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China Stocks Drop While Aussie Gains After RBA; Commodities Fall
May 5th, 2015
Chinese stocks fell on concern recent gains were excessive, while Indonesia’s rupiah weakened after the economy contracted. Australia’s currency rose amid speculation the central bank will refrain from further interest-rate cuts. The Shanghai Composite Index retreated 2.3 percent by ...
Four HKEx Clearing Houses Receive Third-country CCP Recognition from ESMA
May 4th, 2015
The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on 27 April 2015 adopted a decision to recognise all of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited’s (HKEx) clearing houses (CCPs) for securities, stock options, futures and ...
NBAD eyes up debt deals with export credit agencies as part of international expansion plan
May 4th, 2015
National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), the country’s biggest lender by assets, is keen to arrange debt for export credit agencies (ECAs) as part of plans to expand its loans portfolio. “I see an increasing role for export credit ...
Banks around the world announced their First Quarter Results
April 30th, 2015
Banks around the world with international operations issued press release to annouce their Results for the First Quarter of 2015. Highlights for Credit Susisse, BNP Paribas, Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of China are as follow: Credit Suisse ...
Stocks slip, euro near two-month high as US economy loses steam
April 30th, 2015
Asian stocks stumbled on Thursday while the euro held near two-month highs against the dollar after surprisingly downbeat first-quarter economic growth in the United States – a key export destination for many of the region’s economies. Spreadbetters expected the ...
Cyprus, Greece, Egypt agree to boost economic and political cooperation
April 29th, 2015
The leaders of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt agreed on Wednesday to augment economic and political cooperation among their respective nations, underlining their commitment to peace and stability in a troubled region. “Today we have reaffirmed that the trilateral dialogue ...
LMAX Exchange widens distribution of its TY3 liquidity by adding access via PrimeXM
April 29th, 2015
LMAX Exchange, the FCA regulated MTF for global FX and the UK’s fastest growing technology firm, announced that it will widen the distribution of liquidity from its Tokyo-based matching engine via PrimeXM. The announcement comes after PrimeXM has completed ...
Marco Baggioli Swaps BNP for ADS
April 29th, 2015
Marco Baggioli, Global Head of FX Prime Brokerage at BNP Paribas, is joining ADS Securities London Limited to take up the role of Chief Operating Officer. He will start work after the 1st July 2015 reporting to ADS London’s Managing Director, James ...
ayondo receives CHF 6m for international expansion
April 29th, 2015
• Asia in focus • Strong demand for Social Trading In the course of its international expansion plans, with a focus on Asia the ayondo group announced today that it has received an additional CHF 6 million in funding ...
Tripartite summit to discuss regional issues, oil and gas
April 29th, 2015
The heads of state of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt hold talks on the island on Wednesday, followed by a tripartite summit and the signing of the ‘Nicosia Declaration’, a document expanding and building on the ‘Cairo Declaration’ concluded among ...
