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Aussie Stocks Drop, Taiwan Bucks Poor Apple Result: Markets Wrap
May 3rd, 2017
Japan and Hong Kong among Asian markets shut on Wednesday Kiwi dollar climbs as jobless rate in New Zealand declines Australian stocks dropped, while a poor Apple Inc. earnings report proved no bar to gains in Taiwan’s electronics-rich stock ...
Leading global transaction banks kick off blockchain proof of concept with SWIFT gpi
April 26th, 2017
SWIFT’s proof of concept will determine if distributed ledger technology can help banks reconcile their nostro accounts in real time SWIFT, in collaboration with leading global transaction banks, is developing a proof of concept (PoC) application that will test ...
Euronext to launch new fund service in Paris
April 26th, 2017
AXA IM, COMMERZBANK, ECOFI INVESTISSEMENTS, LA FRANÇAISE INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, NATIXIS AM and OFI AM funds admitted Innovative model to facilitate investment in funds Service to open on 15 May 2017 Euronext today announced the launch of Euronext Fund Service ...
European markets continue rally after first round of the French election
April 24th, 2017
European markets continue rally after Macron’s victory; French banks soar; CAC up 4% European markets extended gains during mid-afternoon trade on Monday after centrist French presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron, won the first round of the French election. The pan-European ...
European banks stashing billions in tax havens
March 27th, 2017
Europe’s largest banks are draining public coffers by stashing billions of profits offshore. A 52-page report, by international aid agency Oxfam out on Monday (27 March), estimates €25 billion of banker money ended up in tax havens in 2015. ...
Euronext launches a new thematic Index
March 24th, 2017
Euronext and Vigeo Eiris today launched the CAC 40® Governance Index, a thematic index that rates companies in the Paris market’s benchmark CAC 40 index on their corporate governance performance. The CAC 40® Governance Index takes the constituent stocks ...
The Autorité des marchés Financiers (AMF) annonces the new composition of the Financial Skills Certification Board
March 8th, 2017
The mechanism for verifying the level of knowledge of employees of investment services providers relies on the services of the AMF and the Financial Skills Certification Board. The Certification Board is now under the chairmanship of Bernard Coupez. Summary ...
Peugeot owner to buy Open-Vauxhall creating Europe’s second-largest carmaker
March 6th, 2017
Establishes PSA Group as #2 in Europe. This strong and balanced presence in its home markets will serve as the basis of profitable growth worldwide Joint venture in auto financing with BNP Paribas to support development of Opel/Vauxhall brands ...
BTIG Strengthens Fixed Income Credit Group
March 1st, 2017
BTIG, LLC announced today that John Agnew, Drew Hall and Evan Jones, CFA have joined the firm within BTIG’s Fixed Income Credit Group. Mr. Agnew, Mr. Hall and Mr. Jones will be based in New York, reporting into Drew ...
Citibank N.A. settles for being part of forex trading cartel
February 21st, 2017
Today, the Competition Commission has filed with the Competition Tribunal a settlement agreement reached with Citibank N.A. for being part of the forex trading cartel. The Commission found that from at least 2007, Citibank N.A. and its competitors had ...