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FCA opens discussion on regulatory approach to open-ended funds investing in illiquid assets
February 8th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a Discussion Paper (‘Paper’), which seeks stakeholder views on the practice of investing in illiquid assets through open-ended funds and the challenges that can pose to managers and investors. Illiquid assets ...
Oil prices slump
February 8th, 2017
Oil prices slump on bloated U.S. fuel inventories, stalling China demand Oil prices dropped on Wednesday to extend falls from the previous day, as a massive increase in U.S. fuel inventories and a slump in Chinese demand implied that ...
FXCM and its founding partners ordered to pay a $7 Million Penalty
February 7th, 2017
CFTC Orders Forex Capital Markets, LLC (FXCM), Its Parent Company, FXCM Holdings, LLC and FXCM’s Founding Partners, Dror Niv and William Ahdout, to Pay a $7 Million Penalty for FXCM’s Defrauding of Retail Forex Customers FXCM, Niv, and Ahdout ...
Grexit is back? Greece faces critical few weeks
February 6th, 2017
In the week of Groundhog Day it seemed entirely appropriate: Greek farmers, many on tractors, have once again been blockading roads and border posts amid mounting signs that the country long at the centre of Europe’s debt woes is ...
Some of the world’s biggest tech companies join the fight against US President Donald Trump’s travel ban
February 6th, 2017
Some of the world’s biggest tech groups have officially joined the fight against US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on nationals from certain Muslim-majority countries. Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook are among 97 companies to file an amicus curiae ...
Pound to Euro Exchange Rate: Week Ahead Forecast
February 6th, 2017
Pound Sterling has pulled reversed recent gains against th Euro after being rejected at highs at 1.18 and is seen valued at 1.1580 ahead of the new week. Although the fundamental backdrop looks marginally more supportive to the Euro ...
Price controls and propaganda
February 5th, 2017
Most economists agree on one thing; price controls do not work. Many go on to say they create shortages of goods, which inevitably drives black market prices even higher than they would otherwise be. Price controls were last tried ...
TD Ameritrade Institutional Gives “Analog” Advisors New Tools to Compete in a Digital Age
February 3rd, 2017
In an era of accelerating technology change, independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) can still compete — and thrive — if they have the right tools, elevate their client-facing technology and work with partners and collaborators committed to their long-term ...
Oil edges up on threat of U.S. issuing new Iran sanctions
February 3rd, 2017
Oil prices edged up on Friday on news that U.S. President Donald Trump could be set to impose new sanctions on multiple Iranian entities, firing geopolitical tensions between the two nations. Comments by Russian energy minister Alexander Novak that ...
What a leaked EU report says for Brexit
February 2nd, 2017
The European commission’s Brexit negotiators must strike a “workable” deal with Theresa May’s government to protect the City of London or the economies of the remaining member states will be damaged, a leaked EU report warns. The document – ...
