Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) trading has gone insane
July 31st, 2015
Activity led by SPY, which trades about $24 billion a day for eye-popping turnover of 3,400% Everyone is talking about how exchange-traded funds have now overtaken hedge funds in terms of total assets. That’s small change compared with how much ...
Bank of Russia Halts Foreign-Currency Purchases, as Ruble Hits Five-Month Lows
July 30th, 2015
Central bank stops buying U.S. dollars for reserves in bid to balance inflation and growth measures Russia’s central bank, whose credibility has been tested over the past year by runaway inflation and a volatile currency, is coming sharply into ...
Gold turns lower as US data takes pressure off dollar
July 24th, 2015
Gold turned lower on Thursday, dipping back below $1,100 an ounce as a steeper-than-forecast drop in U.S. jobless claims helped the dollar recover from earlier lows, though prices remained under pressure after this week’s plunge. Gold posted its deepest ...
European Banks Face Capital Hit From Second-Quarter Bond Selloff
July 23rd, 2015
The bond market selloff in the second quarter probably dented the capital defenses of many European banks, with lenders in Italy and Spain hit hardest. The extent of the damage will be disclosed when banks report earnings starting this ...
Banks face new legal action over forex manipulation
July 15th, 2015
After fines totalling many billions of pounds from UK and US regulators, a new threat is about to hit the major banks found guilty of manipulating the foreign exchange market. US lawyers are preparing multi-million-pound legal action – to ...
Westpac VC invests in Bitcoin player Coinbase
July 8th, 2015
In a deal that will put Westpac Banking Corp in the box seat as cryptocurrencies develop, the bank’s venture capital fund, Reinventure Group, has invested in Coinbase, one of the world’s pre-eminent Bitcoin companies. In the first deal involving ...
HSBC Said to Get Turkey Unit Bids as Citi Hired for Sale
July 2nd, 2015
HSBC Holdings Plc shortlisted three bidders for a sale of its unprofitable Turkish unit after hiring advisers from Citigroup Inc. to help drive a sale, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. ING Groep NV of the ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Clifford Chance advises Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Standard Chartered Bank on a $500 Million Offering
June 23rd, 2015
Clifford Chance has issued a press release to inform that: The firm has advised Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Standard Chartered Bank in connection with the $500 million offering of 6.950% notes due 2025 by the Gabonese Republic. It ...
FCA imposed £1.47bn in fines in 2014 with UBS and Citibank among worst offenders
June 17th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed £1.47bn (€2.04bn, $2.3bn) in fines on companies in 2014, a rise of 68% from the year before, according to a study by Kinetic Partners. The study showed the average fine imposed on businesses ...
