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World Federation of Exchanges publishes Annual IOMA Derivatives Report
April 22nd, 2017
The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, has today published its annual report into the global derivatives market. Highlights of the report are as follows: – Derivatives volumes continued ...
PM markets: traders weigh European drought, US rains
April 20th, 2017
Wheat prices in the Chicago and Paris saw early gains, helped by fears that time is running out for much needed rains in Europe and North Africa, but the rallies failed later in the day, as a strong forecast ...
Where the majority of EU population live? flats or houses
April 13th, 2017
House or flat: where do you live? In 2015, 42% of the EU population lived in flats and 57% in houses. The share of persons living in flats was highest in Spain (66%), Latvia (65%) and Estonia (63%), and ...
Taxes on labour income for the average worker across the OECD continued to decrease
April 13th, 2017
Taxes on labour income for the average worker across the OECD continued to decrease for the third consecutive year during 2016, dropping to 36% of labour costs, according to a new OECD report. Taxing Wages 2017 measures the level of ...
New settlement solution for German debt
April 12th, 2017
Clearstream is offering a new settlement solution for German debt, for customers who are clearing member firms, clearing Bunds and German repos through LCH SA. Such transactions will be able to be settled in customers’ Clearstream Banking Luxembourg (CBL) ...
Multinational law firm launches global FinTech mentors program
April 11th, 2017
Hogan Lovells is launching a Global FinTech Mentors Program, through which its most experienced Financial Services and Regulatory partners will guide FinTech organizations, at any stage of development, through their FinTech journey. FinTech mentors will be available to organizations ...
The decline and fall of the EU
April 11th, 2017
This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit. Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an ...
Which are the fastest-growing companies in Europe?
April 11th, 2017
Growth drives investor interest in start-ups everywhere, but the same is true of established companies. So which ones are growing the fastest? Big business deals in the billions. For example, in its Q1 earnings guidance, Samsung is predicting an ...
How the house prices in each European country changed
April 10th, 2017
Fourth quarter of 2016 compared with fourth quarter of 2015 House prices up by 4.1% in the euro area Up by 4.7% in the EU. House prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 4.1% in the ...
HMRC launch criminal investigation into global financial institution
April 7th, 2017
HMRC, alongside our international partners, launched an investigation for suspected tax evasion and money laundering by a global financial institution. HM Revenue and Customs is getting increasingly tougher on offshore tax evasion, collecting more than £2.7 billion since 2010. Yesterday, ...
