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Bundesbank posts €2.95 billion profit in 2014
March 12th, 2015
The Deutsche Bundesbank posted a profit of €2.95 billion for the 2014 financial year, compared with €4.59 billion in 2013. The profit was transferred in full today to the Federal Government of Germany pursuant to section 27 number 2 of the Bundesbank Act ...
Big Banks Struggle to Pass Fed’s ‘Stress Tests’
March 12th, 2015
Bank of America must resubmit proposal to address certain weaknesses Four of the biggest names on Wall Street struggled to pass the Federal Reserve’s 2015 “stress tests,” and the U.S. units of two foreign banks fell short, underscoring the ...
CPMI-IOSCO Begins Review of Stress Testing by Central Counterparties
March 11th, 2015
The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) announced today that they are undertaking a review of stress testing by central counterparties (CCPs). Stress testing is an essential component of risk ...
Mass hires: Pillsbury sees partners start to move to Winston & Strawn across three offices
March 11th, 2015
Up to 15 lawyers are set to quit from US firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman for Winston & Strawn, with the firm’s Abu Dhabi managing partner Stephen Jurgenson, London-based co-head of energy, infrastructure and projects James Simpson and New York-based structured ...
CME Group and TAIFEX Sign Letter of Intent for Greater Collaboration
March 11th, 2015
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) today signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) regarding the potential listing on TAIFEX of U.S. equity index-based contracts, and the exploration of cross-border ...
The ECB and its Watchers XVI Conference: M.Draghi
March 11th, 2015
Summary In January, the ECB decided to expand its asset purchase programme to include government bonds after it became clear that there was a need for more monetary stimulus. Asset purchases are unconventional, but not unorthodox, and they have ...
CSA Investor Alert: Unregistered binary option platforms target Canadians
March 10th, 2015
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) are warning investors to exercise caution when considering an investment in binary options. The CSA has become aware of multiple websites promoting binary options trading platforms that are soliciting Canadians. Many of these websites ...
Varoufakis unsettles Germans with admission Greece won’t repay debts
March 10th, 2015
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has described his country as the most bankrupt in the world and said European leaders knew all along that Athens would never repay its debts, in blunt comments that sparked a backlash in the ...
Remarks by Jeroen Dijsselbloem at the press conference following the Eurogroup meeting of 9 March 2015
March 10th, 2015
Remarks by Jeroen Dijsselbloem: Let me first report on our discussion on fiscal surveillance. In our meeting of 8 December we identified risks that seven Member States might not comply with the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) in 2015 ...
LMAX Exchange and Z.com Trade extend liquidity solution to MT4 clients through PrimeXM
March 9th, 2015
A three party alliance between the world leading FCA regulated MTF for FX, the world’s largest retail FX provider and a leading MT4 bridge solution is opening access to a unique no ‘Last Look’ liquidity pool to a new ...
