Bank and Santander – the largest lenders in Germany and Spain. They ...
Here’s what to watch in European stocks
October 16th, 2018
Here’s what to watch ahead of the market open in Europe: Brexit Both U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron struck conciliatory tones ahead of a European Union summit on Brexit on Wednesday. Brussels, too, sounded more ...
Oil prices dip on rising U.S. supply
October 3rd, 2018
Oil prices dipped on Wednesday, weighed down by a report of rising U.S. crude inventories and an expected increase in production. Despite this, prices remain near four-year highs reached earlier this week ahead of U.S. sanctions against Iran’s oil ...
Investment fraud led to the loss of more than £2.8m of investors’ money
September 10th, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has issued an announcement to inform about FCA’s second largest ever criminal prosecution and most complex fraud investigations. Operation Tidworth was ...
Pound frail on worries over no-deal Brexit, dollar steady
August 7th, 2018
The pound stayed fragile on Tuesday after falling to an 11-month low against the dollar overnight on worries over a ‘hard’ Brexit from the European Union, while simmering U.S.-China trade tensions provided support to the greenback. Comments from officials ...
Dollar, euro stay in narrow ranges ahead of Trump-Juncker talks
July 25th, 2018
The dollar and euro barely moved on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at a time investors are focused on the trade rift between the two economic powers. The ...
The dollar edged up to a three-week high against the yen
June 12th, 2018
The dollar edged up to a three-week high against the yen on Tuesday amid hopes that the closely-watched U.S.-North Korea summit can pave the way towards a reduction in tensions between the two old foes. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Société Générale to pay millions for LIBOR and Euribor manipulation charges
June 5th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and settling charges against Société Générale S.A. (Société Générale or the Bank) for attempted manipulation of and false reporting in connection with the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for ...
Here are some important events coming up this week affecting investors around the world
April 23rd, 2018
Asian stocks were mixed with investors continuing to assess the outlook for trade discussions and geopolitical tensions. The dollar held last week’s advance and the 10-year Treasury yield climbed above 2.97 percent. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index of stocks ...
