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Global Growth Buoys Earnings As Third Quarter Fuels Europe, U.S. Equity Boom
November 10th, 2017
European and U.S. firms are reaping the benefits of a global economic expansion that is finally blooming into meaningful earnings growth and looks set to extend an equity boom through the current quarter. While the third quarter of each ...
European shares brush off Catalan crisis with another weekly gain
October 9th, 2017
European shares rose for the fourth consecutive week on Friday as confidence over the region’s economic recovery outweighed worries over the Catalonia crisis, whose impact remained confined to Spanish equities. While Spain’s IBEX .IBEX ended a tumultuous week down 1.9 percent ...
Swiss bank UBS probed in Germany over alleged tax fraud
September 29th, 2017
Prosecutors have started an investigation into clients of Swiss bank UBS in Germany suspected of tax evasion. According to Reuters, about 130 prosecutors and tax investigators from the city of Bochum carried out searches of premises, including UBS’ offices. ...
Low European Union sugar stocks ‘protecting producers’ from world price tumble
September 7th, 2017
The low level of European Union sugar inventories is seeing the bloc’s producers secure relatively high prices on supply contracts, despite weak world values, and indeed strong European output prospects. Headline market dynamics would appear to suggest the potential ...
Moscow Exchange launches FX fixing instruments
September 6th, 2017
From 4 September 2017, Moscow Exchange has offered instruments to trade at the MOEX FX USD/RUB and EUR/RUB fixing prices with clearing and settlement via its clearinghouse, NCC Clearing Bank. Russian banks including subsidiaries of large global financial groups ...
Several big banks are teaming up for a new digital currency
August 31st, 2017
Six of the world’s biggest banks have joined a project to create a new digital currency, the Financial Times reported Thursday. The crytocurrency will be used for clearing and settling transactions over blockchain. Barclays, Credit Suisse, Canadian Imperial Bank ...
UK pound tumbled, Asian stocks and U.S. futures gain while yen and gold decline
June 9th, 2017
May’s Conservative party forecast to win without majority Asian stocks, U.S. futures gain while yen and gold decline It wasn’t a day to rival the Brexit vote. While the pound tumbled as the U.K. faces a hung parliament and ...
Bitcoin move over – there’s a new kid on the blockchain
May 30th, 2017
The digital currency bitcoin has broken new records – surging by more than 245 per cent since the start of the year. In just five months, the price of one bitcoin rose from $1,331 to its all-time-high of $3,894 ...
AcadiaSoft Appoints Fred Dassori as Head of Risk Products and Corporate Development
May 17th, 2017
AcadiaSoft Inc. today announced the appointment of Fred Dassori as Head of Risk Products and Corporate Development. He will assume responsibility for the company’s Risk business segment and oversee external strategic growth initiatives. Dassori most recently served as president ...
Interactive Brokers to sell Options Market-Making Division
May 15th, 2017
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. signed a definitive agreement with Two Sigma Securities, LLC (“TSS”) to divest its U.S. options-market-making business of Timber Hill. Two Sigma is the market-making affiliate of Two Sigma Investments, LP. The financial terms of the deal ...
