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Saudis Raise Oil Pricing to Asia on Signs of Demand Growth
April 6th, 2015
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, raised pricing for all May sales to Asia, after the country’s oil minister said global demand was improving. State-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co. narrowed the discount for its Arab Light grade to ...
Li backs firms’ global vision
April 6th, 2015
China is to pilot the removal of preconditioned government approval for offshore corporate bonds, part of a national arrangement to lower the financing cost of enterprises expanding overseas. The move, along with the government’s efforts to speed up the ...
Ireland’s financial services sector looks to AOMi for improved operations performance
March 26th, 2015
Leading banks and financial organisations are choosing international specialist’s method-driven approach and cloud-based software in support of improved productivity Active Operations Management International (AOMi) has announced major contract wins in Ireland, including a new deployment with Dublin-based Bank of ...
FCA wins appeal case against unregulated investment schemes
March 25th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has received the judgment from The Court of Appeal hearing for Capital Alternatives and others which took place on 27 and 28 January 2015. The Court of Appeal has ruled that all four schemes ...
The tiny broker who won on the Swiss Franc shock
March 25th, 2015
Some of the big guys lost on the Swiss franc. Turns out, one of the little guys won. While the likes of Citigroup Inc. and Saxo Bank A/S got stung when Switzerland abruptly let the franc soar in mid-January, ...
IG Group Holdings PLC: Third Quarter Trading Update
March 17th, 2015
IG Group, a global leader in online trading, today issues the following Trading Update for the three months to 28 February 2015, the third quarter of its 2015 financial year. The trends and figures highlighted below refer to this ...
Eversheds global expansion sees Ian Gray appointed as first International Managing Partner
March 17th, 2015
Law firm Eversheds has announced the appointment of Ian Gray as the firm’s first International Managing Partner with executive responsibilities for its fast-growing international operations. Since 2008-09, the firm’s revenue from international offices has grown 41%. At the same ...
Euro set to continue slide
March 13th, 2015
The Hague – Even though the euro’s downward spiral against the dollar was brought to a standstill on Wednesday and even somewhat reversed, doubts still linger about European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi‘s quantitative easing programme. This policy, ...
Low oil prices and supportive policy to drive recovery in Eurozone
March 12th, 2015
After a year of tentative recovery in 2014, the Eurozone has moved into 2015 aided by two important growth drivers – sharply lower oil prices and QE according to the March 2015 issue of the EY Eurozone Forecast (EEF). ...
R.J. O’Brien to Acquire The Kyte Group from GFI Group
March 11th, 2015
Acquisition Marks Strategic Expansion for RJO in Europe R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, and GFI Group (NYSE:GFIG), a leading intermediary and provider of trading technologies and ...
