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FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia 2015
June 15th, 2015
Following the success of the first awards programme for Asia-Pacific in 2014, the Financial Times is delighted to announce the 2015 Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards. When FT Innovative Lawyers was established in Europe almost a decade ago, it sought ...
New Coindesk Report: Who Really Uses Bitcoin ?
June 11th, 2015
Young, pale, techie and male. Anecdotally, this has been the make up of bitcoin’s core community since the cryptocurrency began, at least if media reports and Internet chatter are to be believed. But in 2015, is this still an accurate reflection ...
Advanced Markets Launches Contracts for Difference
June 11th, 2015
Advanced Markets Ltd., an ASIC licensed leading Prime of Prime (PoP) brokerage and top-tier liquidity provider to institutional brokerage firms, announced today the addition of 10 CFD products to their product suite. The offering is geared towards wholesale institutional ...
Deutsche Bank’s grip on Asia FX market may slip on Jain’s exit
June 11th, 2015
The exit of Deutsche Bank co-chief executive Anshu Jain may see the lender surrender its strong position in Asia’s fast growing foreign exchange and fixed income markets, with incoming CEO John Cryan expected to cut some of the capital-intensive ...
PwC appoints new UK and global banking and capital markets leaders
June 8th, 2015
PwC has appointed Simon Hunt as its new UK banking and capital markets leader. Kevin Burrowes, who remains the UK firm’s financial services leader, has additionally been appointed as global banking and capital markets leader across the PwC international ...
CFTC Staff Announces it is Issuing No-Action Relief from Introducing Broker and Commodity Trading Advisor
June 8th, 2015
CFTC Staff Announces it is Issuing No-Action Relief from Introducing Broker and Commodity Trading Advisor Registration to Persons Located Outside the United States Engaged in Activities on behalf of Customers that are International Financial Institutions The U.S. Commodity Futures ...
Euro off highs, China shares swing to new peak
June 5th, 2015
Asian shares were mostly lower on Friday while bonds snapped a vicious losing streak and the euro retreated as investors braced for U.S. jobs data and another day of drama over Greece. The main exception was China where stocks ...
FxPro Group May Hold London IPO as Soon as Next Year, CEO Says
June 4th, 2015
FxPro Group Ltd. may hold an initial public offering in the U.K. as soon as next year as the online currency broker considers making acquisitions and expanding into new markets. The privately held company, which in 2010 canceled an ...
China shares sink, euro rides high as yields spike
June 4th, 2015
The euro continued riding high on Thursday thanks to a spike in euro zone debt yields, while in Asian equities Chinese shares slid and tempered risk sentiment. China’s CSI300 index .CSI300 lost 1.7 percent while the Shanghai Composite Index.SSEC dropped 1.8 percent. ...
Fitch: Steep Emerging-Market FX Reserve Falls Likely to Continuee
June 3rd, 2015
Global EM FX reserves have fallen by USD524bn since June 2014, surpassing the drop in 2008-2009, and further declines are probable. Emerging-market (EM) official foreign exchange (FX) reserves have been falling steadily by an average of USD58bn a month ...
