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Swiss banker whistleblower: CIA behind Panama Papers
April 13th, 2016
Bradley Birkenfeld is the most significant financial whistleblower of all time, so you might think he’d be cheering on the disclosures in the new Panama Papers leaks. But today, Birkenfeld is raising questions about the source of the information ...
Global Capital Flows: Why No Crisis (So Far) This Time?
April 12th, 2016
Here’s the puzzle. Outflows of international capital from emerging markets around the world played a key role in causing financial shocks and steep recessions all over the globe in the late 1990s, including the east Asian financial crisis affecting ...
Central Bank of Russia informs on revocation of banking licence
April 12th, 2016
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) has issued an announcement to inform in relation to its decision to revoke the banking licence from the credit institution Joint-stock Commercial Bank KROSSINVESTBANK open joint-stock company. Due to the non-compliance ...
Pragma launches SmartFix algorithm to improve FX trading performance against WM/R 4pm fix
April 12th, 2016
Sophisticated new algorithm executes based upon pattern identified by Pragma research Shift to TWAP trading within widened WM/Reuters window has led to predictable trading patterns Pragma Securities, a leading provider of high performance algorithmic trading tools, has launched Pragma ...
Most Asia markets advance, with Nikkei rising as yen slips
April 12th, 2016
Most major Asia markets ended higher Tuesday, shrugging off after a lower finish in U.S. equities overnight ahead of earnings season. Australia’s ASX 200 added 44.06 points, or 0.89 percent, to 4,975.60, boosted by a 1.73 percent gain in the heavily-weighted ...
Treasury planning crackdown on bitcoin and cryptocurrency anonymity in bid to tackle criminal use of digital currencies
April 11th, 2016
Ministers at the Treasury are planning a shake-up in the world of cryptocurrencies that will mean bitcoins and other virtual currencies can no longer be purchased anonymously. The change in the law, which the Treasury is preparing to introduce ...
The Panama Papers: This Is the Consequence of Centralized Money and Power
April 11th, 2016
Technologies such as the blockchain are enabling alternative ways of creating and distributing money outside central banks and states. If we don’t change the way money is created and distributed, we will never change anything. This is the core ...
Leaked Mossack Fonseca document leaves London law firm exposed
April 11th, 2016
A prominent London law firm has been left exposed after leaked Mossack Fonseca documents revealed how it had helped set up a secret offshore company for the daughters of the Azerbaijan president. Child & Child — a long-established private ...
LCH.Clearnet licenced to clear interest rate derivatives in Japan
April 11th, 2016
Japanese Financial Services Agency approves LCH.Clearnet Ltd to clear non-Yen OTC interest rate derivatives for Japanese banks Demonstrates LCH.Clearnet’s long-term commitment to Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region First foreign financial markets infrastructure provider to be licensed locally in ...
Presentation of the ECB Annual Report 2015 to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament
April 8th, 2016
Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB presented the ECB’s 2015 Annual Report. Below is the presentation as it was published: Mr Chairman, Honourable Members of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to ...
