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Central banks to create full global FX code by May 2017
September 9th, 2015
A committee of major central banks aims to finish work on the first full global code of conduct to regulate the scandal-hit foreign exchange market by May of 2017, officials said on Wednesday. The new code will deal with ...
CMC Markets: Annual Report Ended 31st March 2015
September 9th, 2015
CMC Markets plc. has issued a press release to inform on company’s 2015 Annual Report and financial results for the year ended 31st March 2015. Highlights Net operating income of £143.6 million up 18% (£21.6 million) Revenue per active client(1) ...
Oil markets rise as Asian stock markets catch a tailwind
September 9th, 2015
Crude oil prices rose on Wednesday as Asian stock markets caught a tailwind from a strong performance in the United States and Europe, although fuel markets remained generally dogged by oversupply. Asian shares gained after upbeat German economic data ...
UK’s leading Fintech company driving global transformation in FX market
September 8th, 2015
LMAX Exchange has been ranked the UK’s sixth fastest growing technology company in the 2015 Sunday Times Tech Track 100 league table, marking the third consecutive year (#1 in 2014 and #15 in 2013) the company has featured in ...
New global retail study reveals consumer demand for new ways to pay
September 7th, 2015
MasterCard has issued a press release to report on its global retail study findings. The world’s first retail focussed social listening study by MasterCard, highlights consumers’ desire for retailers to adopt new payment technologies. Shoppers around the world are ...
G20-Germany urges more Islamic finance integration globally
September 7th, 2015
Islamic finance is increasingly important in the global economy and needs to be better integrated into the international financial system, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told a meeting of the Group of 20 leading economies on Saturday. Islamic finance, ...
Oil prices fall on global glut fears, slowing U.S. jobs growth
September 7th, 2015
Oil prices fell on Monday as oversupply concerns, a firmer dollar and lackluster U.S. non-farm payrolls data weighed on global markets, but a rebound in Chinese stocks after a two-day holiday helped prop up prices. The long Labor Day ...
IMF Note on Global Prospects and Policy Challenges
September 3rd, 2015
The Following executive summary is from a note by the Staff of the IMF prepared for the September 4-5, 2015 G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Ankara, Turkey. Global growth remains moderate, reflecting a further slowdown ...
The Current Global Financial Crisis
September 3rd, 2015
During the last month global markets has been roiled by the financial crisis that emanated from China, but propagated to other parts of the world. To put things into perspective, during the month of August more than $5 trillion ...
China tightens trading rules on forex, stock markets
September 3rd, 2015
China has announced tougher rules on trading stock index futures and foreign exchange derivatives as it seeks to steady jittery markets whose weakness has raised concern over the health of the world’s second-largest economy. Facing slowing economic growth and ...
