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Global law firm is expanding its practise and launch office in Egypt
June 30th, 2016
Global law firm White & Case LLP is launching an office in Cairo, Egypt, expanding its practice in the Middle East and North Africa. The new office is expected to be up-and-running by October. “The launch of our office ...
Plus500 appoints a Non-Executive Director who will chair the newly formed Risk and Compliance Committee
June 29th, 2016
Plus500 has issued a press release to announce the appointment of Mrs. Penelope Ruth Judd (née Partridge), aged 53, as Non-Executive Director of the Company and a member of the Board of Directors with effect from 28 June 2016. She will ...
ICAP issued a statement regarding transaction with Tullett Prebon
June 22nd, 2016
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk and information services, notes the statement from the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) announcing that it will consider the proposed remedy of a sale of ICAP’s ...
Ad fraud “accounts for 30% of online ad market” – report
June 7th, 2016
The World Federation of Advertisers has warned that marketers could waste over $50bn a year by 2025 due to ad fraud. The WFA has urged its members to demand tougher contracts with agencies and marketing technology vendors in order ...
Shell to launch its own offshore legal centre
May 31st, 2016
In the latest twist to the offshoring saga, and following news last week that two global 100 firms are to outsource to Poland and Manila, Royal Dutch Shell is preparing to open its own offshore legal centre to service ...
Buy-siders left exposed by MiFID II bond changes
May 30th, 2016
Fixed income traders are warning pre-trade transparency rules under MiFID II will undermine already diminishing liquidity, as no realistic solution to the problem currently exists. An investigation by The Trade found traders are regularly being forced to ‘show their hand’when ...
Deloitte choose Dublin as part of its FinTech initiative
May 25th, 2016
Deloitte today announced Dublin as the base for the creation of an EMEA Financial Services Blockchain Lab as part of its FinTech initiative ‘The Grid’. Deloitte Ireland has over 2,000 people in Ireland and provides audit, tax, consulting, and ...
LCH to offer equities clearing on SIGMA X MTF
May 25th, 2016
LCH Ltd to start clearing on SIGMA X MTF from July 2016 Cash equity clearing with LCH will be available for users of 17 trading venues Broadest venue coverage of any cash equity CCP in Europe Ongoing commitment to ...
Tullett Prebon today announces the preliminary results of IGBB for the year ended 31 March 2016
May 16th, 2016
Further to the announcement released on 11 November 2015 regarding the proposed acquisition by Tullett Prebon of the global hybrid voice broking and information business of ICAP plc (“ICAP”) including ICAP’s associated technology and broking platforms (including iSwap and ...
Investment pros wary of robo-advisor threat
May 4th, 2016
Investment professionals around the world expect robo-advisors to start replacing humans in the mass affluent market, but are far less concerned that computers will oust them from their work with higher net worth clients. Of 775 investment pros surveyed ...