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A paper trail links online traders to tax havens
July 21st, 2016
A paper trail that runs from Okinawa to Canada and from Israel to Italy and France links some unauthorized online traders on the blacklist of Japan’s financial regulator to offshore companies in tax havens, an analysis of files leaked ...
Asian shares at nine-month highs on inflow bets; dollar strong
July 21st, 2016
Asian stocks climbed to nine-month highs on Thursday, helped by a recovery in global oil prices, while the dollar strengthened against the safe-haven yen on resurgent expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike this year. European shares are expected ...
Two top HSBC currency traders charged in forex probe
July 21st, 2016
A top HSBC executive has been charged with fraud in the US. Mark Johnson, HSBC’s global head of foreign exchange trading was arrested on Tuesday night. A former colleague, Stuart Scott, has also been charged. The two traders are ...
Regulators from around the world issued warnings for unauthorised financial services companies
July 21st, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of UK, the Central Bank of Ireland, the Sweden’s regulator Finansinspektionen, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) of Luxembourg, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), the Spanish Comisión Nacional del Mercado ...
KBW and Nasdaq Launch Financial Technology Index
July 20th, 2016
Keefe Bruyette & Woods (KBW), a Stifel company (NYSE:SF), and Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) today announced the launch of the KBW Nasdaq Financial Technology Index (Ticker: KFTX), a preeminent index designed to precisely track the performance of those companies that leverage ...
BGC Partners announces agreement to acquire Sunrise Brokers
July 20th, 2016
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (“BGC Partners,” “BGC,” or “the Company”) a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the businesses of Sunrise Brokers Group (“Sunrise Brokers”), ...
ZestFinance receives funding from Baidu
July 19th, 2016
ZestFinance announced that it has received a strategic investment from Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. ZestFinance is a Los Angeles-based company that uses machine learning to transform vast amounts of complex data into credit ...
Brexit, banks fueling bitcoin’s resurgence
July 19th, 2016
The bitcoin renaissance seems to be at hand, with investors using the virtual currency to weather turbulent financial markets and banks striking partnerships to explore the system’s underlying technology. Until mid-May, 1 bitcoin fetched on the order of $400 ...
Robo-Advisor reached $5 billion in assets under management
July 18th, 2016
Betterment Becomes First Independent Robo-Advisor to Surpass $5B of Assets Under Management Company Also Welcomes Amy Shapero as Chief Financial Officer Betterment announced that it is the first independent robo-advisor to reach $5 billion in assets under management. The ...
Oil prices rise as market shrugs off Turkey coup bid
July 18th, 2016
Oil prices were virtually unchanged in choppy Asian trade on Monday following gains last week as traders shrugged off the impact of Friday’s attempted coup in Turkey, while upbeat economic data from the United States lent price support. Brent ...
