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What is a Blockchain Sidechain All About?
June 12th, 2015
If you’ve been keeping track of developments in the bitcoin industry, you’d know that the blockchain refers to the public ledger of transactions associated with the cryptocurrency. As the bitcoin ecosystem has grown in size and scale throughout the ...
What drives the yield of government bonds?
June 12th, 2015
Due to the current weak economic circumstances that we are experiencing here in Cyprus (as well as other countries in Europe), we are constantly bombarded with various economic and financial terms from the media, most of them unknown to ...
New senior FX structure reinforces Saxo Bank’s currency expertise
June 11th, 2015
Saxo Bank announced today that Kurt vom Scheidt has been appointed Global Head of Foreign Exchange at Saxo Bank. Based in Singapore, Kurt vom Scheidt started at Saxo in 2008 and has been instrumental in successfully growing the FX ...
PM Tsipras hopes for breakthrough in talks with Merkel, Hollande in Brussels
June 10th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due in Brussels on Wednesday with the key goal of meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on the sidelines of a summit of leaders from European Union and Latin ...
Libor Trial Hears Global Banks Submitted Skewed Data
June 9th, 2015
Numerous banks told the British Bankers’ Association they deliberately submitted inaccurate data, court at Tom Hayes trial is told A succession of global banks told a British trade association in 2005 and 2006 that they and their rivals were ...
Citi launches futures trading on Velocity platform
June 9th, 2015
Citi has launched Futures trading functionality on Citi Velocity, the award-winning trading platform which provides clients with access to Citi’s research and liquidity across FX, Rates and Credit. Launched in January 2012, Velocity 2.0 is continuously upgraded to include ...
Top banks pay $300 b on post-crisis litigation – as costs continue to rise
June 9th, 2015
The post-2010 legal and regulatory bills rose paid out by the top 16 banks in the world rose nearly 20 per cent in 2014 amidst signs that the charges might continue to be incurred, according to the CCP Research ...
Germany, France Targeted as EU Chases Tax-Loophole Data
June 9th, 2015
The European Union stepped up a probe into tax loopholes for multinational companies, demanding details of specific agreements in 15 nations including euro-area heavyweights Germany, France and Italy. Regulators also issued an ultimatum to Poland and Estonia for failing ...
Leaders push for deal as creditors await revised Greek proposals
June 9th, 2015
Representatives of Greece’s creditors were on Monday awaiting revised proposals from Athens as international pressure mounted for a reform deal, with US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushing for swift action to clinch an agreement. In ...
Asian shares swoon, dollar on defensive
June 9th, 2015
Asia shares sank in a sea of red on Tuesday as speculation of U.S. rate rise as early as September hit emerging markets generally, while failing to give a lasting lift to the dollar. A steady start soon gave ...
