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U.S. dollar edges higher as traders await clarity on Fed rate hike path
September 29th, 2016
Dollar rises slightly vs euro, yen Traders await more U.S. data for clues on Fed rate hike path Reduced European banking concerns cap euro losses The dollar edged higher against the yen and euro on Wednesday, but gains were ...
OPEC Agrees to First Oil Output Cut in Eight Years
September 29th, 2016
Oil club to cut output to as low as 32.5 million barrels a day Deal indicates Saudi Arabia and Iran resolved some differences OPEC agreed to the outline of a deal that will cut production for the first time ...
CFTC Expands Interest Rate Swap Clearing Requirement
September 29th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today expanded the existing clearing requirement for interest rate swaps. The Commission voted unanimously to approve an amendment to Commission regulation 50.4(a) that establishes a new clearing requirement determination. The new clearing ...
Most Emerging Stocks Decline Before Oil Talks as Ringgit Weakens
September 28th, 2016
Financial and energy shares pace drop among industry groups Taiwan’s financial markets remain shut because of typhoon Most emerging-market stocks fell, led by financial and energy companies, as investors awaited a meeting of major oil producers seeking an output ...
African fintech hubs join global initiative
September 27th, 2016
South Africa-based AlphaCode and Kenya’s Nest have joined fintech associations and network providers from more than 20 countries in the Global Fintech Hubs Federation (GFHF), aimed at fostering innovation across the global financial services industry. The GFHF is an initiative of ...
Cartier win battle against counterfeit websites
September 27th, 2016
Counterfeiters beware – a recent court decision was good news for luxury companies. In a decision which should be well received by the luxury goods sector, the Court of Appeal recently upheld the High Court’s landmark 2014 decisions in ...
LMAX Exchange expands in the US with the launch of a New York-based exchange
September 27th, 2016
LMAX Exchange, the leading MTF for FX, today announced the expansion of its global infrastructure with the launch of its North American matching engine in the Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centre in New York (NY4). The LMAX ...
Merrill Lynch Charged With Trading Controls Failures That Led to Mini-Flash Crashes
September 27th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay a $12.5 million penalty for maintaining ineffective trading controls that failed to prevent erroneous orders from being sent to the markets and causing mini-flash crashes. An ...
Deutsche Bank Shares Drop on Fears of Capital Raising
September 27th, 2016
Intensifying concerns about Deutsche Bank AG’s financial health caused its shares to drop Monday and pushed the company into the awkward position of publicly denying that it had sought help from the German government. Shares of Deutsche Bank, one of the ...
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced the new Chair of the Board
September 27th, 2016
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, New Zealand’s Central Bank, has issued an announcement to inform that Professor Neil Quigley has been elected Chair of the Reserve Bank’s Board of Directors, replacing Dr Rod Carr. Ms Kerrin Vautier has ...
